Ham with Orange and Maple Glaze

(Serves 6-8) 3-4 kg leg ham 2 tablespoons of marmalade 1/3 cup (75ml) dijon mustard 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1 tablespoon orange zest 1 cup (250ml) orange juice 2 tablespoons maple syrup Salt n pepper whole cloves (optional, just looks prettier!) Directions Score diamond pattern over fat of ham. Transfer ham to large baking dish;…

Rainbow Salad

So my lil Gracie is obsessed with rainbows, as are most 4 year old girls!  I made up this salad for her as she loves her salad and veges raw, plus its much easier. This salad is a great one to make for the kids that everyone can like , or for lunches for adults…

Turmeric Cauliflower Rice

So cauliflower rice is a great alternative if you’re trying to reduce your carbs. It also looks like rice, so I managed to trick my kids into eating it by mixing it with rice and a few other salad ingredients too. I add just a bit of turmeric to it;  I add turmeric to everything…

Easy Chicken curry

This is an easy to make and easy to digest curry paste which is only chilli, ginger, soy sauce, turmeric and kaffir lime leaves. Blitz it all up or roughly chop them before throwing them into a fry pan or crock pot. Add some chicken stock and coconut milk and its an easy, tasty, healthy…

Pumpkin, Kale and Blueberry salad

Everyone is obsessed with kale at the moment! It’s a great green and super healthy; full of fibre, antioxidants, iron, calcium and B vitamins to name a few. You actually need to be careful not to eat too much raw though, as it can interfere with iodine absorption. I think it actually tastes best when…

Healthy Rice Paper Sausage Rolls

Sausage rolls are loaded with the fat from the pastry and the fat from the sausage and veal mince (not to mention whatever other questionable animal is in the mince.) These are made with rice paper rolls and lean chicken mince so much less fattening than pastry, and less fiddly I think than messing about…

Broccoli, Cranberry and Walnut Salad

I went to a lovely 1st Birthday party on Sunday for the very special Charlee Rose and I heard some of the ladies there talking about this yummy broccoli salad. So I tasted it and it was awesome! The flavours all totally worked together, sweet, crunchy, and so healthy. I’ve modified it slightly to make…