lasagna tart
This tart is a very decadent and comforting dish for a special occasion. It’s a bit rich on its own but goes well as part of the main meal, accompanied by a simple rice dish and various salads. The parmesan crust is divine, crunchy and flavourful. ~ sunkissed and content lasagna tart preparation time 40 […]
raw zucchini pasta with a creamy green garden dressing
This recipe was created last year for a series of raw dishes for Holmes Place; however, I never got around to posting it here. So here it is! Also included in this series of recipes: raw carrot slice summer gazpacho blackberry – acai popsicle golden honey passionfruit elixir strawberry raspberry goji smoothie artichoke with a […]
peach pie
This was another post sitting in my drafts just before I left for our Summer holiday, using those luxuriously delicious, rose-scented peaches from this tree. Perfectly ripe, with a few organic, nature-loved and blessed blemishes. I was reluctant to make this, as it seemed a shame to cook them, but there were so many. And, […]
a soup the colour of marigolds & a little friend
Inspired by Nigel Slater’s book, ‘Tender’ I love the title of this soup! I had meant to make this soup at the end of every Summer when I have the usual over-abundance of sun-soaked, yellow tomatoes and marigolds popping out everywhere in my garden, giving joy and colour wherever you look. I added orange […]
simple grated carrot, beetroot, parsley salad
I love the soft, gentle sweetness of beetroot. They taste simply of the clean, sweet earth they came from. In Winter, I roast them in their skins. In Summer, I have this salad daily, accompanied by big chunks of avocado and cooked red lentil hummus or babaganous (enjoying the first of the eggplants). I also lightly saute small […]
pesto pasta with roasted baby vegetables
My veggie garden has become ‘weeded’ all of a sudden. When it rains, the plants thrive, however so do those weeds, and even though I intend to hit them at their first sighting, within a few days of neglect, a ‘carpet’ appears. This unpleasant sight greeted me when I headed out to pull up some […]
