‘She said nothing with her voice and everything with the way she cared for you.’ It only made sense this week to feature a recipe with cardamom in it, after the beautifully written interview my dear friend Kate Ray from soft leaves wrote about my culinary journey and relationship with cardamom. To read the full …
Anyone know knows me, or has been following this blog for a while, knows I love mung lentils. From my grandma’s mung dal to my own mung lentil burgers, pancakes and frittata’s, if you can make it using mung, I will give it a go. From an Ayurvedic perspective mung (or moong) is sweet, cooling and …
‘All you need is love…and maybe a little ice cream’. I copied down this recipe from a book on cleansing, as I thought it sounded so delicious that it would encourage people to want to eat it and therefore cleanse. It is made our star ingredient for liver cleansing, apple but due to the banana …
‘I’d rather have a cupboard full of herbs than a closet full of heels’ This dish was inspired by my friend Kim. Literally one of the nicest people I have met. She mentioned using canned butter beans to make puree, how much time it saved and how tasty it was, and I was won over. …
‘The mind is like Tofu; it tastes like whatever you marinate it in’. This is an extremely simple recipe, to be used as a teether, a protein rich food and a crouton for adult meals, it’s a nice staple as it is simple to prepare and can be used in many ways. I made this …
‘Gardening trains you to think ahead and care for other living organisms responsibly. Truly infinite are the life lessons this hobby has to offer.’ My father in law is an avid gardener. He is out in the garden every day. He carefully cultivates his own produce and eats it every day. He likes to tell …
‘Real cooking is more about following your heart than following a recipe’ Mr B loves a sweet greens salad, it is to do with the great variety of vegetables, protein add-in’s but most of all the spicy cashew dressing. The company recently posted the recipe on their Instagram account, noting it had too many ingredients …
‘If you focus only on the seeds of a watermelon, you miss the sweetness of the meat’ I’ve been buying a lot of watermelon to keep the family hydrated during the various heat waves we have had on both sides of the pond. My baby Matteo loves to use it as a teether, my mum …
‘We may think we are nurturing our garden but of course it is our garden that is nurturing us’ I love summer vegetables; I taste a lot of sweetness in them when they are in season. Leeks, courgettes, celery, peas. It brings forward the sweetness of the summer. This dish really utilises those veggies and …
‘This drink is not just a want but a need’ This drink is called Ayurvedic Gatorade by Divya Alter, next to fresh coconut water this is one of the best electrolyte drinks you can have, hydrating you down to a cellular level. Citrus also ignites Agni in the summer, which can get depleted and fatigued …
