Persian Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

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Bowl of Persian roasted butternut squash soup

It’s been a while since I’ve shared a recipe post here! As you may know Joe and I were away visiting family in Australia for about 6 weeks and we just returned back to England about a week ago. As you may imagine our trip was AMAZING and it was just incredible to be able to spend that time with our families and also catch up with friends. I won’t lie, it was hard to leave (again!) and I’ve definitely felt the impact of being away from everyone. Although I’m pretty used to it by now, when you spend a big chunk of time away like that it’s always hard at first to get back into your routine. Anyway other than spending time with family and friends we got to enjoy some GREAT weather while we were there as well, granted it did rain a couple of times but other than that the weather was nice and warm and I definitely took advantage of it! I’m just kind of sad that we missed out on the heatwave that happened this past week with temperatures in the high 40′sC/100′sF! Yeh I might sound crazy wanting to have heat like that but this cold, wet weather in England is making me wish we could just have one day of sunshine and hot weather…. you know the whole ‘the grass is always greener’ thing.

Anyway since it is cold and since the weather is not on the list of things I can control I’ve been using it to my advantage to make delicious warming meals. My slow cooker/crock-pot has been getting a good workout with making bone broths and slow cooked meats, and of course one of the best ways to keep warm is with a nice big bowl of steaming hot soup! [Read more…]

Sweet Potato Apple Fennel Hash

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Sweet potato, apple and fennel hash

I’m sharing my recipe for this ‘Sweet Potato, Apple & Fennel Hash’ today over at The Saffron Girl… run over and check it out now! Thanks to Debra for opening her blog to me and asking me to guest post for her readers! Be sure to hang around and check out her blog, she shares amazing recipes accompanied by beautiful photography.

Have a wonderful weekend!

 

Paleo Carrot Pancakes with Coconut Butter

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Paleo carrot pancakes with coconut butter

Here’s the GOOD news… we’ve found a new place to move into! BUT we can’t move in until early September so we’ll still be in this place for a bit longer but I we seriously can’t wait to move out of here! The new place is bigger, in a better location AND it’s not in an apartment block, it’s in a gated community with the houses attached to each other which means no more having to deal with people above us making noises all night! AND my FAVOURITE part of all is we will be living LITERALLY across the road from a castle! How cool is that! 🙂

I’m looking forward to seeing how the new kitchen works out… it’s always an adjustment when you move into a new place! By the way this will be our 6th move (including moving from Australia to America, then America to here) in 3 years so yes you can call me ‘The Moving Queen’ 😉

Anyway so this recipe I’m about to share with you is not very sweet at all, in fact the only thing that gives it some sweetness is the homemade coconut butter on top… don’t worry coconut butter is EASY to make! It could be sweeter depending on if you add sweetener to it which I didn’t, but other than that there’s no sweetener in these paleo carrot pancakes. [Read more…]

Paleo Cinnamon Banana Bread

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Paleo cinnamon banana bread

I try not to make/bake too many dessert or treat like recipes… ‘try’ being the operative word here because those things don’t last very long in our house and I definitely have poor control issues when it comes to such food! So I try and go as long as I can between making these things but when I do I want something SPECIAL!

One of my FAVOURITE treats is from my friend Alisa over at Paleo in PDX. I’ve made her ‘Cinnamon Roll Squash Muffins’ a number of times now and each time they come out a treat! The first time I made them I added in apples as well, you can see that version here.

Last week I really wanted to make these muffins again and was all ready to go but then I realised I didn’t have any squash of any kind, canned or fresh! And actually I’m not even sure I could find squash right now in England! I did have some bananas on hand though and thought why not sub these in for the squash instead! And then halfway through mixing the ingredients I thought why not turn this into banana bread instead? And I did! The result was a deliciously soft banana bread that was full of the flavour of cinnamon (just the way I like it) and with just the right amount of sweetness… [Read more…]

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