Happy Christmas Eve!! Are you ready? Presents wrapped? Dinner prepped? Cookies baked for Santa? My goodness, I feel overwhelmed just by asking those questions!! I’m pretty excited to be sitting here on Christmas Eve with a nice cup of tea and my to-do list completed, although it wasn’t easy to get to this point. […]
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beef, tomato and pearl pasta soup

chocolate mousse cake
Alrighty then….Chocolate Mousse Cake! Choco-holics, this one is for YOU. Well, you and me – can you save me a piece please? Pretty please??? Just before we set off on our vacation to Maui I received a lovely box of goodies in the mail from Alter Eco Foods. They are based in San Francisco and work […]

cherry plum jam
When I was in high school I was jolted out of sleep almost every morning by the sound of the fire alarm going off in our kitchen. My dad liked to eat toast for breakfast. He would quietly sneak into the kitchen to turn on the broiler and set a piece of bread on the […]
eat your veggies – vegan & vegetarian goodness

crispy sugar snap peas with dukkah, mint and sea salt

grilled artichokes with lemon-basil aioli

roasted asparagus with capers and lemon
let’s get started – appetizers and hors d’oeuvres

grilled okra with chipotle dipping sauce

pumpkin gougeres with rosemary and sea salt

miso tofu ranch dip




















