This is my new favorite breakfast. I eat it with smoked salmon, but you can make it with scrambled tofu or egg. It’s quick to put together and is lovely and light. It has high protein, veggies, probiotics and a lot of flavor. I especially like the toasted sesame oil addition. I got this recipe …
‘80% Health Goddess, 20% Cookie Monster’ This is a lovely recipe for a substantial muffin, good for breakfast, a lunchbox or summer picnic. It has apple and carrots so nutrient dense, as well as almonds, walnuts and oats. I did this at home gluten free with the nuts and for two classes using wholemeal flour …
‘As the flowers do not chase bees, we too must embody confidence and authenticity, creating an environment where positivity flows towards us.’ I received a sample of this beautiful powder from the Rye Library Spice Club, supplied by Selefina. The Butterfly Pea Flower is magical. It is a sacred healing plant and divine in some …
‘Soup is a lot like family. Each ingredient enhances the others; each batch has its own characteristics; and it needs time to simmer to reach full flavour’. I love this soup. It is so tasty, packed full of flavour and dense with nutrition. I found it in Milk Street, Tuesday nights, Christopher Kimball and liked …
‘Don’t take for granted the things you think you know everything about…. because then you miss the most amazing things in front of us.’ – Jose Andres I love teaching kids to make tortillas. It is a simple. They get to smell the dough and feel it as it changes texture. The dough doesn’t take …
‘I watch cooking change the cook, just as it transforms the food’ This is from ‘what goes with what’ a great and very easy recipe book. I made this recipe for the Rye Library Book Club. Everyone who made a recipe said that it was easier than they expected and more flavourful. I completely underestimated …
‘Soup puts the heart at ease, calms down the violence of hunger, eliminates the tension of the day and awakens the appetite’ I adapted this recipe from Amy Chaplin’s, Whole Food Cooking. I liked the idea of hazelnuts in soup and had a butternut squash from my father in laws garden that needed eating before …
‘Work when there is work to do. Rest when you are tired. One thing done in peace will most likely be better than ten things done in panic…I am not a hero if I deny rest; I am only tired…’ This week has been one of those weeks. Baby B was home for six days, …
‘As each day arises, welcome it as the very best day of all, and make it your own possession. We must seize what flees’ – Seneca As the days get lighter, and the clocks go forward it reminds us of the change in season from winter to spring. We look forward to the warmer lighter …
‘To harm another is to harm oneself. When you heal yourself, you heal the world’ – Yung Pueblo Food for thought The Lunar New Year is upon us. This year is the year of the snake, representing a time for personal growth, transformation and shedding bad energy. When I think of transformation, I think of …
