Coconut Cacao Buckwheat Granola
This morning, I woke to the dull patter of gentle autumn rain. Rather comforting, in fact, after many weeks of radiant heat. After crawling out of bed (and unearthing myself from Loki’s pile of toys)...
View ArticleChard, Goat Cheese and Walnut Galette with Oat Pastry
My mother is one of those thoroughly gifted, green-fingered people who breathes life into dwindled branches on a daily basis. When I was a child, she’d routinely rescue half-dead potted shrubs from...
View ArticleCarrot and Zucchini Cupcakes with Yoghurt Frosting
Over the past ten years, I feel like I’ve transformed from a Type-A, borderline obsessive, rigidly organised individual into someone who is late for everything. Someone who forgets birthdays, who...
View ArticleRicotta Fritters and Three Years of Blogging
In six days, it’s going to be exactly three years since I sent my first post into the blogosphere. That’s thirty six months, or 1,095 days if you’re the analytic type. It sounds more significant if I...
View ArticleBoozy Cucumber, Lime and Chilli Paletas
Well, it’s Friday. The first Friday in June, to be exact. By now you’d be aware that my confessed intention to post on a weekly basis has gone less-than-swimmingly over the past three weeks. My last...
View ArticleThe Life Changing Loaf. And (a long post on) Authenticity.
It’s been a strange couple of months around these parts. Quiet, slightly uncertain, full of questions surrounding my future income, Worker’s Compensation, options and priorities. Weeks of diversion...
View Articlesalted tahini date caramel slice
It’s been a couple of years since I first discovered date caramel, initially as a filling for some sort of decadent raw truffle at a friend’s dinner party. Since that day, I’ve mostly thought about...
View Articlebuckwheat apple zucchini bread
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’d be aware that my mother has an apple tree at the rear of her garden. It’s an espalier of sorts, trained to grow parallel to the back fence of her city...
View Articleginger chai hot cross buns
For most of my life, I’ve observed the Christian holiday of Good Friday, both through prayer and fasting (as a Catholic school girl) and afterwards, by the eating of hot cross buns. Hot from the oven,...
View Articleautumn + poached quinces
Last night, Aaron and I returned from five days in the south west countryside; namely Balingup and Margaret River. It was the most beautiful of weeks. Despite having loose plans to do a bit of...
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