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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 [...]

Winter nights

I am in Victoria for the week visiting family, and it makes talking of winter nights in Cairns seem a bit comical – it’s freezing here, and I’ve got everything rugged up. Nonetheless, we do have our own version of winter, and I still do crave those wintry dishes. I recently put together the dish [...]

Red salmon soup

Red Salmon Soup © Clare Richards 2009

I am in the throes of an intense stretch of food photography with my photographer Ali George.  From now until the end of December when she zips off on an international assignment, we are immersed in completing the photography for Tropical Cuisine: Cooking in Clare’s Kitchen.  This also [...]