This is one of my favourite ways to enjoy asparagus at the moment and if you have to take a plate to share, this is a lovely dish to take along to a picnic or bring a plate situations!

Tena Koutou Beautiful Friends!! Spring is in the air and it's so exciting to see the transition to longer days and warmer weather. It’s an ideal time to focus on building strong digestion, a resilient microbiome and adapting your diet to the new season.

I have had this kitchari on a weekly repeat this Winter, it’s cosy, delicious and very week night friendly. Kitchari is a gently spiced combination dal or lentils and rice cooked together in one pot.

You can totally load kichari with a seasonal RAINBOW of veggies to make it beautifully colourful, nutrient and fibre rich. I love to get everything out of the veggie drawer and just add a bit of everything! The coconut cream isn’t traditional but it adds an extra creamy comfort factor to the dish.

If you are needing to stay cosy for a week in isolation, this would be a beautiful way to keep the sunshine, vitamin C and warming ginger vibes going.

It is getting rather Autumnal The Autumn Equinox has bought the rains and it definitely feels like it’s time to get a bit cosier. But I’m not quite ready to say goodbye to all the lovely flowers . This is a floral, herbal salt, it’s really lovely to add to your plate as a final flourish.

My rather lovely friend Helaina, made these before we hiked the Routeburn track together last summer and I have been obsessed with them ever since. They are an incredibly easy way to recreate the Italian summer vibe with about 5-10 minutes prep and they look and taste so delicious.

This super EASY, nutrient dense, gluten free chocolate cake is divine. It is also incredibly festive and pretty to make for a Christmas celebration as a French Buche de Noel (Christmas cake designed to look like a Yule Log) when glorious berries are in Summer abundance!

I love the way greens come into abundance in the springtime and the acid greens that you see in the new buds and leaves that are about to unfurl. This flavoursome green juice utilises the abundance of greens that are available at the moment and enkindles the digestive fire with a touch of ginger.

Here is a wonderfully EASY, delicious recipe for Dukkah. It just pops with festivity because of the vibrant flower petals. I think a big batch of this will have you covered for some yummy edible Christmas gifts and will look so lovely in a pretty glass jar.

If you love new seasons asparagus, then you should definitely celebrate with this lovely spring risotto. This risotto to me is a celebration of all things spring - koanga in te reo maori.

I made these muffins for our final Te Reo Class Matariki Morning Tea. These are my gluten and dairy free version of Samantha Seneviratne’s New York Times recipe for Morning Glory Muffins.

I took this wonderfully QUICK and EASY Kumara, Spinach and Leek Frittata to my Te Reo class for a delightful Matariki Morning Tea.

This is a beautiful Ayurvedic morning practice of drinking hot water with lemon. When I had two young children under two years of age, I would forget to drink water but with this daily rhythm I no longer feel dehydrated.

Ba, like everyones Indian Grandma, was highly committed to chai brewery, She would make a spicy, gingery brew three times a day for the house and also fill a thermos to take to my parents and staff at the supermarket.

Mung beans were huge in my childhood! Whole, split, sprouted and always delightfully spiced, we would have Mung every Monday.

I have made this recipe once a week for a couple of years and thought it couldn’t get better. However, I forgot the bread in a bowl overnight and then thought I would just pop it in some tins and hope for the best. And it was the best.

This is the most deliciously perfect citrusy lemon poppyseed cake. It’s wonderfully zesty and also while being an almond flour based cake it has a touch of rice and tapioca flour to lighten it up.

I love making ghee on grey days. If you’ve never made ghee before, you should definitely do it, you will LOVE it I promise. The smell is divinely nutty and the colour is of liquid sunshine.

It’s school holidays and so rainy here in Dunedin, however it’s the perfect weather to get cosy and bake something fun and delicious! This recipe was chosen and made by Laksmi, my 7yo.

These are such great all rounder cookies! Plant based and are excellent for the lunch box, hiking, biking, adventure treat when on a mission or cup of tea at home.