October 2015

Has anyone else seen the latest craze for regrowing vegetables?  I am right into it.  It is a great way to use up left over scraps of veggies that might go to compost. The biggest highlight is how easy it is, far easier than growing from a seed. It's plastic free, zero waste, and free!  Right now I have springs onions a…

The Books of Apicius is considered by many to be the first written cookbook, dated around 1st century AD. Image taken from The Books of Apicius I found the allegedly oldest cookbook, when I was wondering how or where the obsession for cookbooks ever came from. My search led me to this little gem. The cookbook section in book…

This past weekend I decided to try my hand at making silverbeet and ricotta ravioli. The idea came when I had a bunch of silvertbeet left over. Rather than cook it up the usual two ways that I do, I decided to try something new. It was my first attempt at making ravioli of any kind. I won’t go through the process of what I did. …

As a teenager I used to be obsessed with Marie Claire. I would buy it each month without fail. I even completed my work experience with their publishing house during University. So when they contacted me in July about a feature, I could not say no. The story features myself, Lauren from TIFT and Bea of Zero Waste Home. While it'…

We eat a couple avocados a month. Lucky the avocados we buy are almost a year round indulgence, and come from a farm three hours from Melbourne. The same farm supplies all of our citrus fruit in winter, growing the best blood oranges EVER. I try my hardest to use up as much of the food I buy. Right now I have a pot on the stove full o…