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Wild harvest II

A new batch of figs this afternoon from the same tree, which may be the last as there are few left on the branches.  There are now more fruit on the ground than on the tree; a mottled purple and brown carpet of decaying bounty.  Across the grass is another tree with fruit coming on, [...]

Sweet potato, papaya, lime and passionfruit salad

© Clare Richards 2009 Sweet potato, papaya, lime & passionfruit salad

I love papaya for breakfast, but it is not very sustaining on its own.  Sweet potato is amazing in its capacity to keep you going for hours and hours, but can be a bit on the heavy side to eat on its own for breakfast.  [...]

Black sapote rich chocolate mousse

© Catseye Productions 2009 Black sapote rich chocolate mousse

Our first photography session is done, so soon there will be shots loaded here at Clare’s Kitchen.  We ended up working with three dishes; black sapote rich chocolate mousse; papaya soup; and tropical rock lobster with triple citrus sauce.

Since then I’ve been busy trialling some other recipes, [...]

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 [...]