Balance

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Blueberry + Black Pepper Pie

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Blueberry + Black Pepper Pie

Perhaps you’ve guessed where I’m going with this… with a nostalgia for ‘fall’, chocolate week in full swing and an abundance of blueberries... there was only one thing left to do.

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Turmeric Spiced Carrot Soup

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Turmeric Spiced Carrot Soup

While I’ve not yet decided whether or not I’m quite ready for the frosty weather, (not that autumn cares), it has given me another idea for using up this rather large quantity of carrots I’ve somehow landed myself with.  (And turmeric, well, because I've been consuming it in abundance to ward off the masses of cold-infected humans that suddenly surround me).

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Cauliflower Leaf Summer Salad

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Cauliflower Leaf Summer Salad

It’s funny how we often don’t think about what we don’t eat and why we don’t.  Cauliflower leaves are one such example.  Growing up, it’s what protected the food.  Now, it is the food.  When you don’t feel like spending on 101 cruciferous veg - that can cost an arm and a leg in some parts of the world - buy the cauliflower and get the best bang for your buck.

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Rhubarb + White Chocolate Tart

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Rhubarb + White Chocolate Tart

This mouthwatering Rhubarb + White Chocolate Tart that surpassed all expectations.  That we had to share immediately.  So that you could make it for your next dinner party/picnic/tea-for-one [judgement-free-zone, promise]. 

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Golden Cacao Drink

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Golden Cacao Drink

The stuff of dreams.  Literally.  Powerfully nutritious and chocolate crave quenching?  Um.  Yes.

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Greek Yoghurt + Nutella Cheesecake

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Greek Yoghurt + Nutella Cheesecake

I gave Nigella's Cheesecake a Bestover treatment, courtesy of some old biscuits, an abundance of Greek Yoghurt [more than would fit in any regular human’s fridge], a distant memory of an old Pinkberry order, and a craving courtesy of a culinary hero[ine].

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Olive Oil + Blood Orange Cake

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Olive Oil + Blood Orange Cake

I’ve been waiting almost a year to share this post with you.  Mostly because, well, it’s using Blood Oranges.  But also, because it does so much right by this fruit, celebrating everything it has to offer: from flesh to skin, taste to scent.

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Zesty Hot Cross Buns

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Zesty Hot Cross Buns

You are free to decide whether this recipe is just an excuse to make hot cross buns or hoard orange peel.  But either way.  Hoard the orange peel.  And make the hot cross buns.