Mushrooms are known for their health benefits and with a savoury umami taste and meaty texture they can be a great alternative to meat in meals. Including a variety of different mushrooms in your diet is as important as including more fruit and vegetables. You can use dried mushrooms to make a mushroom seasoning salt or umami seasoning powder that you can add to enhance almost any savoury dish. I have been enjoying growing my own mushrooms at home - especially different Oyster mushrooms (as … [Read more...]
Grilled Vegetable Salad
This salad is perfect for late summer when capsicums, eggplant and courgette (or zucchini) are plentiful in the garden. You can roast them in the oven but I prefer to grill or barbeque them to get those lovely golden brown lines across them. Once cooked you can drizzle them with balsamic vinegar and add sundried tomatoes, olives and feta to make a meal of them or serve them as a vegetable dish. They are delicious piping hot or served at room temperature. … [Read more...]