Real food recipes
made easy for you

I invented this recipe for chilli con carne spice mix because I love the fragrance of freshly ground spices.

These spicy bean burgers are delicious, tender and very much appreciated by vegetarians, vegans and meat eaters alike!

On a recent visit to a café just north of Nanaimo, I chose one of their Nanaimo Bars because it was made with dates instead of sugar, and it looked so good!

Now that we can have a bit of ‘two metre distant’ socialising with friends and family, I look forward to being able to share this wonderful plum cake!

Many years ago, my lovely friend Merry Yang shared her tips for stir frying in a Thermomix. When I tried them in this delicious stir fried prawns dish, I was amazed and impressed with the result!

Homemade sauerkraut is a fabulously healthy and tasty condiment. It’s also an excellent (and inexpensive) source of live probiotics.

In 2009 I recorded a YouTube video making this wonderful luscious lemon tart with hot butter pastry, and it’s now had over 90,000 views!

I have made this delicious Boston baked beans recipe for many years, and even more often since I discovered that doing all the ‘prep’ in my Thermomix makes it really easy.

Haricot beans are cute, small, pale green or white dried beans, very popular in Europe. Haricots include navy beans, cannellini beans and flageolet beans.