Category Archives: Recipes

Chai, coconut and raspberry porridge slices

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I’m a total porridge addict, and Mr H and I always try to sit down together in the mornings at our breakfast bar to enjoy a bowl each of the stuff. It’s such a lovely ritual as it means we get a little bit of quality time first thing just to sit and chat before the craziness of our days begins.

But of course sometimes there are the days where it doesn’t quite work out – he goes for an early morning Crossfit session, I’ve got somewhere to be first thing, we oversleep (oops) – in which case sadly we have to forego our little tradition. But luckily we don’t have to forego our porridge as thanks to this scrumptious recipe what we normally enjoy in a bowl we can enjoy just as much in a (much more portable) square. Phew!  Continue reading →

Three ingredient chocolate kiwi pops 

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I never quite know what to do with kiwis – I like them, but haven’t yet attempted to put them in a smoothie, or do any sort of baking with them. I guess it’s possible, so am going to add it to my list as I don’t want to have a gaping kiwi-sized hole in my smoothie/dessert recipe repertoire, I just need to have a little think about what to make with them. Continue reading →

Thai green curry 

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Thai food is one of my favourite cuisines as it’s just so full of flavour and many typical dishes use coconut milk (and not cream or yogurt) to give them a creamy texture, which is a big tick in my book!

I’m partial to a Thai green curry when we go to our local Thai restaurant, but this isn’t super often (I much prefer cooking at home to eating out, and so does our bank balance I suppose) so I’ve been busy creating my own version which is just as yummy but lots healthier as its packed with loads of colourful veggies (and uses hardly any oil). That’s the other thing I find about eating out – most restaurants seem to make their food really oily which is weird as you’d never add that much oil to your food in your own kitchen so why do restaurant kitchens have to be any different? Who knows.  Continue reading →

Seven ingredient milk chocolate hobnobs

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When I was little my brother and I used to have the loveliest Czech babysitter. As all little people do, we loved convincing adults to tell us swear words in different languages so that we could use them in the school playground or wherever without getting told off, so anyone who spoke a foreign language was a valuable resource to us. Our babysitter didn’t mind indulging us in our favourite pastime (anything to keep us occupied while our parents were out) so she taught us a couple of words. One such word was ‘hovno’ which is apparently Czech for ‘shit’, but the way she said it it sounded like ‘hobnob’ which to us was hilarious and of course it stuck. Continue reading →

Three ingredient coconut berry ice lollies

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Don’t think me a fraud for calling this a ‘recipe’ as I’m under no illusions that these lollies are potentially the easiest things to make ever! I just thought that they a) look so pretty and b) taste so yummy that I had to share them on the blog with you guys!

I’m a massive fan of coconut water – it’s hydrating, delicious and full of fabulous electrolytes, which makes it one of my favourite drinks right now. I love putting it in my morning smoothies, but recently the weather’s been so lovely I dug out my ice lolly moulds and have been enjoying coconut water lollies pretty much daily. They’re an amazing guilt free snack or dessert, especially if you’re feeling like you need something cooling and refreshing. Continue reading →

Chocolate fondants 

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I know what you’re thinking – HOW on earth can the chocolatey piece of heaven pictured above be healthy!? Well I don’t blame you, I can’t quite believe it myself to be honest! And trust me, this dessert isn’t just something that LOOKS unhealthy but tastes as if someone’s replaced sugar with spinach and chocolate with carrots, it doesn’t taste remotely healthy either! In fact it tastes downright indulgent and my ever-willing taste testers proclaimed that they actually wouldn’t have realised that what they were eating was totally guilt-free had I not told them beforehand. Continue reading →

Yummy yakisoba

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Yakisoba literally means ‘fried buckwheat’ in Japanese, and is traditionally a street food dish made of fried noodles with veggies (and sometimes meat) and flavoured with a delicious sweet and slightly tangy sauce. It’s super easy and pretty cheap to make (which explains the street food element) and for these reasons it’s definitely one of my go-to weekday dinners for myself and Mr H, especially if I don’t have heaps of time on my hands. Continue reading →

Strawberry coconut macaroons

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I’d always been confused when people spoke about macaroons in the past – to me they are little coconutty biscuity things, crispy on the outside and soft in the middle, but then these funny French sweet pastel-coloured sandwich things turned up and everyone seemed to call them macaroons too. Which one is the real macaroon and which is the imposter? I had to know, so I consulted Mr Google and it seems us Brits (well the less cultured ones like moi) have been calling the French delicacies macaroons when they are ACTUALLY called macarons! Who knew one less vowel could make such a difference. Continue reading →

Butternut boats

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Butternut squash is one of my favourite veggies – it’s so amazingly good for you (lots of vitamin A and antioxidants) and it tastes so delicious too! However, the thing I don’t like quite so much about butternut squash is the time (and elbow grease) it takes to peel and chop it into chunks. Which is why these butternut boats are so fab, all you need to do is chop the squash in half, take out the seeds and pop it in the oven with some olive oil and it comes out beautifully roasted and soft. Continue reading →