Thursday, December 16, 2010

SUSTAINABLE TABLE





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Monday, December 13, 2010

Holy Guacamole





2 organic avocado


2 organic ripe tomato, finely chopped


3 organic spring onions, chopped finely


Juice of ½ organic lemon



Mix spring onions, tomatoes and lemon juice, season with salt to taste, place in the fridge to allow favours to marry. Just before serving add the avocado by placing in the bow and mashing with above ingredients.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Raw cookies for santa


3 cups of raw cashews
1 vanilla bean
¼ cup coconut oil
¼ cup agave
This recipe handed down from Mother Claus to make sure that Santa is getting the goodness he needs this christmas without the refined products...

Dairy Free Choc Chips
½ cup raw cacao powder
¼ cup coconut oil
¼ cup agave

Blend cookie mixture in food processor until fine. Add cashews first and then remove ¼ of cup of the powder to use later.

To make choc chips. Add all items into a food processor, blend until smooth and spread out onto a baking tray and place in the freezer until hard. Then cut or break into small pieces.

Mix the Choc Chips into the Cookie mixture and roll into small balls and flatten with a fork. Then press the cookie into the cashew powder to finish and keep either in the fridge or freezer.

Rainbow Radish Salad


This delightful recipe comes from farmer Wayne down in Baxter. Its an amazing dish in flavour and especially delightful to the eye in this festive season.


1 bunch organic rainbow radish

3tbs organic extra virgin olive oil

1/2 bunch parsley chopped finely

Salt to taste


Thinly slice the radish, so that you have a consistent paper thin radish slices, garnish with parsley, season with salt and drizzle with oil. Yes its that easy