Featured Recipe
Miso Peanut Butter Cookies
Friday, August 08, 2025 |
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These unique cookies are soft, chewy in the middle with crunchy edges and a hint of savory flavour from miso paste. The recipe yields 12 large cookies, adjust the baking time to 10-12 minutes if you want to make 16 smaller cookies. Umami-rich miso works incredibly well with peanut butter, adding a depth of flavour. Creamy peanut butter can be substituted with crunchy if you want a little extra texture. Store the cookies in an airtight container on the counter for 3-4 days.
Grilled Kofte with Labneh and Tahini Slaw
Wednesday, August 06, 2025 |
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These kofte served with a light slaw and creamy labneh over warm flatbread are incredibly delicious, flavourful and ridiculously simple to make. A mediterranean-inspired meal perfect for summer evenings. Make them with beef or/and lamb mince. I have threaded kofte with rosemary stems, but you can use metal or bamboo skewers. I prefer to make kofte without any filler, but you certainly can add a slice of finely chopped toasted bread or even plain breadcrumb to the mixture.
Mint and Coconut-stuffed Chicken with Grilled Peach Salad
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 |
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A nutty, herby mix of coconut flakes, mint, parsley, chives, green chilli, garlic and olive oil is perfect for stuffing juicy and flavourful chicken thighs, which are roasted until golden crispy on the outside and succulent inside. Served with a grilled peach salad for a tasty budget summer meal. It’s naturally gluten free and suitable for a low carb diet.
Raspberry and Coconut Truffles
Sunday, July 13, 2025 |
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These nutty fruity truffles are a welcome change from the beloved chocolate truffles. The pink truffles are also ideal as a gift. They are made with almonds, desiccated coconut, coconut oil and raspberries, lightly sweetened with agave syrup. If you like, finish them with a coating of white chocolate for an extra layer of decadence.
Haupia - Hawaiian Coconut Pudding
Friday, July 11, 2025 |
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Haupia is a popular traditional Hawaiian dessert made from coconut milk, cornstarch and sugar. This naturally gluten free coconut pudding is very simple and takes just 10 minutes to make and doesn't require an oven. The silky, creamy haupia tastes fantastic and have a fine consistency somewhere between pudding and panna cotta. Traditionally, the haupia are cubed and served plain. But you can also garnish them with fresh fruit or fruit sauces (I used mango here). If you are going to serve them in glasses, garnish them with some caramelised pineapples and/or toasted sesames since both are important ingredients in Hawaiian cuisine.
Puff Pastry Carrots
Saturday, July 05, 2025 |
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These adorable carrot-shaped flaky pastries are filled with a delectable roasted carrot hummus—they can be filled with herbed cheese or tuna cream if you ain’t into hummus and would make a fun starter or snack.
If you don’t have those cone-shaped moulds, make your own with aluminum foil and baking paper. Cut a regular baking paper into 4 rectangles. Roll up each rectangle into a funnel and secure the baking paper at the sides with a stapler. To make the funnel a little more stable, place a small ball of aluminium foil in the funnel and press the top ends of the baking paper roughly into the funnel.
Poppyseed Cake
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 |
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With a fun quilt pattern, this poppyseed cake with a cheesecake topping really makes a statement. Not only does it look great, but it also tastes fabulous. This cake recipe offers a little variety and a wow flavour experience that you don’t want to miss out. Schmand is German sour cream with a much higher fat content than regular sour cream. No Schmand, no problem, use crème fraîche instead. If you're feeling adventurous, swapping some homemade eggnog for the buttermilk. I have baked this cake for a few times with different ingredients and temperatures, and the first time I prepared the batter with eggnog and baked at 190C/375F for 50 minutes for a more golden topping. The cake was very tender on first day, and became slightly dry on the 2nd day, but still very good. Other times all with buttermilk and baked at 180C/350 for 45 minutes until lightly browned and it stayed very tender and soft even after 3rd day.
Raisin Muffins with Coconut Macaroon
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 |
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Are you on team muffins or team cupcakes? Personally I prefer unfrosted muffins with a classic domed muffin top to cupcakes, which can be quite sugary sweet and unhealthy, though much more decorative and prettier. You can add nuts, seeds, fruits or other mix-ins to make muffins really interesting and less guilty. The batter of these muffins come together really quickly. However, I decided to make these muffins with creaming method, so the texture is much more airy and lighter, and add a coconut macaroon top, just for fun and extra chew. If you want to use muffin-method (combine the dry and wet ingredients separately, then combine them), you definitely can.
Tahini Raspberry Crumb Cake
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 |
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This nutty fruity crumb cake is perfect for brunch, as a dessert or an afternoon pick-me-up. They are scrumptious by themselves, with some clotted cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Instead of butter, I used tahini to make the streusel, and sweetened the whole cake with a mix of date syrup and erythritol. If you want to make this gluten free, replace white spelt flour with oat flour.
Poppyseed Rye Cookies with Cherry and White Chocolate
Thursday, June 05, 2025 |
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These rye cookies are soft and gooey in the center, and crunchy around the edges. The dough uses a combination of medium rye flour and plain flour. Rye flour has a nutty, earthy, and characteristic malty taste that brings out the best in ingredients like chocolate, butter and warm spices. The low-gluten of rye gives these cookies a delicate and unique chewy texture that’s hard to beat. It also absorbs more water, making these cookies very moist and tender. Use dark chocolate or other dried fruit if you wish.
Chocolate Blueberry Cake
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 |
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Chocolate cake is probably on many hobby bakers' must-make list. But if a simple chocolate cake isn’t interesting enough for you, you can simply pimp up the cake recipe with a few fruits - for example with delicious blueberries. This chocolate blueberry cake is so quick and easy to make! The super moist sponge with chocolate tastes so delicious with fresh berries. It is perfect at any time of year, but especially in summer when the blueberries are at their juiciest. However, the cake also works perfectly with other seasonal fruit or alternatively with dried fruit. This cake is a hit at any party, over a cosy coffee with friends and family or as the highlight of a festive brunch. Fresh blueberries bring freshness and antioxidants to the cake, while dark chocolate adds that little something extra.
Keto Salmon Kiev
Monday, May 12, 2025 |
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Oozing with a flavorful butter-herb mixture, this keto-friendly fish version of this classic is definitely a winner. Perfect for entertaining or any weekday meal that will keep you satiated and energised. Butter mixture can be prepared beforehand and stored in the fridge until needed. The only thing I might change next time is to use MORE butter for the filling. If you want a thicker crust, then do a double crumb. You could serve this salmon Kiev with anything your heart desires, but a light salad or some blanched beans or asparagus would keep things really nutritious and healthy.