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Raspberry Flax Cakes

10:08 AM, June 7, 2016 |

apple, baking, berries, gluten free, In the kitchen, snacks, toddler food

What do you do when your heart calls for cake, but your body demurs? If what you need is a strapping substitute that is meekly sweet, but still satisfying, skip straight to the recipe at the bottom. This is an easily switchable, muddle and mix bake that may be the answer to your prayers.

This has been a week that has called for cake. The weekend saw the worst storms in 40 years pummel Sydney. Coupled with a king tide, some of our favourite beach side haunts have been leveled and our backyard looks like a hoard of Wildlings used it as a site for an epic rumpus.

Will and I took …

Blueberry, Oat and Chia Smoothies

04:08 PM, May 31, 2016 |

berries, Breakfast, snacks, toddler food

What do you make when you don’t feel like cooking? This is a serious question. It’s a question that inspired a hot bed of discussion on Food52 when it was first posed – and even led to a follow up episode of their podcast Burnt Toast. If what you need is an instant – fix, breakfast/ lunch/ dinner/ it’s 3 am I’m starving and I can’t be bothered to cook eggs hunger salving solution, skip straight to the recipe at the bottom. This Grimace-hued concoction is the answer to all of your problems.

It’s a curious curse to be uninspired by cooking when your ability to make a crust depends on …

Roast Tomato, Pesto, Bocconcini and Lentil Salad

06:10 PM, May 26, 2016 |

feeding a crowd, french, gluten free, In the kitchen, Italian, pulses, salad, side dishes, slow carb, vegetarian

We all have kryptonite foods. It’s the stuff we secretly make when we think nobody is watching, or caring. It’s the fodder we use to refuel when we’re flagging. And it’s very rarely that great for us. The Hungry One’s is chicken schnitzel. Anytime he’s away on business, or left alone for a spell you can be sure he’ll slink his way to an ersatz Eastern European themed beer barn and order a schnitzel the size of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s head. And mine are toasted sandwiches. Sometimes a simple croque monsieur, with good ham and properly melted cheese (a spike of Dijon in the bechamel is a bonus). And others it’s …