How to make beetroot pasta
Pasta with a color How good does this look? The cooked beetroot was on sale so I had a bit of an overdose to handle. My friend Esmee suggested we create a red beet root pasta while we were cooking and voila, here it...
Delicious ramen noodle bowl with crispy pork belly and mushrooms
Ramen noodles with pork belly It is not the first time we are making a dish that is fairly similar and also features pork belly. There is just something undeniably delicious about pork belly, I think. The crispy, the crunchy, the soft and well…...
Delicious and quick recipe for the best pear cake
And we’re live! You might have noticed we were off line for a few hours yesterday, since Lindsay (from the fabulous Purr Design) and I were working behind the scenes to get the new layout up and running. I’m really happy with how it...
Hormones and menopause – an introduction
When you think about it, we women have pulled the short end of the stick if you ask me. First we are “blessed” with roughly 40 years or monthly stomach aches and other complaints. And then when we think it is over the trouble...
Delicious vegan pannacotta with passion fruit
Vegan pannacotta The first time I attempted to make a vegan dessert featuring agar agar I failed miserably…. Instead of a firm pannacotta I ended up with a pannacotta puddle. Still tasted good but not exactly what I was going for. So I had...
Whole30 cauliflower burgers
Looks can be deceiving I’ve got to say that these cauliflower burgers taste a whole lot better than they look. I love cauliflower. I think it is by far one of the most versatile vegetables out there. Not only that but it is pretty...
Is it hormones or something else…? (and a recipe for a delicious tomato salad)
Just tired… Even though it is Sunday today I had a photoshoot featuring loads and loads of cookies. I ate them… Not even that much but too much in any case as I feel crap. Even hours later that sugar is still in my...
Delicious Asian flavors with this Tom Kha Gai soup
Summer is almost over? Well part of me wishes that it was. I love sunshine but I am a girl of the seasons. And with the heatwave weāve just had Iāve had more than enough sunshine to last me through to winter. No scratch...
Should you stop drinking coffee or not?
Coffee: friend or foe? If there is one drink that has many haters and as many lovers, it is probably coffee. I love coffee. Tom and I have this morning ritual that weāve had for 26 years. And that is to start the day...
What is a ketogenic diet and should you follow it?
Ah the variety of diets that you can find online these days! Iām starting a series in which I take a closer look at each of the popular diets out there today and why you should or shouldnāt follow them along. If you are...
Breakfast potato scramble with salmon and egg
What makes one dish fit for breakfast and the other one not? Can you tell me that? I personally think it is the egg. But hey, if you want to eat this dish for dinner or lunch or somewhere in between than by all...
Why we all need to eat more fibre
Back in the day when I had little to no knowledge of food and what it did for you, I knew about fiber. Well I knew it was really important to eat fiber so I could go to the toilet on a regular basis....
