It is Easter and the world has changed remarkably since I last put up my blog post. With the current lockdowns and social distancing measures in place as Australia and the world battles with the spread of coronavirus, many people are now spending so much more time at home and wondering what to do. For…
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Recipe: Passionfruit Bundt Cake for 2020
Happy New Year. Happy 2020! This passionfruit buttermilk syrup cake recipe is zesty and exudes summer holidays with each mouthful. My 13 year old cousin says “This is really good – you should open up a cake shop”. Oh that makes me happy to hear my learnings from intense baking school last year is finally paying…
Winter Recipe: Rustic Meatballs and Spaghetti
Our Winter nights in Sydney has been cold with most nights all I want to do is curl underneath a blanket with the heater on. It is weather for rustic meatballs and spaghetti. With most recipes I’ve seen on spaghetti and meatballs for some reason, the meatballs are fried in the pan which means I…
Recipe: Zucchini and lemon pasta with Barilla Chickpea Casarecce
Did you know there is a new Barilla pasta range? Do you love pasta but are concerned about eating too much carbs? I tried Barilla’s new Legume range which is a great substitute for the ordinary wheat pasta and it won’t make you feel as bloated. Their new Chickpea Casarecce is made with 100% chickpea…
Recipe: Apricot Crumb Pie using Aussie Apricot’s award winning apricot jam
Once you have the recipe for crumb pie you can virtually put anything in the middle and make a fruit crumb pie or jam crumb pie. I got this one from anitalianinmykitchen.com and it’s a good recipe that I’ve used a couple of times now. What I like about crumbed pie is that it’s easy…
Recipe :: Easy vegetarian bolognese
Is it possible to make vegetarian bolognese sauce taste good too? Yes it is and ever since I discovered nutritional yeast, a delicious umami, savoury taste and a source of complete protein and vitamins, in particular B-complex vitamins making it a great superfood, I find I can go wholly vegetarian but still have the similar flavour and…
Recipe :: My humble healthier carrot cake
Nothing compares baking your own carrot cake once you have nailed the recipe. I went down to my local bakery to grab some afternoon tea during the work week and I thought to try their carrot cake. It tasted like there was unnecessarily a lot of cream and white sugar. The carrot cake I usually…
Banana cake recipe :: a healthier version
I’ve been inspired after a trip by the billabong, the Billabong Retreat to be precise, out in the bush an hour out northwest from Sydney CBD where I experienced a profound sense of serenity and quietness and on diet of vegetarian food for 3 days. I felt pretty amazing after that retreat and was determined…
Easy recipe : Baharat spiced lamb cutlets
After all my travelling, it’s good to be back in my kitchen making my own meals, always with the freshest quality ingredients that’s easily available to me. That said, what I make has to be easy too and preferably with left overs I can take for lunch on Monday as I usually have a busy…
Recipe: Lebanese Fattoush Salad
I could’ve walked down to my local shop and bought Lebanese bread for $1.50 to make my fattoush salad but I chose not to and decided to make my own Lebanese bread. I recently learnt to make an Italian focaccia from scratch thanks to the teachings of Francesco Zarella who I met when he…