basics Archives
homemade almond milk and almond meal
Making your own nut milk is easy and much cheaper than the store bought variety. What’s more, much of the store bought stuff has added sugar. This is sweetened with dates, although you can add sweetener and vanilla if you prefer.
tomato relish
This tomato relish has lots of flavour – it goes great with vegetable fritters, on steak or steak sandwhiches.
easy no-cook play dough recipe
A quick and easy no-cook play dough recipe that will take you minutes to make but will keep kids happily amused for hours. What’s more, it’s very cheap, made from things you probably already have in your pantry, and non-toxic.
easy homemade cottage cheese
Homemade cottage cheese is very quick and easy to make. If you have a hankering for making your own cheeses, this is a great one to start with.
homemade moroccan spice mix
Making your own spice mixes means you can adjust and tailor them to suit your own tastes.
easy homemade hummus
Homemade hummus has become one of my favourite snacks to make lately. Here’s the recipe I use.
homemade mascarpone
Homemade mascarpone is easy to make and much cheaper than the store bought variety. And it is absolutely delicious to eat!
homemade chips
Almost as easy as store-bought frozen chips, the homemade variety are tastier and healthier and you can jazz them up with different herbs and spices.
the ‘all i want to eat now is salad’ salad dressing
I recently read a wonderful Australian book called Healthy Family, Happy Family. Not only does it have some great ideas for ensuring children are eating healthy meals, and tips for encouraging fussy eaters, it also has many excellent recipes (like mango French toast, strawberry, honey muffins and parsley and cashew pesto). The salad dressing below [...]
an old classic for a special day
Today is Australia day and what better way to celebrate it than with some classic Australian food. We’ll be munching on some hot fresh damper bread along with our barbie (for our non-Aussie readers, not the doll but colloquial for barbeque). Damper is the traditional soda bread of the Australian swagman who spent weeks at [...]
