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Ready for a bread revolution? Book review: The New Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes...
There’s been a revolution in our house – a bread revolution. We are now able to make consistently great homemade bread which we all love to eat. The reason for this revolution is the “no knead” method...
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Green tea and white chocolate energy balls
Do you like green tea? I love it. I regularly go through a 100 pack of my favourite sencha and matcha blend tea bags, and happily eat all green tea flavoured food. I realise it can be a polarising...
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Cranberry, pecan and chocolate energy balls for Thanksgiving
I’m on a roll with the ball recipes this week. These late November Thanksgiving inspired balls are a variation of the green tea white chocolate energy balls from my last post. Being an Australian, the...
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Herb omelette with goat cheese
It’s not often I say this, but I had some left over goat cheese in the fridge the other day. After enjoying the savoury tang of this cheese on an otherwise sweet strawberry and quinoa salad, we still...
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Three great new cookbooks for plant based, whole food cooking
We aren’t vegan or vegetarian, but we do like vegetables, and I enjoy reading cookbooks with vegetarian or vegan recipes. These three books were all published this year and are full of tasty and...
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2015: A year of food
Hard to believe, but it is the end of the year again. Even the kids are saying how fast this last year has flown by, and I thought it was my job to say things like that. However quickly it passed, I...
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Slow cooker tropical pork with pineapple
When I put the word out that I was using our slow cooker outside on the back deck, looking for ways to keep the kitchen cool on hot summer days, our friend Teneal sent us some of her recipes which she...
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In my kitchen January 2016, a cool place to be
Picture the scene: it’s hot, too hot, and it’s planning to get hotter. A couple of weeks ago we had a run of hot days with temperatures in the unpleasant zone of the high thirties (close to 100...
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Vegetarian pastry parcels with roast vegetables and goat cheese
I call this my “emergency vegetarian meal”. It’s very useful for those times, for example, when you were planning to serve a roast pork and baked vegetable dinner for a group of people and discover on...
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A yummy home made dip with sweet potato and cashews
Have you ever tried to recreate one of your favourite shop bought foods at home? Chances are you could make a fresh home made version healthier, cheaper and yummier than the shop bought one. This...
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Everything tastes better camping – top tips for tasty camping food
We have a theory that everything tastes better camping. This theory all started on New Year’s Day 2000. We were partying like it was 1999, escaping the Y2K hysteria with our tent and a canoe on the...
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Cinnamon scrolls with apple
These cinnamon scrolls are a minor upgrade from our normal recipe, with the bonus feature of apple mixed throughout the swirls of dough. I think this recipe fits nicely with the Five Beans Food motto:...
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Coleslaw three ways – three versions of this classic salad
Coleslaw is one of those old favourites, those classic salads that you expect to see at any Australian summer BBQ. Perhaps it’s not surprising coleslaw has become a summer staple as it is a tasty dish...
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Green tea and red bean cream layer cake
This special cake all started when a friend gave me permission to bring “something weird” to her birthday party. It was also inspired by my love of these flavours, and wanting to make something a...
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In My Kitchen March 2016 – a green place to be
With St Patrick’s Day around the corner, I thought an appropriate theme for this month’s In My Kitchen post was GREEN. That connection might be a bit of a stretch, as the green in my food comes from...
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Mmmm, meatballs – book review of the Ultimate Guide to Meatballs
Those of you who are long term followers of this blog know I have been in search of the perfect meatball for a while now – see these posts here and here. The search is over, I have found the pot of...
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Sweet, sweet potatoes – some great recipes starring this fabulous vegetable
I love sweet potatoes and would happily eat them and feed them to my household all the time. Autumn is the season for sweet potatoes, and with the price of them at the moment it is very tempting to...
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The Queen of burritos – chicken and bean burritos with lime sour cream
This tasty and easy recipe is a favourite in our house, often made by our teenage girls. As parents of teenagers, one of our hopes for our kids is that they leave home equipped to look after themselves...
View ArticleThe easy way to enjoy sushi together – Temaki (hand rolled) sushi
Temaki means “hand rolled” or “rolling by hand”, which is exactly what happens when you make temaki sushi. Each dinner guest rolls their sheet of roasted seaweed into a cone shape full of their choice...
View ArticleTaking someone a meal – top tips for sharing food with someone who needs it
Making a meal for someone else when they need it is a practical way of showing people you care. I love this quote from journalist Annabel Crabb: “Food is a great way of saying things that maybe you...
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