Special Thai Green Curry with Prawns and Rice Noodles

Thai flavours are some of the best in the world. The combinations of sweet, sour, spicy, salty and fresh are just magic in your mouth! However, Thai foods can be laden with salt and sugar. If you’re conscious about these things, you are going to love  this amazing recipe! I call it Special Thai Green Curry with Prawns and Rice Noodles – special because it uses fresh, homemade Thai Green Curry paste!

Five protein-packed porridge toppers for healthy breakfast starts

Is there anything more delicious, satisfying and heart-warming than a steaming bowl of creamy porridge on a cold morning? With winter starting to creep in, I’ve been indulging in some good old oats and experimenting with my porridge toppings to keep breakfast interesting and help me feel fuller for longer.

Sugar-free meal plan: week 6

This could possibly be one of my most economical, sustaining and delicious sugar-free eating weeks yet. My whole week’s meal plan centres around one roast leg of lamb. After the initial roast dinner on Monday, I managed to get another four lunches out of the same leg of lamb (and we had four people living in the house this week!) and I used the stock juice to cook the mushroom risotto for dinner on Friday night! The dogs then enjoyed the bones!

Sugar-free meal plan: week 5

I visited friends on the weekend whose parents have the most impressive and welcoming house and they have established the most amazing garden. In fact, their house and garden feature in the book Country Gardens, Country Hospitality: A Visit to Australia’s Best. It truly is an inspiration and if you ever spot the book be sure to flick to the chapter on the Fishers’ home and garden in Orange, NSW.

An easy way to make cream cheese at home

How many different varieties of cream cheese do you think there is in the supermarket? Take a look next time – there’s a lot! Full-cream, low-fat, sweet chilli, chocolate flavoured – and the list goes on! Cream cheese is a delicious and versatile food, but, unfortunately, many pre-packaged varieties contain copious amounts of salt, sugar and several artificial additives (though not all – check the list of ingredients) which are not good for our health. The good news is that you can make your own cream cheese at home. You want the even better news? Cream cheese is cheap to make and can be done in three simple steps.