Seize the day
Breakfast; the most important meal of the day! This is an oft-quoted mantra, but do we really understand the reason behind this refrain? For some, breakfast is a mere coffee on t…Read More
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Healthy re-Beginnings
The start of a new year, that time-honoured milestone that reminds us to review, recommit, and restart. At least one person out there has set a resolution to take better care of th…Read More
A Meal in a Jar
Glass jars are a great way to gift and serve salads, marinaded meats, healthy breakfasts or individual desserts. They offer a unique opportunity for food creativity and can be a st…Read More
Crock-Pots, Cholent & Creativity
Old crocks cook best For some cooks, the crock-pot or slow cooker is a trusty and well-used kitchen appliance and, for busy mums with hectic schedules, it’s a great way to cook up…Read More
Beauty in the beets
A root of goodness In our constant search for improved health, no single food seems to fill the bill better than beetroot, that rich purple beauty from the ground. In recent years,…Read More
Brownies and Blondies
Thanks, Mrs Palmer… Fudgy, chocolate goodness, brownies are a versatile treat that are equally at home in the picnic hamper or on the dessert menu of a 5-star restaurant. They a…Read More
Mince – more than a meatloaf
‘What’s for dinner, Mum, I’m starving?!’ That familiar greeting from famished children is often the first cry we hear upon their arrival home, but coming up with dinner solutions t…Read More
Jewels of the desert
Water, shade and food We can all picture that typical oasis scene, a clear spring and a cluster of towering palms providing some welcome shade in the middle of a scorching sea of s…Read More
Stone Fruits – Plums and Cherries
Nothing speaks of Summer quite like a bowl of ripe, red cherries, or that first luscious, juicy bite of plum. Both of these fruit bowl favourites are from the stone fruit family, s…Read More
Superfoods – Avocado, the green one.
Avocionado noun : a coined expression meaning a person, especially a millennial, who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about avocados. Although the avocado is now heralded as…Read More
“A loaf of bread”, the Walrus said, “is chiefly what we need.”
In all its variations and forms, bread is the most widely consumed food in the world and, in the words of Lewis Carroll’s Walrus, is chiefly what we need and rely on for our meal p…Read More
Oh, Fudge!
Sweet mistakes… While many desserts and sweet treats are the deliberate results of precise crafting, two of the most indulgent sweets in the culinary world were born of de…Read More