This is a simple recipe, full of protein, vitamins and minerals. It is a great kids or Mr. B snack, with an interesting contrast of sweet and savoury from the mix of the dates and the tahini/sesame seeds. The recipe is from @oliviathechef one of the most innovative chefs @iceculinary where I recently completed my …
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 …
‘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 …
Soup in the summer may seem counterintuitive, however from an Ayurvedic perspective, our bodies when hot on the house side, cool down on the inside and so does our agni/digestive power. We also tend to overload our systems with raw food (harder to break down and therefore to absorb the nutrient value of our food), …
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 …
‘Whenever the brain and heart fight, it’s always the liver that suffers’ The liver deserves some glory. At more than 3lbs, the liver is the size of a football and the human body’s second largest organ, behind the skin. It holds up to 13% of the bodies blood supply and is a star player in …
