the highs and lows: cake failure
I didn’t post this last week because I had a pretty bad week – one that made me angry and frustrated and cry a lot. for me, a bad week like this leads to really bad cooking. for example, I made this...
View Articlepure indulgence: banana ricotta pancakes with cinnamon maple butter
hooray for the weekend! With the weather finally warming (even if only ever so slightly), it’s much more pleasant to spend the day outside. S and I went for a wonderful drive last weekend, and...
View Articlean instagram’d sunday: planting seedlings and potsticker dumplings
Sunday was wonderfully productive. I hit the gym early for a quick run and a bodypump class, and then cooked up a big breakfast. I was so excited to use my little square pan! #simplepleasures The...
View Articlefortune favours the bold: I’m quitting sugar
I consider myself to be a healthy person. I eat well, I exercise, I work hard, I take time out… But there’s one weakness that increasingly bugs me: I’m crazily addicted to sugar. I love all sweet...
View Articlesugar-free baking: banana, cacao nib and raspberry muffins
I was really busy this last week or so with work, uni assignments and life more generally – so much so, I found it too difficult to find the mental-space to think creatively about food. I’ve been...
View Articlebreakfast for dinner: breakfast salad #2
I’m running with super-quick but delicious ideas this week and this combo is a great example. I should admit I tend to eat this for dinner more than breakfast, but that’s because eating breakfast for...
View Articlesqueaky cheese: blood orange, avocado and haloumi salad
as my crusade for fast meal ideas continues, and with fresh summer produce creeping into season, it’s so nice to enjoy simple but effective flavour combinations. this salad is one example. it’s a taste...
View Articletwo-thirty-itis: sugar-free snacking
When I gave up sugar, almost four weeks ago, I bought Sarah Wilson’s I Quit Sugar e-book to gain some inspiration. I thought I’d need some help with those moments of weakness when I’m in the office and...
View Articlethe fine line between pleasure and pain: raspberry cheesecake brownies
I’ve been really mean to myself. Like, the lowest of the low doggish behaviour… You see, right now there is a sweet chocolately smell wafting through the house, thanks to a fresh batch of raspberry...
View Articlebright and breezy: lemon and thyme bundt cake
Great news: I’ve got three weeks to go until my Masters degree is completed (hooray!). Not so great news: I am s-t-ruggling to find the motivation.. Truth be told, I’m spending far more of my ‘study’...
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