Chocolate Pudding Fruit is also known as Black Sapote. It’s a delicious tropical fruit with sweet flesh that resembles chocolate mousse. I have an article on growing the tree here. [...]

Raw Dairy Free Cashew and Herb Cheese Raw dairy free Herb and Cashew ‘cheese’ Dairy allergic people, vegans and raw foodies don’t eat dairy based cheese. But, if you have [...]

How we change when we understand more about the world!  I have a chuckle when I remember weeding dandelions out of the lawn when we lived in Ballarat. That cooler [...]

Drinking in the Garden Drinking in the garden became a great pastime for me in March to June 2020 when we were all obliged to stay at home. Every day [...]

When our three children were little, that seems like an age away... they are now all thirty or older, I was determined they would not be exposed to artificial colourings [...]

These beautiful little spoons are a mouthful of freshness and are so easy to whip up in 10 minutes flat. I served them at a recent Edible Flowers Garden Party [...]

Why buy Turmeric Latte that's full of sugar and who knows what, when you can make your own from your own home grow turmeric? I don't drink coffee very often. [...]

I’ve been asked to share this recipe for Curried Lime Pickles. Our lime harvest this year has gone into Lime Curd for Garden Party tartlets, Limecello alcohol and Curried Lime [...]

Saint Hildegard of Bingen was a German Benedictine Abbess, who lived in Medieval times from 1098 to 1179. She was already an accomplished student at age 18 when she entered [...]

My favourite ways to use fresh ginger Super-fast ginger beer This fermented ginger beer is quick yet sensationally spritzy! it only takes three days to make whereas my mums recipe [...]

If you love the coconut yoghurt you buy at the store, you are going to love making your own for so many reasons… It tastes delicious, it’s a whole lot [...]

Should we really be eating the flowers sprinkled over our restaurant meals and café cakes? The reality is, that most of us will momentarily adore the beautiful effects but pick [...]

I've made a video for you as I made up the rose petal jam. View it here. When I was in year 12 at school, I won a book prize. [...]

Stuffed Vine Leaves Using Edible Hibiscus Leaves Edible hibiscus, Aibika or Abelmoschus manihot,is a delicious leaf from a perennial plant, that at first I did not have a clue what [...]

How to Make Candied Lillypillies This recipe takes the patience and perseverance of a saint I might add! Ingredients: ½ kg ripe red lillypillies 4 ½ cups white sugar ½ [...]

Raw Food Green Breakfast Juice I am seriously into the joys of eating raw food at the moment, and loving the fresh flavours and healthy meals, straight from the garden. [...]

Lavender and Almond Biscuits Lavender is one of those herbs that we adore but that does give us challenges to grow in Queensland summers. The French and Tasmanians on the [...]

Warrigal Greens Saag with Paneer Our small suburban garden is brim full of edible plants, both native and exotic. About 170 at the most recent count in fact. I’m one [...]

Ottoman Bean Dip Ottoman Bean Dip I tried to recreate a dip I tasted and loved at the Ottoman restaurant in West End Brisbane. While it tastes a little different, [...]

My Favourite Herbal Teas I enjoy a good cup of fresh herbal tea (also known as a tisane) and have done since my early 20s when I was diagnosed with [...]

Exotic Carambola Cake Exotic carambola cake I was given a bag of organic carambola or star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) from a lady whose garden I visited in inner Brisbane. Her [...]

Delicious Organic Honey and Harissa Eggplants This side dish recipe uses up several eggplants at once. so you’ll quickly go through the excess from your garden. White, stripy, long or [...]

Pink Apple and Jaboticaba Crisp When the jaboticaba (Tree grape or Myrciaria cauliflora) bush fruits, it produces kilos of fruit and there’s a rush to get it all juiced, jellied [...]

Garden Workshop Dukka Garden Workshop Dukka Dukka is a middle eastern dry dip made from a nut and seed base, flavored with herbs and spices. To make it will take [...]

Strawberry Fruit Leather When strawberries are prolific and cheap like 10 kilos worth I bought at the market in October, put them to good use. If you are not ‘jammy’ [...]

Linda's Famous Lemon Myrtle Cordial Linda’s Famous Lemon myrtle cordial Ingredients: 1 cup lemon juice or a combination of lemon and lime juice 4 cups water 2 cups white sugar [...]

Rosella and White Chocolate Cheesecake Slice Rosellas, (not the feathered type) are really delicious to eat once cooked or preserved. A couple of bushes of these hibiscus relatives provides so [...]

Raw Zucchini Wraps with 3 Sauces Our Christmas Raw Zucchini Wraps Before Christmas we headed up to the Sunshine Coast for the day. Feeling a little peckish around lunchtime, we [...]

Raw Dairy Free Cashew and Herb Cheese Raw dairy free Herb and Cashew ‘cheese’ Dairy allergic people, vegans and raw foodies don’t eat dairy based cheese. But, if you have [...]

Raw banana and avocado choc mousse This is a gloriously smooth and delicious way to celebrate raw food while using up your ripe bananas and soft avocados. It's all dairy [...]

Drying Your Own Grapes Grape success! How to dry your own grapes for year round use. Since buying a dehydrator, I have been enjoying drying the surplus from the garden [...]

Raw Wing Bean Salad This salad is crunchy with a Thai twist. Ingredients: 250 grams wing beans, washed and sliced on the diagonal 1 carrot peeled and grated coarsely 3 [...]

How to Dehydrate Your Excess Bananas How To Use Your Banana Bounty (Dehydrating bananas) When our ba=nas produce fruit, they really go to town. And why is it that all [...]

Baked Apples with Rosella Sauce My mum loved baked apples, and living in Gippsland, Victoria , where the seasons were cooler than here in Queensland, we'd thoroughly enjoy the warm [...]

Stuffed Giant Zucchini

Get Me Over The Virus Salad With Creamy Almond Dressing This salad serves 2 with generous helpings Dressing: 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil 1/3 cup almond butter Juice of [...]

Kale Chips Kale chips: tasty heaven in a leaf! Kale chips are essentially dried kale leaves with a flavour added then dehydrated or dried in a cool oven. The flavour [...]

Kale frittata Kale is one of those old fashioned vegies related to cabbages that just keeps giving, month after month. It also gives us so much in the healthy food [...]

Buddhas Hand Citron for Home Made Limoncello When I was at the Maleny Real Food Festival, Elizabeth brought in this Buddha's  Hand citron and gave it to my friend Martin [...]

Crispy gluten free savoury biscuits. They happen to be raw too! I first came across the recipe for dragon crackers in this amazing book: Raw by Charlie Trotter and Roxanne [...]

Thai Coconut Soup Raw Thai Coconut Soup Soup Ingredients: 2 young green drinking coconuts, open and use the soft flesh and the coconut water from inside 1 Tablespoon fresh finely [...]

Yandina Ginger Festival Smoothies recipes The first recipe is for Indonesian Jamu or health drink. We had this first when we arrived at a yoga retreat centre in Bali. I [...]

Green Health Breakfast Smoothie Green health breakfast smoothie We have a green smoothie mo st mornings and some afternoons too. I dash into the garden and grab a bowlful of [...]

Guest Chef Helen Pratt's Buffalo Pannacotta with Blueberries and Lemon Biscuit Chef Helen Pratt’s Buffalo Yoghurt Pannacotta with Blueberries and Lemon Biscuit Blueberries are best just by themselves. I would [...]

Making your own fresh flax meal I've used flax or linseed for years. As a kid we oiled our cricket bats with it. Now it's more likely to be pruchased [...]

Scrambled Eggplant Scrambled Eggplant Ingredients: 1 large eggplant such as Market Supreme. 2 large fresh eggs Salt and pepper Olive oil or coconut oil Slice the eggplant into 1 cm [...]

Wicked whole Baked Pumpkin For a wicked Whole Baked Pumpkin Thai style: 1 smallish organic Jap pumpkin lid cut off and seeds scooped out 1 can coconut milk 2 tablespoons [...]

A vegetarian's delight Alejandro, tell us about your home town and the food that influences you. I was born in Buenos Aires Argentina with not much food influence to be [...]

Raw Beetroot Pesto Dip This is a delicious dip to use up fresh raw beetroots. Rather than being bland and mushy, as many cooked beetroot dips tend to be, this [...]

Cheezy Kale Chips Ingredients 4 Bunches of kale- washed and stripped from stems and torn into roughly 4-6cm pieces (keep stems for juicing) 1 cup of soaked cashews. Soak 2 [...]

Fresh Vegetable Pasta with Red Pepper Cashew Sauce Fresh Vegetable Pasta with Red Pepper Cashew Sauce This is more of a favourite at home than cooked pasta. The joy is [...]

Strawberry Chia Puddings Strawberry Chia Puddings You'll need a blender for this recipe. 1 cup strawberries or other seasonal berries or fruit (Any fruit works well) 1 cup milk (You [...]

Spiced Yoghurt Cheese- Labna Collect and set up your equipment first. You'll need a colander. A bowl to sit the colander in to collect the whey A piece of muslin [...]

Macadamia Flax Crackers with GG Global Gourmet Sumac and Sesame Topper So, you dont want to turn on the oven? Maybe you have a dehydrator languishing in the cupboard? While [...]

Chocolate Pudding Fruit Shake Recipe for the Choclate Pudding Fruit Milkshake 1 cup milk (eg organic cow milk, almond milk, soy milk etc) flesh of 1 small chocolate pudding fruit [...]

Rosella and Passionfruit Punch Rosella and passionfruit punch 500 g rosellas hulled and seeded 1 cup lemon juice or a combination of lemon and lime juice 4 cups water 2 [...]

Carrot and Turmeric Soup Turmeric is an amazing spice. It grows so easily in pots or in the ground in warm climates. Its a potent anti-inflammatory rhizome that really can [...]

Homemade Ferments - Red and Green Sauerkraut Not all sauerkraut is created equal. Unless yours is home-made or ‘fresh’, the bottled varieties from the supermarket probably don’t have a squeak [...]

Mushroom Powder & Cream of Mushroom Camping Soup Soba Noodle & Cream of Mushroom Soup Super simple and easy for camping and hiking or a quick soup at home. Serves [...]

Miso Vegetable Soup For one generous serve: 1.5 cups filtered water 1 dessertspoon miso 1 button mushroom sliced thinly 6 slices of dried shitake mushroom 1/4 cup carrot cut into [...]