brown rice salad with herbs, seeds & miso mayonnaise

A few nature, beauty-inspired photos from our trip to Australia. Land to Sea… ~ Yellow Sulphur-crested cockatoos – one evening, there were 18 of them. ~ visit from a young kookaburra – early morning kookaburra calls ~ low tide, ‘Catseye Beach’ ~ high-tide, ‘Catseye Beach’ with my very big teenagers ~ view from ‘Passage […]
simple everyday red lentil soup & sticky date pudding

As mentioned in our last post, we have been sharing the dinner task with Ahal, Stacey’s brother-in-law. His efforts at feeding 14, continue to astound and amaze us. Last night, in the space of 2 hours after spending all day at Australia Zoo, he whipped up home-made cheese and herb flatbread, marinaded tofu kebabs, crusty, […]
anzac biscuits (vegan)

I grew up on these traditional Australian Anzac biscuits. Wives and mothers made them to send to the ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) serving in Gallipoli. They are a deliciously crunchy, deeply golden, sweet biscuit. The oats and coconut give them a lovely lightness. ANZAC BISCUITS Golden Syrup is a thick sweetener made from […]