Tag: summer food
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Easy Greek Goddess Dip Recipe for Parties
I recently watched the Martha Stewart documentary on Netflix and it made me nostalgic for those bacchanalian feasts of the eighties, whole wheels of brie, baskets of strawberries and tables of beautifully arranged vegetable crudites. The eighties was all about excess even if it was in the form of masses of vegetable crudites. On Sunday…
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Easy Vegan Chocolate Mousse with a Mexican Twist
I used to make these chocolate puddings regularly about eight years ago, when this recipe was doing the rounds of a lot of food blogs. I have noticed similar versions of vegan chocolate tofu mousse have recently gone viral on Instagram. It is such simple recipe that it perfect for an Instagram reel. Basically you…
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Parsi Peach Chutney Recipe for Preserving Summer Bounty
February is the month for preserving the summer bounty in Australia, unfortunately in Sydney this is also a month of hellish heat and humidity, the making and bottling of chutneys, jams and sauces is always a sweat drenched affair. At the end of last week we had a brief respite from the heat and I…
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Madhur Jaffrey’s Zucchini Raita – Eastern Vegetarian Cooking
This raita is from one of my ancient, falling apart cookbooks, Madhur Jaffrey’s Eastern Vegetarian Cooking, where it goes by the name courgettes in yoghurt. In our house it’s called zucchini raita. Jaffrey claims she eats it by the spoonful by itself and this I can believe. It’s a mellow, mildly spiced raita that’s extremely…
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Ottolenghi’s Sweetcorn Slaw Recipe | Festive Summer Salad
We’ve just has our first heatwave of the summer, which has re-focused my mind on heatwave food, and some of the best hot weather food around is the humble coleslaw. I love a good slaw. My initiation into the world of food blogs came about when I was searching for a coleslaw recipe online and…
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Celebrate Summer with Easy Nasi Lemak Recipes
It’s starting to heat up in Sydney, we’re eating later and with the rising humidity it becomes increasingly difficult to decide what to eat let alone what to cook. When the heat is on, it’s time to go back to grain bowl basics. I’m not a huge fan of Malaysian food, but I love their…
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Refreshing Pomegranate Mojito Mocktail Recipe
It’s pomegranate season! I live in a suburb in Sydney that has a lot of backyard pomegranate trees, so even though I buy my pomegranates from a boring old shop, I can still see fruit-laden pomegranate trees and feel connected to the seasons – a rare and magical thing for a city dweller in this…
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Whitewater Cooks Veggie Burger: A Crowd-Pleasing Recipe
I like veggie burgers but have never got into the habit of making them at home because they’re a bit of a hassle to make and my occasional veggie burger out would always be enough to satisfy my burger cravings. The fact is, veggie burgers always taste better when you’re not the one cooking them.…
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Vegetarian Miso Aubergine Soba Noodle Salad from Hetty McKinnon
I don’t buy many cookbooks – those that I do buy tend to specialise in a particular regional cuisine I’m interested in. I just don’t have the space to acquire that many more cookbooks, even though I still love reading cookbooks. I usually just borrow from the library and keep them on a rotating loan…
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The Back Yard Lemon Tree 