Keeping my late grandmère’s Sunday afternoon cake tradition rolling on here in Mauritius, this simple almond blender cake was born because I wanted to make a “stick it all in …
Zingy green sauce or dressing – salsa verde my way
All the wedding festivities are over here in Mauritius now and much of the overseas family now gone. Now that we’ve down scaled to 10-ish people, I’m back in the …
30 second freezer fudge
Yes, 30 second freezer fudge. 30 seconds work. 15 minutes freeze time. Many moments of subsequent enjoyment. This batch is enough to serve as an after dinner treat for 8 …
Crunchy banana buckwheat bars
What do crunchy banana buckwheat bars and the Easter hat parade at school have in common? My avoidance of craft and my affirmation that my contribution to school fundraising and …
Chicken Curry Pot Roast
Mostly, I’m demanding. I want gorgeous food with not too much effort. Is that too much to ask? Sometimes (actually most times) I just want to throw together a few …
Raw tomato, onion & flax sandwich wraps
I have gone halves with my mother in law in a ‘time share’ Dehydrator – Collaborative consumption is all the rage after all and did we really need 2 x 10 …
Pumpkin and Spinach Brown rice risotto
Risotto is a gorgeous comfort food isn’t it? I hope you enjoy this one which has a bit less rice than the usual risotto – all the ingredients are equal …
Cashew and zucchini thai noodles for a Pad Thai fix
I wanted a thai noodle fix. I had cashews and zucchinis and thought: Hmm, I’ll halve the rice noodle amount and do the other half as zoodles. It sooo hit …
Fragrant herbed brown rice (or cauli rice)
When I first visited Gwinganna health retreat, it was just for lunch and a little tour last year. I’m a very lucky girl to be headed there next month properly …
Choose your own adventure lunchbox bar
So it’s that time of year where we parents take a deep breath and realise we are about to become beholden to a daily task: The lunchbox. I’m going to …
Almost Moussaka – Gluten Free
This isn’t quite moussaka but it’s something I made for dinner wanting to ditch pasta sheets in favour or layering with veg, and eggplant was what I had. Once I …
Beautiful baked zucchini
A lot of you who saw this on my instagram (@Alexx_Stuart) at Christmas have asked for the recipe for my ‘meter of Christmas baked zucchini’. The awesome news is, it’s …
