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soba salad at cibi, collingwood
CIBI is my new favourite cafe – hidden out of sight on Keele Street in Melbourne’s Collingwood, this treasure is unassuming from the front, but step inside and you find a spacious, light-filled room...
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3 types of mushrooms on toast
A beautiful sunny day calls for a special breakfast, to be eaten in the backyard. Three delicious types of mushrooms (portobello, cup and enoki), simply sautéed in butter with salt and pepper, served...
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simple breakfast
A very simple breakfast (actually eaten around lunch time): boiled egg with bush-pepper cheesy toast soldiers, pink salt and black pepper. The little fellow in the first picture is my newest...
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a quick weekend brunch
I love taking time and care preparing food for myself – getting things just the way I like them and savouring the experience. Then there are times when I spend too long out of the house without a...
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spicy corn
An after-work snack: steamed sweetcorn, pan-fried in a little coconut oil and seasoned with smokey paprika, cayenne pepper, lemon juice and coriander. That’s all.
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Chocolate pear tart
A beautiful, rich chocolate tart with a lovely texture thanks to plenty of almond meal. The tender pears balance nicely with the sweetness of the filling. If using store-bought pastry (I did) it pays...
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orange & blueberry cake
This is a lovely, high-rising cake with a delicate crumb and beautiful citrus flavour. I found the recipe in a cooking magazine a few years ago (I forget which one) and held onto it for ages before...
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Blueberry Coconut Bundt
A light, fluffy coconut cake studded with juicy blueberries. Best of all, it’s vegan, and easily adapted to be cane-sugar free! 1 cup oil 3 tbs ground flax seeds (mixed in 6 tbs water) –...
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Apricot and almond tarts
Bit of a cheat really – this is simply some apricots I halved and stewed with some cinnamon quills and a little agave, mixed with a few spoonfuls of almond meal to create a sticky, jammy filling. I...
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Macrobiotic chickpea, quinoa and vegetable stew with pressed salad
Feeling like I’d over-done things during the Christmas celebrations, I decided to kick-start the New Year with some healthy, wholesome Macrobiotic recipes. I had previously purchased Mayumi Nishimura’s...
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