Raw tomato pasta sauce
A raw tomato based pasta sauce is a delight to the senses and so much better for you than its cooked to death counterpart. First imagine the pungent aroma of the basil as you tear it, the juicy tomatoes with their rich red skins and the essential italian-ness of the garlic finely chopped on the board and full of garlicy goodness. Here is a raw recipe that will take you 10 minutes at the most and all you need is a food processor or if you don't mind it well blended a blender. If you want you can make it by hand because ...
Green Smoothie
Green smoothies are yum! The basic Meta recipe for a green smoothie is to take a couple of big handfuls of leafy green; kale, silverbeet, rocket, baby spinach... you get the picture. Think green, crisp leafy goodness and lots of it. Put this goodness filled abundance of greens in a blender with some water and blend until it is drinkable. Easy but not all that yummy. The yummy bit comes next.
Raw Purple Cauliflower Salad
How beautiful is purple cauliflower? It is all firm, that surprising shade of purple and a change from the usual white kind which although lovely lets face it, isnt exciting. Make a raw purple cauliflower salad to retain the colour and nutrients of this gorgeous vegetable.
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Recipe index
Here it is all in one place for your convenience and because life should be simple. Breakfast: Breakfast...
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warm vanilla chia pudding comfort food
Chia Seeds are just lovely and full of omega 3 and a bunch of other good stuff....
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looking good
Ok this is what I’m talking about! Food that you devour with your eyes first. This is all thanks to the inspiration and practical coaching of Chef Omid Jaffari. If you get a chance to be in one of his classes- jump at it! have a look at his blog ShiitakiBlog and be inspired Read More →
Eddie Izzard, you are so right about cake
I was watching the enormously talented Eddie Izzard in his show Stripped the other night, marveling that this lovely and quite insane man ran 43 marathons in 51 days, when he said in regards to cake mix and I quote “they would put it in an oven and it would come out… LESS GOOD. It was genius before it went in and it came out…... [Read more]
Dear Santa, I’ve been a very naughty girl
Actually I’ve been good and I am well and truly in Christmas mode although I haven’t got the tree up- we always try to do something arty that doesnt involve a dead pine tree and I haven’t quite figured it out yet. I have been buying and making Christmas gifts though and having a very nice time doing it. One of the gifts that I... [Read more]
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