I love, love, love, love custard!  

This is a fool-proof custard recipe - it sets well every time.  Taste just before finishing for sweetness and vanilla.  I always make a large batch, but you can halve or quarter the recipe.

I serve this alone on the first nig...

This recipe was given to me by a beautiful Israeli woman whom I adore!  It make the absolute best falafel I have ever tasted.  My kids love to help fry the batter (and taste test it too).  Make these falafel when there is extra coriander in the garden threatening to bo...

Verdurette is the original soup flavouring, but unlike its cousins of today – ultra-processed bouillon cubes or powder – it is made with wholefoods. 

Basically, it’s a formula or template to follow and you can create different flavours based on what’s in season and in...

I've been making and using digestive bitters for several years now and I love them! 

Digestive bitters have been around for centuries, used to aid digestion by stimulating digestive enzymes, stomach acid and bile, as well as stimulating the liver.  Bitters can also cal...

Thought I would post a less "instagramable" pic of life instead. This is my Friday afternoon kitchen halfway through cleaning up and emptying the shopping baskets.

I do my shop on Friday after my morning of Kitchen Garden Program. First I go to the farmer's market in...

This is my favourite way to eat greens - Spinach Provencal.....cheesy and buttery and garlic-y!

Ingredients:
4 tablespoons butter
Large onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, finely diced
2 bunches of greens, shredded (I used spinach, silverbeet/chard and various kales)
3 eggs,...

Remember earlier in the week I posted about meal prep? I mentioned making stock and roasting extra veggies to use in soups later in the week; well, here's this week's soup....Curried Pumpkin Soup with Coconut Cream.

Ingredients:
Coconut oil
Large onion, chopped
Seaso...

This is my family pancake, it goes in the oven so you don't have to stand at the stove pouring and flipping pancakes. It's also gluten free (can be made dairy-free too, but not nut- or egg-free).

Ingredients:
4 eggs
3/4 cup almond meal (or other nut meal)
3/4 cup milk...

On Sundays we make a huge dinner and several sweets/snacks to get us through the week.

Tonight we had Spinach Provencale, Garlicy Chickpeas (I use the chopped stems from the spinach dish in this one), roasted potatoes (to be used for breakfast - Rosemary & Garlic Pota...

I don't often eat potatoes as they drive my blood sugars up, but when I do I make it worth the extra insulin!

Colcannon is an Irish dish of mashed potatoes and cabbage. My version is rich and rustic.

COLCANNON:
Cut potatoes in half (I used 8 medium-sized) and boil in...