Month: February 2016
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Green Juice
Monday Juice 1 cup spinach 1/2 lime juice 1 tsp chlorella 2 dates 1 cup water 1 apple 1/2 cup mint
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‘Italian Country Lunch’
Corte Mainolda, Mantova Italy “Unmanicured and full of flavour” is how I would describe the cuisine at Corte Mainolda that turned out to be one of my favourite lunches/dinners throughout our trip. This family run masseria in the Italian countryside is hidden in a wonderfully restored 17th century manner, set in the blissful rural…
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Healthy Vege Burger
This healthy burger is too delicious to pass by on.. It is bursting with flavour and a bit of heat where everything just marinades so well together. To make it more “burger-style” you could add a bun style bread to it instead, but I loved it with the seeds and nuts. The radish yogurt dressing…
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Riomaggiore Stairway
Beautiful steep stone stairway in Cinque Terre & an easy-going bohemian maxi dress
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Sunday Espresso
Happy Valentines Day! Today has been a wonderfully slow morning that began with a coconut espresso & purple tulips. I’ve never been a fan of red flowers, they seem loud and in your face, not my thing at all. However, these purple tulips are gorgeous and dramatic, the colour of Venetian interior, more refined than…
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Slow Sipping Saturday & Fresh Roses
‘Saturday Homemade black current & blueberry tea’ The best way to enjoy this juice is to take your time & sip it without any rush, a morning moment to take for yourself. The sun is shining, it’s the weekend and I’ve already mastered some baking in the kitchen & later I’ll be attending a brunch…
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Easy Rustic Spelt Crackers
“Eat spelt, your body will be grateful”… I once read from a food magazine and ever since then I’ve been trying to incorporate it into my cooking or buy breads with spelt in it. These ever-so-easy spelt crackers ooze with flavour, as they contain a variety of seeds (chia, sesame, sunflower) with a subtle hint…
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Tuscan Lavender
Poggio Piglia, Tuscany ‘A fairytale setting after a magical story‘. A gentle smell of lavender flowed with the light evening breeze and the Tuscan countryside could not look more beautiful this time of year. There were rolling hills of lush green vineyards and overgrown lavender bushes that were a gorgeous piercing purple. The Tuscan countryside…