Health Benefits of Berries

Health Benefits of Berries

With their vibrant colours and juicy flesh, raspberries add colour and taste to fruit platters, baked goods and summer salads. You may have heard raspberries being referred to as Nutritional Powerhouses, here’s why!

Is Sugar Really the Culprit?

Is Sugar Really the Culprit?

It seems like soon enough, memories of choc-tops at the movies will be regaled to children like tales of our grandparents’ 10-cent drive-in tickets. Who uses white table sugar anymore anyway? Over the past couple of months we have noticed a frenzy surrounding this...

Eggplant Stack

Serves: 4 | Preparation time: 25 minutes | Cooking time: 20 minutes               Ingredients 2 large eggplants, cut crossways into twelve 1.5cm (thick slices) Olive oil spray 2 x 400g cans brown lentils 4 shallots, ends trimmed,...

Vegetarian Nachos

Serves: 4-6 | Preparation time: 40 minutes | Cooking time: 25 minutes               Ingredients 200g original unsalted corn chips 2 cups light grated cheese 2 tomatoes (chopped) 4 spring onions (green, chopped) 2 tbsp sweet chilli...

Soba Noodle Salad

Serves: 3-4 | Preparation time: 40 minutes | Cooking time: 10 minutes           Ingredients 1 pack soba Noodles ¼ purple cabbage 1 leek, chopped 2 shallots, chopped 1 garlic, crushed 1 tsp ginger, crushed ¼ cauliflower ½ zucchini, chopped 200g...

Vegetarian Frittata

Serves: 4-6| Prep Time: 50 minutes  Cooking time: 35-40 minutes         Ingredients 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil 1 brown onion, diced 1 large zucchini 200g button mushrooms 1 medium sweet potato (or 1/4 of medium pumpkin) 1 bunch of asparagus 6...

Stuffed Mushrooms

Serves | Prep | Cooking   Ingredients 4 large Portobello mushrooms 1 punnet of grape tomatoes, quartered 1/2 spanish onion, diced Pine nuts Balsamic vinegar Extra virgin olive oil Chorizo (optional) Pepper, to taste Directions Step 1. On a baking tray, stuff mushrooms...

Homemade Baked Beans

Serves: 2-4 | Prep time: 5 minutes | Cook time: 15 minutes         Ingredients 1 can cannellini beans 1 can crushed tomatoes ½ punnet cherry tomatoes, halved 1 small brown onion, finely chopped 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 tsp dried cumin 1 tsp dried...

Mussel Linguine

Serves: 4 | Prep time: 10 minutes | Cooking time: 15 minutes                 Ingredients 3 cloves garlic, chopped 1 ½ punnets cherry tomatoes 1 teaspoon chilli flakes or ½ a dried red chilli ½ bunch fresh flat-lead parsley 375g...

Salmon, Quinoa and Sweet Potato Patties

Serves: 8 | Prep time: 25 minutes | Cooking time: 20 minutes Ingredients  2 large cans of pink salmon 1 cup cooked quinoa (as per packet instructions) 1 cup cooked sweet potato 1 tsp olive oil 1 egg ½ cup fresh coriander 1 brown onion, diced 1 clove garlic, crushed ½...

No Pasta Turkey Mince Lasagna

  Serves: 6 | Prep time: 40 minutes | Cooking time: 35-40 minutes           Ingredients 1 large sweet potato 1 large eggplant 500g turkey mince 1 can of tinned tomatoes 1 cup tomato passata 1 brown onion, diced 1 clove garlic, crushed 1...

Quinoa Sushi

Serves: 2-4 | Prep time: 30 minutes | Cooking time: 20 minutes               Ingredients 1 cup quinoa 2 cups water 1 cup rice wine vinegar 1 tbsp sugar 1 tsp salt 1/2 avocado 2 cucumbers, thinly sliced 1/2 sliced cabbage (purple or...

Bliss Balls

Serves: 20 | Prep time: 10 minutes | Cooking time: 15 minutes               Ingredients  1 cup nuts (almonds/walnuts/cashews. Can combine or choose your favourite nuts) 1/3 cup pitted medjool dates (soak in boiling water for 10 mins) 2...

Afghan Almonds

These are a wonderfully delicious treat and are super easy to make, you can whip them up in literally 15-20 minutes!                 Ingredients 3 cups almonds 1/4 cup sugar 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp ground ginger (optional)...

Chocolate Beetroot Cake

Serves: 12 | Prep time: 20 minutes | Cooking time: 2 hours 25 minutes                     Dairy free Lactose free Gluten free/wheat free*   Ingredients  200g raw beetroot 250g good quality dark chocolate 100g shredded...