How to Make Raspberry Chia Jam – super healthy, easy recipe

Flash back moment... to making jam when I was a little girl in my Mam's kitchen. Beautiful! Such a joy to see fruits magically turn into a little jars of sweet deliciousness. But, oh goodness me, it did seem to take forever to make (and involved an unfortunate amount of sugar - yikes!). These days [...]

Shutting down my blog or putting ads on it? That’s the dilemma

OK I see a few shocked faces at the new 'ads' on my website. The truth is that I've resisted them for years, probably being the only food blogger in history without them! To be honest, it felt like I would be selling my soul (although, actually it's not!). However, I've finally embraced them - and [...]

Delectable Recipes with Creamed Coconut that you’ll love

Creamed coconut is an essential ingredient in any creative kitchen. It imparts a luxurious, rich, creamy infusion of tropical delectableness to just about any dish. This article includes a list of delicious creamed coconut recipes. I use creamed coconut in sweets, savouries, desserts, main meals, sauces, breakfasts and soups and couldn't imagine life without it! [...]

When we don’t belong anywhere – overcoming loneliness and finding true belonging

I could have sworn I was the only person in the entire universe who didn’t fit in. After 12 different schools as a child, I became an exceedingly good chameleon. I learned to skillfully 'fit' wherever I landed (i.e. mold myself, be really good at listening, be helpful, be excellent at putting myself last, make [...]

Hemp & Lemon Hummus – a delicious recipe with Hemp Seed Hearts

Today I am looking at how to make the most delicious hemp seed hummus recipe. Hemp seeds play a rather important role in my life, featured almost daily in my cuisine. In fact, if you ever came over to my house for dinner, you'd likely find them appearing somewhere on the plate. If they aren't [...]

Cauliflower Raw Slaw with Turmeric Quinoa in 15 minutes (vegan gluten-free)

Fast food is usually associated with highly processed, mass produced junk that is full of rubbish! Normally something that you can grab and go in a moment, rip off the plastic packaging and munch in a flash, regardless of any helpful nutritional content.  On the other hand, I've been making super healthy FAST food ever [...]