Tag: organic
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Simple Homemade Seed Crackers

Making homemade seed crackers reduces your plastic waste and these super easy crackers use any combination of seeds and flours. There’s nothing like a good crunchy cracker for spreading your favourite dip on. Ingredients * 250 grams mixed base seeds – pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, chia seeds * 1-2 teaspoon flavour seeds –…
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Kids In The Kitchen

Last week we decided to make some sweet treats; peanut butter & chocolate cups. They’re absolutely delicious and very moreish. I’m sure the kids ate more peanut butter & chocolate while they were making them! This is something the kids can pretty much do by themselves, apart from melting the chocolate as they can’t reach…
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Easy tray pancakes

Weekends are for pancakes! Most kids love pancakes, but if like me you hate standing at the stove for 30 minutes flipping them and listening to the kids screaming ‘are they ready yet?’ This recipe is for you. It’s so easy, just mix, pour and bake. Everyone gets to eat at the same time and…
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Breakfast with the opposition

I was honored to provide the catering for Paula Bennett’s visit to Inglewood yesterday. If you don’t know who she is, she’s the deputy leader of the NZ National Party. They’re currently the opposition to our Labour/coalition government. It was a wonderful experience, not least because the event was hosted in a shop/event venue called…
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Home made bread

The benefits of making your own bread Yesterday a friend told me that she loved my 5 seed bread and that it didn’t make her bloated, like shop bought bread. She asked me why, so I thought my response would be great shared with you all. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like bread! However,…
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Transitioning workshop

Simone’s Plant Based Cooking Classes are your gateway to creating and eating vibrant, mostly organic and healthy vegan food. I believe that food should serve your body and mind well. The plant based lifestyle is a way of fueling yourself that is enjoyable, simple and sustainable. This 3 hour transition class will give you the…
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Crispy Oven Baked Tofu

Tofu; you either love it or hate it! We love it, but it hasn’t always been that way. We first tried it in an Asian style soup and it was simply cubed and dropped into the broth for a few minutes before it was served. It really didn’t taste of anything, and the texture was…
