I always try to take wheat-free crackers with me when I travel. In the past, I have missed out on eating dips, cheese or appetizers because they have been served with either regular bread or crackers. I’ve learned to always have some wheat-free crackers with me to avoid feeling left out nowadays! There are some pretty decent packaged wheat-free…
Triple-Bite Ginger Granola
Here’s another, slightly different granola recipe for you to try. I wanted to make a ginger-flavored granola – and at the third attempt, I think this one is a winner! Three different types of ginger are used in this recipe: fresh, ground and crystalized. I think it’s a great way to start the day, and…
Stovetop Sicilian Halibut
This is a very quick, one-pot dish, that is full of gorgeous Mediterranean flavors and colors. Serve it with a simple side-salad for lunch or add some rice, potatoes or bread and turn it into a heartier supper dish. Any firm, white fish can be used for this recipe – cod would work well. If you…
Marmite Kale Chips
Marmite is one of those things that you either love or hate. I happen to be in the love camp on this one! I found it to be a really important addition to my daughter’s diet when she was little. Both my children were brought up as vegetarian, but my daughter really didn’t care for…
Kale & Red Lettuce Caesar with Cara Cara Orange
Caesar Salad is probably my all-time favorite salad. A lovely blend of flavors and textures. I thought that you probably couldn’t improve on a simple Caesar, until I had a taste of my sister-in-law’s salad she had ordered in a restaurant in San Francisco. It pushed the ‘tradition’ envelope – and that’s what I really…
Caesar Salad Dressing
It’s so, so easy to make salad dressings – I never buy them any more. Why waste money and eat a whole bunch of extra additives and sugar, when you can whip up a dressing in under 5 minutes and know exactly what’s going into it? You control the fat; you control the sugar content….
Blue Corn Serrano Muffins
When I discovered that some of my health problems were due to a wheat allergy – I have to admit I found it really difficult to come to terms with the fact that I would no longer be able to eat bread. Having people comment, ‘What? Go without bread? I could never do that! I just…
Spicy Peanut Dressing
Here’s a tasty, spicy dressing for use on noodles, in rice bowls, or even for use as a coleslaw or salad dressing. It has an Indonesian influence and is a very versatile dressing. It takes its influence from Gado Gado Salad – which is one of my all-time favorite salads. This dressing does not have…
Tandoori Tomato & Cashew Soup
I recently had a glut of tomatoes I needed to use up and I was just going to make my standard cream of tomato soup, when I thought – hey, why not make something completely different? And while the purists out there may well scoff at something glaringly untraditional, my feeling on these matters is,…
Deconstructed Tuna Nicoise
So, why a ‘deconstructed’ Tuna Nicoise? Uh – because I wanted to?! Because I have a gorgeous piece of fresh tuna in my fridge? And well, because it looks really pretty on the platter! Plus other reasons, like, it meaning that people can take just the pieces they like, and leave the egg or the…
This Food & Travel Blog is all about my love of fruits and veggies, and about using as many as I can during the course of the week - whether at home or abroad. In fact, you could say I'm mental for veggies!
