Refined chic at Cara and Co
The other week, I went to a fantastic restaurant called Cara & Co, which is an interesting concept restaurant in the back of an insanely expensive store in the fancy Westfield mall in the middle of the city. I had with me one of my favourite people in Sydney and we went as part of … Continue reading
Chocolate and salted caramel crepe cake
This is my 100th blog post. Whenever I’ve read other blogs in the past and they make a big deal about their 100th post, I haven’t really seen the point…but now that I’ve had this blog for a little while I certainly do. As anyone knows, keeping up a blog takes a large amount of … Continue reading
Indian spiced quinoa pilaf
Yes, this is actually a completely different quinoa dish from any that I have posted on this blog up till now. Before I created this blog, I had really only made one type of quinoa dish, so I am loving that this continuing to write this blog is facilitating my exploration of more and more … Continue reading
Sweet potato, spinach, and lentil stew
Lentils. They are not a particularly sexy ingredient and I honestly don’t enjoy eating them that often. But if they are cooked correctly or added to a soup or stew, they can actually be quite tasty and of course majorly contribute to the overall health and nutrition content of a dish. If you are wary … Continue reading
Butternut squash, leek, and brie galette
So this blog is supposed to be all about the delightful contrast between really healthy vegetarian recipes and delicious slightly sinful baked goods. This particular recipe tows the line as it is not a baked good but it is also definitely not a healthy vegetarian recipe. However, it is so absurdly delicious that I must … Continue reading
Cauliflower leek soup
I won’t pretend that this is a delicate or pretty soup – but it is hearty and delicious and a pretty fantastically healthy substitute for the potato chowder that it resembles. As a vegetable, I feel that cauliflower gets a pretty bad reputation because it is seen as bland and tasteless, but I’ve been using … Continue reading
Strawberry yogurt mini muffins
Much of the time, my inspiration to bake something on a particular day comes from something in my fridge or cupboard that I don’t want to have around anymore. Normally it’s a half empty bag of chocolate chips or a package of Tim Tams where if I don’t put it in a baked good I … Continue reading
Mini quinoa broccoli pies
In my never-ending quest to find new methods of working quinoa into dishes, I came across this funny little recipe on a Polish blog that google had to translate into English for me. I wasn’t sure if some of the words were really correct, but I took what I could from it and voila, a … Continue reading
Polenta, spinach, and pumpkin slice
Do you ever run across recipes in random magazines you are reading in the doctor’s office or bookstore or something and just want to rip out the pages? This happens to me all the time, but in this particular instance I think I was actually in a doctor’s office reading a women’s health magazine or … Continue reading
Chewy egg-free brownies
Recently, a rock-star colleague of mine went to London to run the London marathon and I obviously needed to give her a send off gift. She can’t eat any eggs, so this provides a bit of a challenge since the vast majority of baked goods do involve eggs in some shape or form. I eventually … Continue reading
Yours truly
Passionate amateur baker and devotee of exploring the world through food
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