Slow cooker cheese baby spinach dip
I am that person who is more than happy with dip, cheese, crackers and wine for dinner on a Saturday night when I’m with friends. Last night was such a night – an impromptu invite to a friend’s house...
View ArticleVegetarian pumpkin lasagne
Not tooting my own horn or anything but my vegetarian lasagne rocks. I know this because Misses 8 and 10 demolish bowls and bowls of it every time I cook it. What makes this lasagne so tasty and...
View ArticleEasy tabouli salad
Growing up, my mum used to make tabouli all the time for picnics and barbecues. The suburb where I grew up was all white bread and vegemite so this salad was an exotic addition. Mum had to get...
View ArticleEasy tomato soup – vegan
Winter is well and truly here in Australia. I am probably the only person in Sydney cheering for the cooler weather. I am not a fan of the heat and humidity but am absolutely pro-boots, coats,...
View ArticleChinese corn and crabmeat soup
You may have guessed by now that winter and I are BFFs. I know many of my international readers are basking in the sun and eating ice-cream, but here in the antipodes we are freezing our whatsits off....
View ArticleMexican black bean soup – vegan
Readers will know of my love of cold weather and all things that accompany winter, especially the food side of things. Soup, for instance, is one of my fav foods and I tend to eat it year round....
View ArticleRoasted cauliflower open pie – vegetarian
I do not recall the exact date that roasted cauliflower became my children’s favourite cooked vegetable but suffice to say, it was a case of ‘oh happy day.’ My gals eat salad by the truckload and most...
View ArticleThe perfect Christmas Day salad: macadamia, salmon and Asian cabbage
The weather is warming up here in Sydney, which means picnics and barbecues are the mainstays of eating. We Sydney-siders love a chance to eat in the great outdoors, whether its on a towel at the...
View ArticleVegetarian Mexican lentil loaf
Trying to find a meal that my whole family eats is a thankless task yet I have struck gold with this simple recipe. I am a pescetraian (a fish-eating vegetarian), Miss 11 is a flexitarian (she eats...
View ArticleVegetarian kale and two cheese ravioli AND #win a Kitchen Kart for your school!
Friends often ask me, how did I get my kids to eat such a wide variety of foods? I think the answer is part luck, part genetics, and partly because I am a mean mum who makes them try foods that they...
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