This week I finally discovered how to make the best-ever super crispy sweet potato fries! Sure, we’ve had plennnnty of sweet potato fries in this house (add Cajun seasoning and it’s been my go-to studying snack for years) but I had never really perfected the crunchy-on-the-outside and soft-on-the-inside result I wanted. Normal potato fries are a cinch, I just toss cut potatoes …
Product Review: Exotic Date Vinegar + Secret Weapon Chocolate Mousse with Roasted Strawberries
Welllll… It’s a little difficult not to spoil the ‘secret weapon’ of this chocolate mousse, the reveal is right there in the post title! Prepare yourself to learn a little about the health and culinary benefits of all natural Date Vinegar (and vinegar in general) and then to whip up this deliciously vegan, paleo and deeply, dark chocolate mousse! Exotic Date contacted …
How to Make Chicken Stock from Frozen Carcasses
Making your own chicken stock or broth is the epitome of thriftiness, but have you ever used frozen chicken carcasses to make it? Brewing up a big pot of stock is one of my favourite weekend activities and I’ve made it every old which way – vegetable or herb stock, beef or chicken bones. Lately I’ve been taking advantage of the …
(Make-And-Freeze) Low Carb Beef & Cauliflower ‘Pasta’ Bake
Do you have any favourite cauliflower recipes I should pin to my Pinterest board? Follow me on @omnomally and send me pins! Cauliflower is such a marvelous vegetable – What other plant food can be subbed in for a paleo ‘rice’ alternative, a side of low carb ‘mashed potatoes’, flour-free tortillas or a dairy-free Alfredo sauce so easily? Inventive food bloggers across …
How (I Failed) To Make Mint Extract
Making flavouring extracts is supposed to be insanely easy, yet I’ve just wasted experimented with 2 bottles of vodka making mint extract recently. It all started out well enough – I read a few blogs, gathered my ingredients and got about infusing my vodka. It’s easy stuff in theory, bruise a whole lot of fresh mint leaves to release those delightful oils, pack into …
Top 8 Most Popular Posts of 2015
Another year is about to pass us by already? I can’t believe it either. 2015 went by in a blur for me – and it certainly had it’s ups and downs! While a few things in my life were a bit choppy and change-y (employment, health), one constant joy throughout it all though has been this running this website. You have …