Baked Gluten Free Pumpkin Donuts with Pecan Maple Glaze and Gluten Free Pumpkin Waffles ‘I can smell autumn dancing in the breeze. The sweet chill if pumpkin and crisp sunburnt leaves.’ Seasonal eating is a core principle in Ayurveda. Not only is it better for the environment to eat locally and seasonally but the foods …
‘One should not attend, even the end of the world, without a good breakfast’ I love baked beans. They were a staple of an English breakfast and a comforting, easy dinner when I was based in the UK. They are high in sugar however, so I was delighted to see a recipe for baked beans …
‘The food of the true revolutionary is the Sichuan pepper, he who cannot endure it, is unable to fight’. This is a great recipe, from Bon Appetit. It utilises pouring hot oil over the aromatics, as a technique to release both the aroma and prepare the dressing. Using Sichuan peppercorns in this recipe creates a …
‘Simple ingredients prepared in a simple way – that’s the best way to take your everyday cooking to a higher level’ – Jose Andres I adapted this recipe from one I found in Bon Appetit. I love the braising technique as it adds a huge amount of flavour to the food and decreases the need …
‘If we were not meant to have midnight snacks, why is there a light in the fridge….??’ I’ve been craving coffee recently, just the smell of it draws my senses in. This is rather strange, since I don’t usually drink coffee. I drink a variety of tea, herbal, caffeinated and spiced. This is one of …
‘Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit.’ I love discovering new ingredients in the farmers market. This year I found baby corn. Baby corn is actually the early picked maize. At this point it is softer and has less starch and sugar. I bought little ears …
‘The smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls, ready to remind us…’ This is a beautiful moist gluten free cake from Nik Sharma of a brown table. It is a beautiful blog and there is always an interesting culinary twist to be inspired by. This cake caught my eye due …
This is taken from Divya Alter’s summer recipes. It’s a sweet-sour, creamy and refreshing and more nourishing than ice cream. The cashews make for a rich dessert so you don’t need much to feel satiated. That did not stop Mr. B from having two. The balance of sweet and sour is perfect. I reduced the …
“Can’t get out of bed….please send help….or waffles. Actually just send waffles” This is a recipe inspired by the waffle we would make for brunch service at Divya’s Kitchen. It was made of lentil flour (freshly milled in the in-house mill, by yours truly) and rice flour (also freshly milled), freshly made buttermilk to name …
‘You can make any meal into a sandwich and any sandwich into a meal’ Let’s make sandwiches interesting again…. The Vietnamese Banh Mi is one of most complex and tasty sandwiches I have ever eaten. Typically made with chicken or pork, tempeh makes for a great substitute being a complete protein and having a meaty …
