This combination of four dishes is a great way to use the abundant courgettes and beans available at this time of year. Of course each of these dishes can be used separately, the fritters are lovely as a breakfast dish or cold spread with butter. The tomatoey garlicky beans are a dish we often had…
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Roast red onion and garlic salad with Brazil parsley pesto and feta
The little onions and garlic are roasted until they are caramelised which brings out their natural sweetness, team this with a few roasted olives, the nutty, oily pesto and a sprinkle of feta and you have a delicious salad which is great on its own or as a side dish.Ingredients. 50 gms of feta, any…
Orange and rosemary baked ewes feta with roast beetroot and walnut salad.
The idea for this baked feta was first given to me by the partner of the master cheese maker at Thorvald ewes milk cheeses. He baked it with honey in a parcel on the BBQ. I wanted a low carb option that can be made in the oven, the pairing of orange zest, olive oil…
Almond and parsley pesto
This pesto is very quick and easy to make and is very useful with so many dishes, great with roast vegetables, chicken, a sauce with courgetti or it can be thinned with extra oil or lemon juice into a lovely dressing for salads. Keeps in the fridge for a week, try and keep a thin…
Roast Carrots with feta, pumpkin seed pesto and pomegranate
Baby roasted garden carrots paired with pumpkin seed pesto and feta is a delicious combination and makes a very pretty lunch. Here I am using a firm ewes milk feta, but most sorts will work fine as long as it is not too soft. Ingredients. a bunch of young carrots. 75ml of good olive oil….
Asparagus with tzatziki
It’s asparagus season at the moment in New Zealand and I love asparagus, its high in fibre, vitamins A,C and E and many trace minerals such as selenium, plus of course it is absolutely delicious. We enjoy asparagus in many different ways but this is one of my favourites, grilled with piles of garlicky tzatziki….
Raw Beetroot & Chocolate Cake
This delicious cake is a fabulous shade of pink and is easy to make as it needs no cooking you just need a food processor. I am using 90% chocolate from local Nelson boutique chocolate company divine chocolate, this fabulous 90% chocolate is bitter dark with complex earthy flavours that perfectly complement the sweet earthy…
Calendula and herb dressing
Calendula is well known for its healing qualities it is anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and it contains antioxidants in the form of flavonoids and carotenoids which convert to vitamin A, important for vision and healthy skin. So if like me you find you have an abundance of flowers you can make this yummy, healing, herby, green dressing,…
Green wraps and green pesto sauce
These wraps are very versatile, they can be eaten warm or cold as wraps, they are strong enough to take for lunches or picnics they can be used as a canalloni substitute for pasta type bakes or shredded to make fettuccini and covered with a sauce and they keep for several days in the refrigerator.Ingredients…
Stir fried cauliflower rice
I used the last of my cauliflower from the garden for this vegetarian stir fry. This is perfect for low carb high fat eating without meat, people often think that to be low carb you have to eat a lot of meat, it’s simply not true, I eat mostly vegetables with some meat and some…
Sprouted lentil croquettes
These little croquettes are made with sprouted lentils, the sprouting process reduces the carbohydrate and starch content of lentil and also makes them more digestible. Ingredients. 2 1/2 cups of sprouted lentils, made with 1 cup of whole lentils. 1/4 cup flax seeds. 1 heaped tablespoon of tahini. 1 tablespoon fennel seeds. 1 large or 2…
Broccolissimo
Broccoli is so abundant at this time of year and I love using the whole of the broccoli. Here we have broccoli three different ways, lightly steaming the delicious stem that many people discard, turning the middle branch bits into grain free vegetarian burgers and roasting the florets with pine nuts.Ingredients. 2 large heads of…
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