Honoring the food of my readers: Israeli falafel and ptitim salad

Falafel. Glorious falafel. Although Egypt can be credited as the origin of this dish, I believe falafel is a true Israeli national dish. I served this with a salad and you can have them in a pita if you are bread kings and queens like my kiddos. These particular falafel really celebrate sesame seeds and …

What I learnt about grains

Last week was all about balance and I will write a longer post regarding that at the end. My hope is that I can really incorporate the different elements and make a lifestyle change that gives us a healthy meal plan based on moderation, nutrition and fun. This current phase is actually the one I …

The Food Diet Challenge

This is the challenge I have set myself for the next thirty days. --- Phase one: Classical Carnivorous Diet, exploring fats. Fire. Phase two: Ovolacto-carnivorous Diet, exploring cultures. Earth. Phase three: Paleo keto Omnivorous Diet, exploring balance. Quintessence: Fire, Earth, Air, Water, Raw. Phase four: Ovolacto-vegetarian diet, exploring grains. Air. Phase five: Vegan diet, exploring …

​Pacific Northwest Sunday Roast

This recipe is based on one which my mum would make at Christmas for my vegetarian aunt. Our little family are intermittent meat eaters - for financial and health reasons rather than moral or ethical ones - so I thought this would be a great approach to take for our locally-inspired Sunday roast. This is …