The saying goes that inspiration can come from the strangest of places. Well this is not true in this case. In cooking, inspiration often comes from ingredients that are in season or through the use of leftovers. In fact developing recipes is often a step by step process where you create one dish and then get
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Today I was thinking about cross purpose conversations. You know, the ones where two people can be having a conversation and be talking about totally different things without realising it? Well, first I would like to say that there will be no confusion about the absolute amazing flavour, or nutritional value of the following green
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Another raw recipe for you all! I just can’t get enough of them at the moment. Not only because I happen to have a pantry full of ‘raw’ ingredients, but also because they are so easy to make and taste sooo delicious (and healthy). This vegan raw chocolate brownie certainly takes the cake! I had some of
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So maybe the kids have been bugging you all day for a sweetie treat or your taste buds have been screaming out for something a little bit special after your midday lunch or evening meal? Obviously you have used the “eat some fruit” option that your mother always told you to do when the matter
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This raw vegan blueberry chocolate tart is very tasty yet healthy. The blueberry topping is made using a very similar technique as the popular recipe for Raw Vegan Chocolate Gelato/Mousse and the base is very similar to the one used in the delicious Little Bird recipe for Summer Berry & Cream Choc Tart. Two very good techniques
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This vegan whipped cream (can also be called a vegan meringue or whipped egg whites) is truly an amazing technique to learn for all kinds of cooking. You will see the slimy mucilage of the linseed (otherwise known as flaxseed) turn into a light fluffy and delicious whipped cream/meringue. Now I have mentioned before that
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The idea of Localism is nothing new, with arguments against globalisation being furiously fought by the manufacturing sector for the last half century and more. So the question remains – is localism and the local food movement nothing more than a form of xenophobia? Or are there reasons why buying locally, supporting local farmers and eating
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Taste is more than just the five flavours – salty, bitter, sweet, sour and umami. It is affected by even stranger things than your five senses. Taste and its weird ways may even have something to do with why fine dining restaurants insist upon serving us up such small serving despite the extravagant prices… Today,
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Muesli was invented by a Swiss physician at the end of the 19th century named Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner. It was a recipe (now known as Bircher muesli) designed as a healthy meal for his patients to eat in his sanitarium. But it was very different to the muesli we eat today. For starters he insisted
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Does your brain feel fried when thinking about the ins and outs of buying free-range? With the term ‘free-range’ having no legal definition and industry standards both lax and often misleading, are we really putting our money where our mouth is when we choose to pay for a more humane existence of chickens? If you
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