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 …
Fresh Mint Cacao Brownies with Walnuts
Who doesn’t love chocolately, gooey, fudgey brownies? Over my thirty-three years, I’ve never met a brownie yet that I didn’t want to eat and lately I’ve had an overwhelming desire to bake and devour some mint-choc ones. That plan would have gone a lot easier if not for my recent Homemade Mint Extract experiment that didn’t quite work as expected, but I …
(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 …
10 Kindle Health Books For Under $3 Each
What’s better than getting Amazon vouchers for your birthday? Finding out lots of books you’ve had your eyes on are on super sale! This is a spontaneous list of Kindle books I’ve just found on Amazon – including books for food culturing, gut health, clean eating and home herbal medicine. Some I already own, but most I’ve been lusting after …