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Winter Brown Rice Salad

by Erin B on June 10, 2013

I’m guest posting over at Claire K Creations today as Claire and her hubby are off traveling around New York. (Jealous!!) I thought I would submit a winter brown rice salad as it is a great example of the kind of dish I love to create and regularly have it packed into my bag for the [...]

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Persimmon & Pomegranate Salad

by Erin B on June 1, 2013

Do you Fuyu? Persimmon season is creeping slowly to an end, before many of us have even had the time to indulge. Here’s a quick salad I threw together with fresh Persimmons and another amazing fruit that is at its prime right now, Pomegranate. I’m sorry I haven’t been around much lately. I seem to [...]

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Roast Cherry Salad

by Erin B on December 11, 2012

This time of year has to be my absolute favourite; long days, glorious sunshine, catch ups with friends, an abundance of produce and stonefruit – most notably, cherries! Cherries would have to be one of my absolute favourite fruits and so when I bring home the first batch of cherries for the season it’s pretty [...]

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Tortellini Pasta Salad with Peas, Asparagus & Mint

Springtime Tortellini Pasta Salad with Asparagus, Mint & Peas

by Erin B on October 25, 2012

With all the gorgeous weather we’ve been having here in Adelaide recently, my lily-white legs were crying out for some sunshine. What better way to make the most of this glorious change in seasons than by packing a picnic and heading to the National Park. A couple of weeks back it was my friend Mel’s [...]

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Roast Vegetable & Freekeh Salad

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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Orzo Pasta with Preserved Lemon, White Beans & Caramelised Mushroom

August 12, 2012

I’ve been having some great fun experimenting with preserved lemon this week, adding them to anything I can think of. This dish encapsulates a number of those experiments, providing a nutritious balance of grains, beans, veg and nuts. Orzo is a fantastic pasta to work with, it cooks in no time at all and brings [...]

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Summery Corn and Zucchini Salad

March 13, 2012

I recently signed up for regular box deliveries from Jupiter Creek Farm. If you’ve been following me on social media over the last few months you might have seen me mention them a few times. Jupiter Creek is a wonderful example of community-supported agriculture a format that favours locally grown, organic produce that encourages an [...]

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Pumpkin & Green Bean Salad

January 29, 2012

Hi Folks, Back again today with another fabulously fresh salad that has just the right balance of salty and sweet. With the hot weather making long hours in front of the stove a less than ideal scenario, we’ve been eating a lot of salads. They are easy to throw together based on whatever you’ve got [...]

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Back to Work Barley Salad

January 19, 2012

Hi Folks, Well, sadly for many of us the holidays are over and we’re making our way back to work which can often be a bit of a tricky time when it comes to healthy eating. I thought I’d share this salad with you as it’s what I’m packing in my lunchbox this week. It’s [...]

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Curried Lentil & Zucchini Salad

November 22, 2011

Hi Guys! I have a serious glut of zucchini’s developing here and two out of the four plants have only just started to flower. There are worse things that could be happening in my house right now I know, but I must warn you that a glut of zucchini’s probably means an onslaught of zucchini [...]

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Beet Salad

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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