Quinoa is only something I’ve been eating for the last couple of years and now it is so common in healthfood shops, organic cafe’s and even supermarkets that I would say its part of my staple diet.

Whenever I tell any close friends or family in the UK that I’m craving a nice vegie hot pot/soup they think I’m mad! I know we are lucky with the hot weather here in Australia but sometimes it does get cold and for some reason I feel the cold here more than I do at home!

With summer just around the corner I really like to get on the salad bandwagon. It sounds pretty obvious but it’s so easy to get stuck in a rut with the same old nicoise.

This is so easy and again something I have in my kitchen all the time! Its so handy to throw on top of salads for an extra crunch or in a wrap, on a dip and so on.

Sometimes we are running late, too busy with no food in the house….we’ve all been there! I remember how frustrating it is when you cave in to that slab of high sugar banana bread on the way to work.

I almost didn’t post this as my first ‘recipe’ as it’s so easy to make! But then I suppose I really want to share with you how eating healthy can be so easy, cost-effective, delicious and quick!!