Nature’s Banoffee Chocolate Tart

Some of nature’s most delectable basics are the banana, cocoa, and coconut cream.

This is what you will see here. An amalgamation of these three loves, plus a few extras.

Come summer or winter, Banoffee Pie is my favoutrie dessert. With this recipe, I invite you to revisit fond memories of childhood as you sat outside in your tree house, dishing spoonfuls of this divine dessert into your mouth. “Mmmmm,” you may recall saying, because with Banoffee Pie, there just aren’t any words.

I’ll say just one more thing. I won my brother-in-law over into the wholefoods world with this recipe….

Leftovers: Chicken Marbella with Sautéed Greens

I often find that my hungriest time of the day is between lunch and dinner. I was relaying this to a friend recently when she suggested I include more protein in my lunch to sustain me until dinner.

Of course! It’s so simple, so obvious, and yet I had completely forgotten such an acknowledged fact. So… although this recipe is technically for dinner, as leftovers it serves as a delectable lunch.

More than that, the main advantage of this dish is that it is so completely easy to prepare. Seriously, throw everything into one dish, and… that’s it. I should warn you that this is a classic; there’s nothing gourmet or gastronomic about it. But your body will love you for it.

Salmon and leek tart and a chat about wholefoods

You probably have heard the term wholefoods thrown about quite a lot recently but as you are probably aware, there is nothing too new about it.  This is primarily because our grandmothers were all on a wholefoods diet and secondly, because it turns out that the term was actually coined in 1960.  A wholefood approach simply meaning using ingredients that are as unprocessed as possible.  Think less white food with the exception of onions and cauliflower.  The theory goes that in general the more processed a food is, the more the nutrients are stripped away.

I find it quite interesting that something that used to be so normal is now considered hip and counter-cultural.  It has become quite an art to put a meal on the table that doesn't contain any form of preservative or added sugars thanks to the industrialization of food production.  Although I find it most enjoyable to put in a little more effort and cook from scratch, I realise that wholefood cooking can be much harder for people that are pressed for time and on a limited budget. That is why in general, we are aiming to share recipes that don't contain ingredients that are too hard to get your hands on, aren't too expensive and don't require too much effort.  In saying that from time to time we will put in recipes that might cost a little more than others or take a little bit more time just for a little bit of fun.  This in one of those times as salmon and goats cheese can be a little expensive at times.  We assure you it does taste good though.