Roast Beetroot and Macadamia Dip

May 10, 2011

This is the second of my Halloween dips.  This one disappeared even faster than the pumpkin one, with the kids happily hoeing into beetroot.  I have beetroot in the garden and macas from our trees, and another batch in the oven right now, the second one since. I’ve developed a fetish for beetroot dip open [...]

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The Breakfast Challenge – Pink Grapefruit Braised with Vanilla and Nuts

May 6, 2011

I have a bit of a family history of heart and vascular disease, so citrus season is a really good opportunity to change my risk level.  There’s some good science supporting the idea that the  bioflavinoids in citrus fruit strongly help prevent heart attacks, and there’s also  evidence that the pectin in the pulp in [...]

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Roast Pumpkin and Macadamia Dip (or Spread)

May 4, 2011

Pumpkin season.  Infinite number of pumpkin recipes required. This one has used up several of our pumpkins, and will use up several more before the season ends. This is one of the dips I made for our Halloween progressive dinner (southern hemisphere Halloween, last weekend).  The kids got into it and made a very big [...]

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The Breakfast Challenge – Turmeric and Mandarin Nut Butter

April 22, 2011

Kids may not like this one (though it is surprising, sometimes, what kids like).  This is a recipe for people who like their chocolate dark, who like expresso coffee and olives and beer and marmelaide.  If you do like bitter flavours though, it is addictive and it’s my current favourite breakfast. What led to this [...]

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The Breakfast Challenge – Macadamia and Pear Butter

April 1, 2011

I have to admit any  Breakfast Cereal Challenge recipe at the moment has to go on top of toast – I have a current obsession with sourdough. But this toast topping has been a favourite for a few weeks now. Macadamia nuts are in right in season and they are super healthy. If you live [...]

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Basil and Macadamia Pesto

March 11, 2011

We are harvesting the first macadamias of the season, and by the look of our trees it will be a good year. And the basil is going off in my garden. Traditional cuisines are all built on things that are in season together, but I wonder if that is all there is to it. It’s [...]

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Zucchini Ginger Muffins

March 2, 2011

I promised there would be more Muesli Bar Challenge recipes this year but there’s been too much else to write about.  But a golden zucchini that got away inspired me.  What do you do with a kilo of zucchini? This recipe is in my handwritten book as Wwoofer’s Zuke Bread because the original came to me [...]

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Seedy biscuits

December 13, 2010

This is the last of my Muesli Bar Challenge series for the year. The draft of this post has been in my drafts folder since the very first week.  It’s one of my old favourites – so easy, so healthy, so school lunch box acceptable.  As a gardener, I’m really conscious that seeds are concentrated sources [...]

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Dolmades with Lemon and Herbs

October 5, 2010

I forgot vine leaves in my October In Season post! And it was a bad omission, because everything you need for making dolmades is now in season – young, tender vine leaves, the last of the fresh in-shell macadamias, lots of herbs, and still lots of lemons. I am very very pleased that we have [...]

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