Quite an incredible slice, its vegan, Gluten Free and Diary free, no cooking involved and its utterly Devine
Honeyed Pumpkin & Sunflower seeds
A great little something to put around carrot cakes or hummingbird cakes and just a little more fancy than just roasted. This can also be used in Salads just add a pinch of chilli flakes when frying the seeds .
Walnut Praline
A lovely crunch sprinkle over cakes to decorate or place on a cheese board
Toffee Shards
So easy to make and seriously transforms cakes and pavlova’s into something beautiful
Carrot and Ginger Cake
I initially decided that I didn’t need a carrot cake recipe on the website but then I made this one by Nigella Lawson and had to share as its soooo good, The ginger creates a fantastic taste to the cake, …
Chocolate Coconut Ice Slice
Fantastic quick and easy slice that kids can make and will get demolished incredibly quickly Recipe is from Annabel Langbein’s Free range in the city book .
Hummus
We have been using a few chickpeas of late in Melanie’s kitchen as the aquafaba ( the Brine of the chick peas ) as it is an egg substitute and my daughter has developed an allergy to eggs. However once …
Apple Nappies
I first cooked these years ago when I was asked to recipe test them for a recipe book for students that went away on camp for a month and had to cook all their meals, My daughter renamed them Apple …
Porridge two ways
Gone are the days of porridge laden with brown sugar ( however darn good that is !) these are my two versions which create a new dynamic to the humble porridge
Date and Orange scones
So we are in week 5 of New Zealand’s level 4 Lock down due to Covid -19 and there is nothing open, except the supermarket and Pharmacies and I was really craving a date and orange scone that I would …