Try my easy, 10-minute Texas Caviar recipe! Whether you call it Cowboy Caviar or Cowboy Salad, it is the most delicious pickled bean dip made with black-eyed peas, pepper, herbs and a zesty dressing made with a secret ingredient. It is all you need for Friday night...
A smoky silky-smooth homemade Baba Ghanoush, made from fire-roasted eggplant, tahini, garlic and lemon is one of my favourite eggplant dishes to eat. But I think I love eating Baba Ghanoush even more ever since I started making my speedy Homemade Lebanese Flatbread....
There are so many reasons to love this Vegan Magic Curry Sauce! Delicious, easy, one-pot (or blender) cooking, freezable and a great big-batch option for meal prep days. But the most important reason why I call it the Magic Curry Sauce is that IT GOES WITH EVERYTHING!...
Who doesn't love a golden, crispy, flaky pastry encasing lots of finely chopped spring onions and dipped in the most divine sesame sauce? A yum cha favourite and a winner in our family, Chinese Scallion Pancakes are not only fun to make but absolutely delicious as a...
We are in the middle of the first week of February. This means that the kids have been at school for roughly about a week and I am already running out of lunchbox and after school snack ideas. To fix that, I have come up with a very fun idea. Every morning I meal prep...
Writing the first blog post of the year on your food blog is kind of like writing the first page of a novel. Either the inspiration hasn't struck yet or if it has, the words just don't flow. I wrote today's blog post several times over the last couple of weeks,...
A jar of freshly made green salsa verde sitting on your fridge shelf is a powerhouse for your healthy gut. With chives, dill, parsley and capers driving the health component of this simple condiment through the roof, you will be able to strengthen your digestion,...
About four years ago, our local market got a new stall. A lovely Persian man selling the most divine Middle-Eastern dips. They became the talk of our then-active book club and the star of many of our monthly brunches. All were vegetarian, gluten and dairy free and...
More or less every cuisine in the world has contributed to the hot sauce movement. And Harissa is North Africa's delicious offering to the world of spicy, flavour packed food. A traditional red harissa is a hot chilli pepper paste very popular along North Africa's...
Let's talk about why I decided to share a vegan basil pesto recipe when I already have a few basil pesto recipes on the blog that are dead simple and house favourites including one for Thai pesto (yum!). Dairy has never been a good friend of mine. I love it. I mean, I...
If you thought making a batch of kimchi at home was hard and time-consuming, think again! With my 30-minute recipe (and the additional fermenting time of course!) for making authentic kimchi that tastes just like the real thing AND is also vegan, you will be making a...
The augment of autumn often translates to camping season here in Australia. There is something about a slight chill in the air and the leaves falling that makes us want to jump into a car crammed with our life possessions, tow bar burgeoning under the weight of...
