I’ve been off work for a couple of days with sore, inflamed tonsils that look and feel like golf balls. I’d offer to show you a photo, but you really don’t want to see that! I used to get chronic tonsillitis as a child and adolescent – but never to the point that I had to have a tonsillectomy thankfully. …
Let me start this review by saying the Optimum 9200 is the best blender I have ever owned… and I’ve been through a few of them. The most memorable blender-blunder was a Breville model I broke with a errant medjool date pit. There was a horrid ‘crunch’ and then ‘pop’ sound and from that point on I had to hold …
I have a habit of getting excited about something I’m going to do in the kitchen, telling everyone on social media to keep an eye out for it… and then forgeting to share it. I could make excuses for my behaviour (I work full time, I study full time) but it’s really just plain forgetfulness and too many thoughts rattling …
These may just look like small chocolate truffles, but inside each one is a grape explosion! I’m sure you’ve had the delectable pleasure of eating choc-dipped strawberries at some point in your lifetime. You may have even tried your hand at my Raw Choc-Dipped Oranges. Well my friend, these chocolate frozen grapes are a whole other realm of awesomeness! The …
Applesauce is always one of those handy ingredients to always keep in the kitchen. It’s delicious on it’s own as a raw snack and particularly indispensable for all kinds of low-fat, egg-free or vegan baking adventures, yet it’s also one of those ingredients that never makes it into my shopping basket. Why buy an expensive jar of applesauce when you …
Until recently I wasn’t sure why we referred to granola as ‘toasted muesli’ here in Australia. I assumed ‘toasted muesli’ was simply our most logical description for the process of baking a raw muesli mix, only to find out that granola is a trademarked term in Australia and New Zealand by Sanitarium (check out the story here and here). Another …
