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Nut Free Granola
There are times when I go out for breakfast or brunch and I look wistfully at the pretty bowls of porridge and granola around me and then check the menu hoping that the dish is nut free. It never is. Cue the violins. I have resigned myself to the fact that granola is...
Basic Pancakes
Having a basic pancake recipe in your repertoire is always going to be a good thing. You can pull it out when you want to make an impressive breakfast or brunch. Or you can make them in a big batch and freeze them to pull out for snacks or a quick dinner. Based on my...
Strawberry and White Chocolate Muffins
What do you do when you have a ridiculous amount of fruit at your disposal and not enough hours in the day and days in the week to eat it all before it spoils? You have to use them in baked goods! In this case, it was strawberry and white chocolate muffins. ...
Easy Garlic Mushrooms – Spanish Tapas Style
Setas al Ajillo (translates to: mushrooms with garlic) would have to be my all-time favourite way of enjoying mushrooms. I first tried mushrooms cooked this way at a Spanish tapas place near my home and instantly fell in love with them. The robust little button...
Sugar Crunch Cookies
I love beautifully decorated Christmas cookies. Wait, let me re-phrase that. I love the IDEA of beautifully decorated Christmas cookies. But making them myself? Not so much. I have made them in the past, but after the amount of time it takes to make and...
Smashed Eggs on Toast
Smashed avocado is so 2016. Smashed eggs on toast are where it’s at now. I have posted these babies on Instagram a few times now and it seems that you love eggs on toast just as much as I do. It has become a fast favourite lunch option when I am working from home...
Rum Balls
These rum balls are a good reminder to me that food is more than just fuel. And it has nothing to do with the actual balls themselves! In my house, there is an ongoing playful argument around the ‘correct’ name for these chocolatey coconutty balls. I call them rum...
Paprika Roasted Potatoes
I am going to make a big call here and say that I have yet to come across a person who doesn’t enjoy a good roast potato. What’s not to love? There is that glorious contrast between the golden and crispy outside and soft, fluffy centre. But that balance can be...
Chimichurri
Never heard of chimichurri? Well, you know how people say 'awesomesauce'? It is literally THE awesome sauce. In my opinion anyway. Chimichurri is an Argentinian raw, green sauce. It is herby, zingy, garlicky and a bit spicy and is a traditional...