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Roast Vegetable & Freekeh Salad

Roast Vegetable & Freekeh Salad

by Erin B on September 18, 2012

As the weather starts to warm up and teeny tiny seedlings start to sprout, a sense of anticipation rises all around me. Visions of long, hot summer nights on the porch, sipping gin and tonics and doing nothing in particular are just an arms length away and yet we are not quite there. We are [...]

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Carrot, Parsnip & Red Lentil Soup

Carrot, Parsnip & Red Lentil Soup by she cooks, she gardens

by Erin B on July 25, 2012

After a couple of weeks of cakes and feasting on wonderful mushroom dishes my pants are starting to feel a little, ahem, tighter than usual. This soup is one of the ways I am keeping myself nourished and healthy, a simple pairing of juicy carrots, parsnips and red lentils creates a wonderfully satisfying lunch that [...]

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Beet Salad

by Erin B on November 16, 2011

Hi Guys! Today’s recipe is a quick and easy salad that takes full advantage of the change of seasons. A quick walk around the farmers markets demonstrates that we’re at a difficult point in the season, where the tomatoes aren’t quite ripe and the winter harvests are all but coming to an end. Something that [...]

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Carrot & Quinoa salad – Almost Vegan

Carrot & Quinoa Salad by she cooks, she gardens

by Erin B on May 19, 2011

This dish was a bit of a last-minute creation inspired by a salad I’d eaten from ‘Let them Eat’ over the weekend at Bowerbird Bazaar, a fantastic local design showcase packed full of creative creations and locally produced food. Having grated up far too much carrot for the Mother’s Day cupcakes I was looking for [...]

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Super-cute carrot cupcakes

May 13, 2011

Everyone loves a bit of carrot cake, right? I made up a batch of these to take with me to our family Mother’s Day celebrations on Sunday. They were quick and relatively easy to prepare and you can switch up the flavours to suit your own tastes. Using oil instead of butter results in a [...]

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Cheesy sweet roast veggie bake

April 21, 2011

A warm, hearty and healthy dish to help with the transition into Autumn that provides a delicious balance between protein, carbs and fats. It’s not ‘low-fat’ but it’s not going to give you a heart-attack either. After a long week of ‘being good’ and exercising hard this is the perfect weekend treat that is a [...]

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