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Fresh tomato and pumpkin seed pasta sauce

 

This is a flavoursome, fresh pasta sauce which goes well with the taro gnocchi mentioned in the adjacent post.  It is gluten free and dairy free but thanks to the pumpkin seed meal and olive oil has a creamy texture.

It can also be used as a salsa or dip, or added to tacos, tortillas or [...]

Coconut and tapioca flour pancakes

I developed this gluten and dairy free pancake after experimenting with a pancake recipe that was based on tapioca flour from Rodah Lester’s African cookbook which can be purchased from www.lulu.com .  I’ve also added coconut flour, which can be purchased on the internet and in good health stores, reduced the sugar and replaced the [...]

Papaya soup

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There are two versions of this soup I’ve encountered attributed to John Kotow; the first in the Radiant Living archives, and the second via a friend.  My experimentation with papaya soup began with a recipe my friend Simona gave me, which she had been given by her friend Dorothy, who had sourced it [...]

Black sapote red wine gravy and crisp breadfruit chips

I am hooked on my black sapote red wine gravy.  Last night we had it with roast chicken, and this morning I quickly pan-steamed a pile of Brazilian spinach then added the remaining gravy, and served it with bantam eggs, grilled Roma tomatoes from the Atherton Tableland and crispy bacon from Northern Smallgoods, butchers in [...]