If you need a wee cake that tastes like an aromatic wander through a souk, skip straight to the bottom for the recipe. These petite mandarin, almond, honey and fig cakes might just be what you’re looking for. There are many wonderful things about these cakes. Yes, they’re gluten and grain free. Yes, they’re refined […]
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If you need an almost-crumble for breakfast; something to warm the cockles, make ahead and easily feed a crowd for brunch, skip straight to the recipe at the bottom. This baked oatmeal, glossy with plums and sweet with pear is probably what you’re looking for. Now of course you could substitute the nuts for seeds, […]
Do you need a nifty slow carbohydrate side dish for pulled pork, sticky grilled chicken or slow braised beef? Rephrase; do you need a side in your repertoire which is not sweet potato wedges, hasselback potatoes (as fun as they are to make- and say), or a well intentioned tumble of roast root vegetables, quinoa […]
I should eat more vegetables. I should be more flexible. I should spend more time whimsically painting with my toddler, then file my mail like an adult and sew up the diminutive holes where moths have feasted on my favourite shirt. I should spend less time falling down google-holes about whatever happened to the cast […]
It’s that time of year again. Please excuse the brief departure from the merits of the slow carbohydrate life. Warning, what follows may possibly involve wheat, gluten, refined sugars etc. I say it’s in the name of art. And sometimes, you just need a full palate/palette. Here is this year’s OscarsFeast, with a dish inspired […]