brown sugar and black tea roll-out cookies

i don’t usually make roll-out cookies because, well, they as just so plain.  but i’ve been seeing so many fun-shaped cookies around the blogs that i’ve been itching to make a batch myself when i was inspired by smitten kitchen‘s nutmeg maple butter cookies.  so i raided my cupboards to find the dregs of a bag of brown sugar and regular organic sugar.  i sat down to stare at them with my cup of tea in hand, when i had the... Read More

pomegranate and dark chocolate chunk scones

scones have become my go-to baked good as of late.  i like how they can be a hardy catch-all for whatever ingredients seem to be lying around, they aren’t overly sweet, they keep well and i’ve already got a killer recipe that can flex to my specifications.  all you really need is a pastry cutter, some cold butter, flour, sugar and a hefty tablespoon of baking powder.  Everything else is adaptable. i used to make vegan scones by mixing... Read More

avocado, passion fruit and pomegranate salad

avocados, passion fruits and pomegranates have a lot in common.  they all hide delicious fruit away behind tough, inedible skins and you can get them all fresh at the farmers’ market right now. Read More  Read More

how-to: open a pomegranate

whenever i felt like eating a pomegranate, i used to cut it in half and slowly pick all of the seeds out.  by the end my hands would be red and i was lucky if i got half of the goodness out of the tough-skinned fruit, but i recently found out there is a much simpler way to open a pomegranate, where you can get all the seeds out without making a mess.  all you need is a knife and a large bowl of cold water. Read More  Read More