Difficulty: Easy-Medium Serves 8-10 My brother is on the most gnarly health kick of all time and for his birthday he requested a healthy carrot cake. Let’s be honest here – this cake is much healthier than other cakes but at the end of the day, a cake is a cake, and cake isn’t all [...]
Tags: cake, carrot, dessert, gluten free, healthy
Difficulty: Easy-Medium Serves 2 I got my hands on a bunch of figs and needed to use ‘em up, and quick! Some fig flavoured Spun Fairy Floss was also lying around and I figured that it would be a crime to not put the two together. This layered dessert is perfect for Autumn… or [...]
Tags: agave, buckinis, dessert, figs, gluten free, roasted, vegan, vegetarian
Difficulty: Easy-Medium Makes 12 I once made a premo batch of Anzac cookies with one of my friends but because I am an idiot, I didn’t write down the recipe. My redemption comes in the form of these Anzac cupcakes; they have all the basic elements of the cookie but they’re a cake, does [...]
Tags: ANZAC, coconut, cupcakes, dessert, oats, sweet, vegan, vegetarian
Difficulty: Easy-Medium Serves 4 I visit a local Vietnamese restaurant nearly every week and one of my favourite menu items is the sweet and sour soup. Last weekend I decided to give it a whirl and make my own, the results were nearly just as good. The serving sizes probably aren’t big enough [...]
Tags: asian, soup, sweet and sour, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian, Vietnamese
Difficulty: Easy-Medium Serves 4 The weather is cooling down and my meal cravings have been leaning towards the more hearty side. The other day I kinda felt like chili but I also kinda felt like a mushroom so I thought I’d throw the two together. You could even do mini version of this with smaller [...]
Tags: black beans, chili, dinner, mushroom, vegan, vegetarian
Difficulty: Medium Serves 4 For those members on the family who weren’t on a health-kick this Easter, plus those who were looking to indulge a little, I whipped up this super crispy batch of panko tempura. I’ve done tempura before but this time I decided to add to the crunch by using both batter and [...]
Tags: asian, dinner, Easter, japanese, lunch, mock fish, panko, tempura, vegan, vegetable, vegetarian, wasabi salt
Difficulty: Easy Serves 4 Last year I decided that I was going to start a new family tradition of making Easter lunch. The family seemed to tolerate it last year so I thought I would take the tradition into its second year in 2013 and make an Asian themed feast. Since a few family members [...]
Tags: asian, bean curd, bean shoots, Easter, healthy, red cabbage, salad, sesame, tofu, vegan, vegetarian
Difficulty: Easy Serves 2 This pad Thai has become a staple meal for my current health kick. The overall taste is fresh and light, the sauce isn’t overpowering but the flavours compliment each other perfectly. I’ve roughly estimated a large serving of this dish to be less than 300 calories but don’t hold me to [...]
Tags: asian, bean curd, diet, fresh, health kick, light, low calorie, noodles, pad Thai, SlimPasta, Thai, tofu, vegan, vegetarian
Difficulty: Medium Serves 8-10 I know I’ve been holding out on you guys lately in terms of sweet treats, so I decided to throw my diet caution to the wind and make something bitchin’. You don’t need to bake this tart which is awesome, especially on a hot day when using the oven heats up [...]
Tags: chocolate, dark chocolate, dessert, hazelnut, impressive, no bake, tart, toffee, treat, vegan, vegetarian
Difficulty: Easy Serves 4 I bloody love a good baked bean so I don’t know why I’d never made them before now. I guess it was probably the prep time required for the beans but when you taste these babies you’ll realise why they’re worth the wait! They taste damn fine on their lonesome but [...]
Tags: baked beans, breakfast, dinner, healthy, navy beans, tasty, tomato