Beetroot and apple cake with rose water cream cheese might sound like a strange combination for a cake, but beetroot is actually a naturally sweet vegetable that makes it a great addition to dessert, especially because of its beautiful colour! Its earthiness is delicious with the tartness of apple, and the sweetness of cream cheese icing brings both flavours together beautifully.
Print Recipe Mushroom and ricotta bruschetta Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 15 mins Ingredients 8 slices ciabatta 8 large brown mushrooms 20ml (4 tsp) olive/avocado oil, plus extra to serve 1 garlic clove, cut in half salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 100g fresh ricotta 60ml (¼ cup) fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped 60ml
Beautiful colours aside, roast beetroot gratin is a wonderfully flavourful dish to serve as a side or vegetarian main. In case you’ve never come across this word before, ‘gratin’ simply refers to a technique in which something is crusted brown with breadcrumbs or cheese. Enjoy this earthy vegetable in its soft, cooked, creamy glory.
Got a crisp craving but trying to cut down on fat? Maybe you don’t want the salt and inevitable bloating that come from traditional processed crisps. Well these…
Mint tea has numerous health benefits, and also tastes delicious. It’s a great palate cleanser, and is wonderfully soothing in cases of inflammation.
Healthy juices are all the rage, and for good reason. Not only are they packed with all that good stuff, they’re also absolutely delicious. Beetroot, carrot and apple blitz is simply mouth-watering.
It’s the source of life and you’ve been told to drink at least 8 glasses a day, but there’s no denying the fact that water can become a…
Makes: 1 litre Method: Juice 4 whole, peeled pink grapefruit (leave the pith on) and 1 large, peeled, seeded papaya. Mix with 500ml soda water or lemonade.
Print Recipe Pickled green beans and broccoli Serves: 4 – 6 Cooking Time: 15 mins Ingredients 300g green beans, trimmed 200g tender-stem broccoli, trimmed 15ml (1 tbsp) olive oil 1 shallot, finely chopped 15ml (1 tbsp) yellow mustard seeds 45ml (3 tbsp) red wine vinegar 30ml (2 tbsp) castor sugar Instructions 1 Blanch the green