Homemade Fresh Pasta
Fresh homemade pasta has incredible texture and taste! Fresh homemade pasta has the most incredible texture and flavour, partly because it’s completely fresh, and partly I suspect because we can choose...
View ArticleAsparagus and Green Pea Risotto
Asparagus is in season right now in northern temperate zones, and it’s a fab way to get a few portions of veg into your day! This risotto is very easy to make, and is chock-full of green so will earn...
View ArticleWeekly Challenge: Make Your Own Fresh Pasta
This week’s challenge asks you to get your hands floury and try something perhaps you’ve never done before – home made fresh pasta. Cooking together is a great family activity, so get the kids involved...
View ArticleAdventures in Filled Pasta
My friend Yuvee and I made our own veal and prosciutto tortellini - great fun, and very yummy! Yesterday I had a friend over and we made tortellini together for this week’s Home-Made Pasta Challenge....
View ArticleSomething New: Quinoa
Quinoa has recently been ‘discovered’ as a new superfood, but actually it has been a staple of South American communities for thousands of years. The seeds of the goosefoot plant, Quinoa (pronounced...
View ArticleFresh Pesto
Happy holiday weekend everyone! It’s not very sunshine-y here sadly, but we still made it to a bbq with friends last night. I’d promised to bring bread, but ran out of time to bake so I took a...
View ArticleWeekly Challenge: Bake Your Own Bread
This week we’re challenging you to bake your own bread. Not only does it smell and taste fabulous, home-baked bread can be better for you than shop bought as well. Supermarket bread can have loads of...
View ArticleHome-made Shortbread
Shortbread is one of my go-to recipes if I want to take something to share at a party, or I want an edible gift for someone. The recipe is really simple, I always have the ingredients on hand, and you...
View ArticleWhat’s Your ‘Go To’ Meal?
A while back, I completed an online quiz that measured how healthy your eating habits are. I don’t remember where I found it (I do remember I scored 9/10!) but one of the questions still resonates with...
View ArticleSpaghetti Squash: A Pasta Alternative
What would Anthony say on Prince Spaghetti Wednesday if you served him spaghetti squash? He’d likely say “More please!” Finding a need to cut back on the pasta? Have you tried spaghetti squash? I know,...
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