Vegan chocolate without coconut oil
I love vegan chocolate, but I love vegan chocolate without coconut oil more. There’s something not right about having your lips coated in coconut oil after taking a bite. There’s also something very annoying about having your dessert melt in the slightest temperature increase. Can you relate? If so, cacao butter is your newest hero. As…
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Brown butter nut brittle without corn syrup
Gluten free quinoa biscuit crumble and strawberry parfaits
These strawberry parfaits have been fully inspired by the unfortunate events in the Australian strawberry market of late. You may have read (/if you’re Australian, you won’t have stopped reading) that someone has been placing sewing needles in Australian strawberries. Obviously this is not ideal, and frankly quite concerning, for consumers. However, so too is…
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Ras el hanout and brown sugar roasted pumpkin salad with blood oranges, coconut yoghurt and herb oil
Ras el hanout, or ‘top of the shop’ as my spice box tells me, is a North African spice blend. Google tells me that it contains up to 27 herbs and spices. I tell myself that I’d much rather buy it pre-made than attempt to make my own. I also tell myself it tastes mighty…
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Gluten free sour cream banana cake
If I had to choose my favourite flavour of cake, I’d most likely choose banana cake. Sure, chocolate is nice, but can chocolate beat that flavour of roasted ripe bananas? I think not. Banana cake is the cake. In the spirit of honesty, I developed this recipe because I was desperate for a cake to…
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Gluten free spiced pumpkin loaf with chocolate chai buttercream
So basically, this pumpkin loaf came about because I follow a lot of American bloggers on Instagram. I’ve always admired the American ability to fully cherish each season, and to have exciting culinary traditions in that vein. Whether or not this merely a classic case of the grass being greener, I don’t feel Australia has…
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Crispy fried miso tofu, broccolini and furikake rice bowls
Hello, just back here like a broken record to talk about furikake a little bit more. As you would have identified, I go through food phases weekly. This week, obviously, is furikake week. It is also crispy fried miso tofu week. I have spent a while dabbling with furikake rice as a delicious hangover cure,…
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