Vegetarian

Start lowering your carbon footprint on ‘Meatless Mondays’ with these dishes.

It is so important to not only help the planet but to also maintain (or reduce) our waistlines by having at least one meat-free meal a week. I have many more than that and I love sharing them here for your inspiration.

Blueberry breakfast couscous

Posted on September 28, 2011

When I think of couscous, images of piping hot Moroccan tagines with fall-off-the-bone lamb and tangy perserved lemon, fill my mind.

I don’t think about eating couscous at breakfast time.

However, here we are. Today I present you with a really interesting and satisfying combination I came up with after being challenged to create a recipe using Blueberry Flavoured Craisins. (more…)

Gluten free cooking with KitchenAid + Brownie recipe

Posted on September 20, 2011

Today is the second part of my interview with KitchenAid’s home economist Jo Richardson. If you missed the first part yesterday then click here to read it.

Jo is particularly passionate about gluten free baking and many of my readers are looking for gluten free recipes and cooking tips, so I thought it would be a good idea to pick her brains all about it! Not to mention my mother-in-law is following a gluten free diet, so she had some great questions for me to ask Jo too. (more…)

Pear and chestnut jalousie

Posted on September 16, 2011

Last week I was sent some Josephine pears and even though they were perfectly ripe and juicy, I needed a little inspiration to get into the kitchen.

So what did I do? I quickly took a snap on my iphone and uploaded it to my Facebook page and crowd sourced it! You guys are really great when it comes to responding on Facebook, so I of course got some great feedback (in fact, almost instantly!). (more…)

Choc-marshmallow muffins

Posted on September 11, 2011

Q: What is better than a chocolate muffin?

A: A chocolate muffin with a marshmallow surprise in the centre. (more…)

Mushroom Breakfast Burritos

Posted on September 7, 2011

This recipe was a challenge was to come up with a breakfast dish using button mushrooms and I think this burrito fits the bill perfectly. I competed against two American and Canadian bloggers in the Mushroom Masters Tournament and unfortunately came third (ie. last!). It was a popularity vote, so I guess I just don’t have enough online friends, hehe. (more…)