I’m writing this post from my perch at St Ali, a rather fancy cafe in South Melbourne. How fancy, you ask? Check it out: they have coffee ‘meal deals’ such as the ‘Barista Breakfast’ ($10 taster of 3 coffees) or the ‘St Ali Coffee Adventure’ ($20 for 6 coffees. For hardcore non-migrainey narcoleptics only). Plus, your […]
I used to think the spaghetti squash was a mythical vegetable; a part of paleo folklore that only appeared in minimalist-organic-farmers-market food blogs to taunt everyday folk like us who have to make our grain-free noodles with sweet potato and a peeler. And then I stumbled upon the elusive vegetable in – you guessed it […]
There’s a scene in my favourite silly movie of all time, Robin Hood: Men In Tights, where the incorrigible Sheriff of Rottingham says to Maid Marian: “We have exotic foods from across the seas. Coconuts, bananas…and dates. Care for a date?” Maid Marian: “Yes, thank you…” Sheriff: “How about next Thursday!” Love it. WTF are medjool […]
Man, do I love sweet potato. It definitely saved me during the Paleo Challenge last year. Being one of the few starchy vegetables on the ‘can eat’ list, it was a food I turned to during many a carb-craving moment. Whether paleo or not, you should definitely consider adding sweet potato to your diet – […]
I’m very proud of myself. I was going to record a podcast episode last night but I was so tired I decided to take the night off…and cook! I had high hopes for a shredded sweet potato pancake-thing, but – as often happens with my haphazard food experiments – it failed spectacularly, leaving me with […]
Do you love pasta but don’t like the bloated, stodgy feeling you get after eating it? I know exactly how you feel. If I eat pasta I generally need to lie down after, plus I crave sugar from ingesting all that addictive starch. Ugh. Well I’m in love with a cool gadget that totally solves […]
