Okra with Dynamite Sauce (GF, V)
By Natasha Brunetti, September 7, 2024
‘Cooking is the ultimate giving’
Hasselback Eggplant (GF, Veg)
By Natasha Brunetti, August 16, 2024
‘Although they are typically regarded as vegetables, eggplants are technically berries’ This is a gorgeous recipe, taste and looks wise (although you might pardon my photography on this one). It is like an eggplant parmesan but with feta, which adds a lovely salty element. It is super easy to make, cutting and spreading the beautiful …
Bok Choy Soup (DF, GF)
By Natasha Brunetti, July 20, 2024
‘Soup puts the heart at ease, calms down the violence of hunger, eliminates the tension of the day, and awakens and refines the appetite’ – Auguste Escoffier This soup is very quick to make, the broth is flavourful, and you can swap your veggies depending on what you like. You can use chicken broth, to …
Japchae (GF, Veg)
By Natasha Brunetti, June 8, 2024
‘Fill your plate with the colours of the rainbow. What pleases the eye, pleases the body’ I wanted to try a new dish for my little, slowly integrating differentiated foods and was craving a good gluten free noodle dish. I cooked the veggies individually for little as he doesn’t like it when they are all …
Broccoli and asparagus soup (DF, V)
By Natasha Brunetti, April 29, 2024
‘The deepest roots, never doubt spring will come’. Spring has so many connotations. It is a time when the earth and our bodies wake up from the long winter dream. It is a time when everything comes back to life. This season in Ayurveda is associated with Kapha and heaviness. It is common for our …
Scallion Pie Empanada (DF, V)
By Natasha Brunetti, March 28, 2024
Yield: 8-10 ‘The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you are hungry again’. Easter isn’t Easter in Puglia without Scallion Pie. The traditional pie is unleavened, with a dough made of white wine and olive oil, like Taralli. I made the traditional version during quarantine, and you can see …
Tiella Barese (Italian Rice and Potatoes)(GF)
By Natasha Brunetti, March 17, 2024
‘Every bite takes you home’. My best friend asked my now husband how excited he was to be marrying a chef. His answer was that he believed food was fuel and nothing much else. She questioned if I was marrying the right man. Ten years later, he drops recipes on my desk from the guardian, …
French Lentil Salad (DF, GF)
By Natasha Brunetti, March 4, 2024
‘The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes’ Marcel Proust This quote is dedicated to all those who watched the Netflix series ‘you are what you eat: a twin experiment’. The series documents the results of identical genetic twins as they change their diet and lifestyle over …
Carrot cheesy balls (GF)
By Natasha Brunetti, February 26, 2024
‘Do one thing every day that scares you’ – Eleanor Roosevelt Little has started his fussy phase with veggies. Don’t get me wrong, he eats a lot of veggies, yesterday I put broccoli, salad, corn, and pizza on the table, and he ate it in that order. But there are days where he just doesn’t …
Cauliflower Pasta Sauce (GF, V)
By Natasha Brunetti, June 27, 2023
‘The advantage of the cauliflower is that if all else fails, you can always cover it with melted cheese and eat it’. My little one loves broccoli (for now), but he won’t touch cauliflower, so I have been thinking about ways of sneaking it into his dinner. I make a mean turmeric rice (thank you …
