Breakfast

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Acai Smoothie Bowls with Berries

Do you remember what you ate on your first date? It all came back to me in a flash the other day. The first trigger was care of one of my new favourite podcasts ‘Burnt Toast‘ from the delightful women at Food52, as they unpacked the complexities of dating and dining. And the second was […]

Cherry Ripe Bircher Pots

Let’s talk about second breakfasts. I’m referring specifically to the snaking, raking hunger which seeps in when you’ve started the day at an ungodly hour. It might be because you’re demand feeding twins. It might be because your chubby 20 mth old who had his first introduction to croup will only doze through the night […]

Flourless Oat, Banana and Flax Pancakes

  How great are Sunday mornings? In all seriousness, if I had to name a favourite window of the week, they would be it. Sunday mornings are when The Hungry One takes Will. I then retreat back to bed with the papers and a cup of Earl Grey. Oh, the  novelty of  finally having a […]

Black Forest Bircher

We made it. Greetings from Boxing Day, otherwise known as ‘international introverts day’. There has been much that has been magical about this Christmas. Baby Will got his first star on his Grandparent’s Christmas trees- a beautiful token from his aunt. In the days before he also had his first proper taste of food (a […]

Quinoa Bircher Muesli

I have become something of a bircher muesli connoisseur lately. There are some great ones in Sydney. Exhibit a) The ‘Morning Jumble’ breakfast platter at Bread and Circus wholefood canteen in Alexandria has a strapping bowl of it, studded with goji berries alongside a pot of yoghurt with pomegranate seeds and fruit.   Exhibit b) […]