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Roasted Edamame with Thyme and Pecorino

I have a quick and healthy snack for you today. Roasted edamame with thyme and pecorino. Super quick and super delicious. You simply toss the thawed edamame in oil and add your flavouring of choice. I’ve used thyme and pecorino but use what ever you like. Some other combinations to try: parmesan and garlic, olive oil…

Nut-Free Granola with Quinoa, Seeds and Goji

I’m a huge fan on homemade granola – it is so easy to make and well worth the effort. This is a nut-free granola with quinoa, seeds and goji berries and it is delicious. So good that I have eaten it for breakfast and dessert for the past week! The quinoa adds l lovely nutty…

Fish Cakes with Potato and Dill

Super easy to make, these fish cakes with potato and dill are ready in no time, and if you have a little helper – even quicker! Not counting the extra time to clean up the all the mess of course… They are made with a classic flavour combo of potato and dill and make a healthy lunch or…

Healthy Avocado Chia Popsicles

If you live in Sydney then you would have been melting along with us in the heat over the past few weeks. These healthy Avocado Chia Popsicles are just what we needed. They are so good for you that you could eat them for breakfast… They contain avocado, coconut milk, chia seeds, honey and strawberries…

Healthy Poppyseed Crepes with fresh berries

Breakfast… I was never into it before having H, but now it is one of mine and Harry’s favourite meals of the day. It’s always quick to prepare and usually made up of whatever we have in the fridge. It is the one meal I usually let H decide on so regardless of what he decides,…

Fresh Tomato Sauce

Homemade fresh tomato sauce is so handy to have on hand. I make a large batch and freeze it for a lazy day. I use it to add to pasta, as a pizza sauce, meatballs, a quick ragout, ratatouille, etc. So next time you go to the farmers markets grab a few kilos and make it fresh, it’s…

Nectarine and Honey Semifreddo

Stone fruit season – yay… H and I recently went to the Apple Shack at Glenbernie Orchard to pick our own nectarines. It is one of the few orchards that let you eat as many as you like as you pick – bonus. H didn’t stop eating them! I lost count at 6… We managed to pick a…

Asparagus and Saffron Arancini with Aioli

Who doesn’t love arancini! It’s sure to be a hit with the kids so next time you make risotto, make it a big batch so you can make arancini the following night. Two meal with minimal effort. Bonus… The kids will love to help prepare this meal. I rolled the balls and passed them to H to dunk…

Mini Mango Banana Cupcakes

Mini cupcakes – perfect for little hands… I used my mums cupcakes recipe here but substituted the huge amounts of sugar with mashed banana and honey. It worked a treat. H loved them. The mango on top is lovely paired with the banana and they are light and fluffy. They are super easy to…

Asparagus and Saffron Risotto

I used a combination of purple and green asparagus here. H and I were at the green grocer when he spotted purple asparagus and got super excited – like jumping up and down excited, I wish I could have recorded him. It was super cute and me loving his enthusiasm for good food ended up buying…

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