Recipes

Traditionally, cauliflower cheese isn’t a healthy dish as it’s made with a rich cheesy sauce. This recipe offers a much healthier and lighter version that still tastes delicious. Don’t worry if you don’t have the concentrated bone broth — you can just leave that out.

This recipe makes a lovely short biscuit with a strong flavour. The secret is to use good-quality Parmesan — the better your Parmesan, the better your biscuit!

Australia is blessed with a plethora of edible native plants. Many of these lesser-known Indigenous delights can be used in your kitchen to create delicious and nutritious meals.

Feel free to use any combination of fresh herbs in this dish. I used the basil, mint and oregano I had growing in my garden.

Cornish pasties are one of my favourite comfort foods, but it’s hard to find a good one these days. Making your own, although more effort, gives you control over the ingredients and flavours. This recipe outlines a good, traditional base to start with, but feel free to change the filling as you see fit.

Rissoles were a weekly occurrence in our house, growing up with my one-pound-Pom nanna (the English people who paid a pound to come out on early voyages to Australia), but they were dry, over-cooked and usually made from beef. I prefer lovely free-range pork.

You can keep the zucchini raw if you prefer a fresh and crunchy texture or cook the zucchini in hot water for five seconds before tossing through.

This recipe works well in a larger cake tin, too, such as a loaf tin. Just cook it for 10 minutes longer.

Chia jam is one of the easiest recipes you’ll make. You can use any combination of berries, although it doesn’t get more English than blackberry jam!

Risotto isn’t just a lunch or dinner meal, it can absolutely be a dessert or breakfast! I’ve combined my go-to protein-charged grain, quinoa, with the creaminess of coconut milk, raw cacao and cinnamon to give this risotto a sweet edge without the heavy sugar load. You can enjoy it as a nourishing dessert with any kind of fruits. I love stone fruit with this delicious dish.

Porcini mushrooms give this risotto a rich, earthy flavour. If you have leftovers, form them into balls or patties and bake in the oven until crisp on the outside. They make the best burgers.

There is a direct and proven link between the food you eat and the health of your nervous system and therefore your mood. Choosing the right foods in tasty meals can have major, and rapid, effects on your nervous system and how you feel.