Crunchy and salty these crisps are excellent for garnish on top of salads or soups or just to munch on. Here I am using parsnips and beetroot but you could also use carrots or kumara. 3 or 4 medium of each will do enough to fill two oven trays for each vegetable. Peel the beets,…
Category: grain free
Almond milk
My way of making almond milk is very easy, no need for a nut bag or waiting ages for it to strain through. Almond milk is very useful for puddings, smoothies and other drinks especially if you can’t eat dairy. Ingredients are just 1 cup of natural almonds and filtered water. Soak the almonds in…
Beety McBeetface Soup
This glorious soup is so pretty, the colour so intense that it’s hard to think of it as food but it is packed full of nutritional goodness and has a deep and complex yummyness that is totally delicious. The toasted fragrant fennel seeds and the bouncy orange zest perfectly compliment the sweet earthy beetroot. As…
Winter Moussaka
This is called winter moussaka because it’s winter here in New Zealand so instead of aubergines which are a summer vegetable, I use leafy greens as a layer between the meat sauce. As I didn’t want to use flour in the custard topping I have used pumpkin with eggs and cream. This recipe is for a…
Boozy Oxtail stew
Oxtails make fantastic rich unctuous stew, they have marrow and lots of collagen rich connective tissue. Here cooked long and slow with wine and Whisky and served with puréed cauliflower and stir fried kale. I am lucky to have some wonderful friends in Golden Bay that grow beautiful organic beef cattle and also make…
Sunflower seed and coconut crackers
These crackers are so simple to make and are quite different from the flax seed crackers, they are more fragile but quite yummy just eaten on there own or topped with hummus or crumbled onto salads or roast vegetables. Ingredients 1/2 cup of sunflower seeds, I like to use sprouted seeds but it’s not necessary. 1…
Long slow roast leg of lamb
A beautiful leg of lamb like this one lends itself to a long slow roast. It spends over four hours in the oven, it is covered so it retains its moistness and at the end of the cooking the succulent meat falls of the bones. Ingredients. a leg of lamb, this one is from the…
Carrot pudding
Carrots work so well as a pudding, their natural sweetness means no need for sugar. Delicious paired with spicy whole cinnamon and grated nutmeg, serve with cream or coconut yoghurt. Ingredients. 4 large carrots. 2 tablespoons coconut oil. 3 large eggs or 4 small. two sticks of cinnamon. 1/2 grated nutmeg. 1/2 teaspoon salt. stevia,…
Mushroom cauliflower rice risotto
Using cauliflower rice instead of actual rice is a win win in this recipe. Not only do you get a low carb version with the added nutritional benefits of eating cauliflower instead of rice, it is also much quicker to cook than the traditional sort of risotto. Ingredients. 500gms of mushrooms, any sort will be…
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