You don’t see many homemade 100% rye bread loafs around, mostly because rye bread is denser and heavier than bread we’re used to enjoying. Rye bread has a distinct flavour. It has an earthy and nutty taste, and is quite dense giving it a satisfying chewiness so you don’t overeat. ..Continue Reading
I’m sure there’s more than 8 healthy ways to use parsley, but below are my favourite. Holding dinner parties for friends was a real trend back in the 70’s and 80’s (hmm… showing my age). We loved trying the latest dish to impress – thank you Margaret Fulton. I remember ..Continue Reading
Peanut butter biscuits always bring back childhood memories for me. An old fashioned favourite for many, Actually, peanuts are a legume, not a nut, so you get all the healthy goodness of a legume like soluble and insoluble fibre (your gut will love you), proteins (for healthy moods and body ..Continue Reading
Top a piece of grainy sourdough (or gluten free) toast with these breakfast mushrooms with herbs, add some goats cheese and voila, you’ve got a healthy breakfast option that will satisfy all your nutritional needs, including taste. Apologies, but getting a mouth watering photo of mushrooms on a plate is ..Continue Reading
If you’re going to make a salad, this quinoa, spiced sweet potato and broccolini salad makes a complete meal-in-one. Enjoy as a stand alone dish or you can pair it with your favourite protein for added nutrition. We’re Mediterranean food fans ourselves. Did you know that the Mediterranean Diet has ..Continue Reading
There’s quite a few zucchini pickle recipes going around. And, I know why. When zucchinis are in season, it’s a very prolific vegetable indeed! Have you ever turned your back on a zucchini in the vegetable patch and gone back in a day or two and it’s the size of ..Continue Reading
Combining roast pumpkin and cauliflower with the creaminess of goats cheese, then topping with the deliciousness of sage leaves crisped up in brown butter is truly heavenly! Sunday nights have become our veggo night. Having a light meal packed full of nutrients, plant protein and fibre is a great start ..Continue Reading
Making a homemade healthy nut and seed granola is easy and is the one thing you should have in your pantry for a healthy addition to so many dishes. Over the last 20 years or so, I’ve steered away from commercial breakfast cereals. And, I can honestly say I haven’t ..Continue Reading
We’ve only recently begun to really embrace making homemade stock. So glad we are! Many foods (including stocks) are prepackaged and processed these days but this trend began decades ago. I remember way back in the 60s and 70s when stock cubes were all the rage. Sadly, those little package ..Continue Reading
We’re always on the look out for new tastes and were looking for a variation on our meatballs recipe. We love the variety of Australian native herbs that Bent Shed Produce have on the market. We came across these products at a local market and the dried Aniseed Myrtle quickly ..Continue Reading
