It’s hard isn’t it. You want to revamp your diet and eat nutritious wholesome foods, but your man is happy with what he’s always known and the thought of suddenly eating more veg, switching to brown rice and eating more fish instead of a 300 gram steak is truly horrifying to him. So, you make dinner…
Pork with Crispy Crackling
Everything The Chef cooks is brilliant, though the one thing he excels at is the at-home classic roast. We don’t eat a lot of meat week to week, though we do enjoy a roast treat. Follow The Chef’s easy technique for the most beautiful, succulent and crispy roast. You’ll be surprised just how east it…
Black Sesame and Coconut Icecream
This recipe was born after looking at my kitchen bench. For some unknown reason, there was a packet of black sesame seeds, a jar of palm sugar syrup, rice malt syrup and a can of coconut cream sitting on my bench that hadn’t been put away after a cooking session. I looked at this little group of ingredients and…
The Chef’s Easy Curry Paste
Recipe by: The Chef I love curries, and the Nutrition Guru tells me the ingredients I often use to make them are very good for you. I think people often believe that cooking with a curry means that a dish will be hot and burn your mouth, which obviously not everyone enjoys. Though that isn’t the case….
Summer Icypoles
In Summer, it’s so easy to reach for the icecream to cool down. Instead, try using fresh fruit juice, or 100 fruit juice from the supermarket to make your own healthy icypoles. Icypole moulds are so cheap and making your own makes Summer all that more cheerful. Today was a scorcher in Noosa, we cooled…
Summer Salad with Pickled Ginger and Fresh Herbs
Love love love noodle salad. The Chef and I are both noodle heads, I don’t think we go a day without noodles making it into our menu somewhere. For this dish I have used Konjac noodles, which are high in fibre and gluten free but you can use any noodles. Udon, soba, buckwheat, egg noodles…
DIY Decorated Jars
I’ve become a hoarder of jars. We always recycle our food jars and store pantry items in them such as lentils, rice and spices but our cupboard is over flowing with empty jars now. So much so that The Chef yelled ‘Stop hoarding jarssssss!’ at me when he realised that the cupboard was being over taken by…
Juicy-licious Beetroot, Celery and Carrot
Recipe, words and photographs by: The Nutrition Guru So we are on a juicing and smoothie frenzy. Every day, we bring out the juicer and throw whatever we have in the fruit bowl, vege crisper or spice rack in there. The smell of the juicing is just beautiful wafting through the kitchen. We purchased some lovely…
Herb Storing Tip
Sick of buying fresh herbs, only for them to go to waste in the fridge before you have had time to use them? Chop fresh herbs, place in ice cube trays and fill with olive oil. Remove and use as required. Simply add to a hot pan, or leave at room temperature to melt. Do…
Focus on what you could eat MORE of…
Healthy eating isn’t just about NOT eating chocolate and cake, but so much more than that. It is making sure that your body is receiving all the right nutrients in the required amounts that it needs to do it’s job and keep us functioning. We don’t think twice about what it takes to keep our body…
Strawberry Smoothies
We just love strawberries. How something so natural, can be so vibrantly coloured and taste so sweet is just an outstanding feat of nature. The combination of bright red shiny flesh with contrasting strong green leaves perched on top is just stunning to me. The Chef loves the heady fragrance of strawberries that waft through the kitchen while he reduces them down on the…
Tangelo Gelato
Words, recipe and photographs by: The Nutrition Guru. Ok so my soft spot is for icecream. I just love it. My boss has recently let me borrow an icecream machine so I am in heaven, and so is The Chef with all this icecream I’ve been churning. The reason I’m really loving making my own is…
Caramelised Onions
The Chef shows you how to cook the most delicious caramelised onions!
Potato and Onion Soup
Written by: The Nutrition Guru I must say, that I never cook soups using a recipe. That’s because I usually cook soup as a way of using up all the dribs and drabs in the fridge. So on this cold winters night, I had 2 potatoes and 2 onions which were not looking shiny and…
The Green Machine: Nutritious soup
Broccoli, peas, spring onions, spinach and a sprinkle of parmesan. Easy! Greens are high in vitamin C, an antioxidant and immune booster. Folate, responsible for building new cells and providing energy for our body. Greens are also high in potassium which help to regulate our blood pressure as well as fibre for a healthy…
Creamy White Chocolate Chai and Vanilla Dessert
Delicious Chai on a winters night This recipe is so versatile as it can be served warm or cold. Serve warm with a runny custard like texture (perfect on a cold winters night) or, chill in the fridge to thicken and set. This isn’t one of our low fat low sugar recipes but that’s ok because…