Sides & Sauces Recipes

Ketchup

This is so simple I hesitate to call it a recipe. So lets call it what it really is….the answer to your goddamn prayers. We all know someone who might need to go to a K.A. Meeting  or two, it might even be you, but i promise this healthier version tastes just like the...

Sweet Chilli Jam

I don’t get people who don’t like spicy food. It’s like saying you don’t like puppies or rainbows or nailing the lyrics to Ice Ice Baby when it comes on the radio. Spicy food is the tits and if you don’t agree well, I’m afraid you’re wrong. So if you’re easing into...

Steak Sauce

Feeling saucy? I’ve just upped your BBQ game with the invention of this deliciousness. You know A1 sauce? Well this home-made goodness is the one worthy of such high praise, and I’m down-grading that commercial, corn syrup-laden bitch to a B2. Don’t worry, you don’t...

Rocket Walnut Pesto

Hey presto, its pesto! This vegan pesto is the besto, forget about the resto! Pesto seems to be a little old hat these days, with all the hipster cafes saying bye bye to Italy and heading further afield to find condiments to zhoosh up their toasties and breakfast...
Basic Mayonnaise

Basic Mayonnaise

Seriously, who can be arsed making mayo the tedious cheffy way books tell you, by whisking in drop by drop of oil? Not this little black duck that’s for shizzle. I’ve got things to do, people to see, Game of Thrones to watch. This here mayo is whipped up in seconds...

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Roast Cauliflower Hummus

Roast Cauliflower Hummus

Screw you superfoods, I’m all about the super veg. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, cauliflower is my spirit animal. It’s like the ultimate kitchen chameleon, morphing into whatever you need to keep kicking Paleo goals. This week my Brassica bestie lends his...

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Romesco Sauce

Romesco Sauce

Romesco Sauce is the duck’s nuts. It takes everything from ‘ho hum’ to ‘shit yeah!’ in a splodge of a spoonful. It’s especially awesome on grilled seafood and pork, or as a healthy dip with veg sticks.    

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Guacamole with Sweet Potato Chips

Guacamole with Sweet Potato Chips

Julia Child once said “a party without guacamole is just a meeting”. Oh wait, what? She said that about cake? Are you sure? Not the good green stuff? My bad. Well, sorry Julz, I hate to say it, but maybe that’s why you were a little on the heavy side? Less cake, more gauc!  

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Spicy BBQ Sauce

Spicy BBQ Sauce

Who doesn’t enjoy a good tasty sauce with their barbecued meats? Unfortunately, most of the sauces readily available are chock full of sugars, gluten, preservatives and other nasties that you don’t want to eat or give to your kids. This Paleo Spicy BBQ recipe is super...

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Chimichurri Sauce

Chimichurri Sauce

When I started traveling to Buenos Aires for work, I fell in love with the Argentinean sauce called chimichurri. It’s fresh and vinegary (is that even a word?) and works so well with grilled meats. The good news is you don’t have to fly all the way to South America to...

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Roast Vegetable ‘Cous Cous’

Roast Vegetable ‘Cous Cous’

Cauliflower was one of those vegetables I hated as a kid. I was all like “but muuuuuuum, I don’t want to eat it! It smells like faaaaaaarts!’ (said in annoying, whiny kid-speak).Cauliflower took my rejection, bided his time, and now, 30 or so years later he is happy with his place as one of my […]

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Sundried Tomato & Basil Pesto

Sundried Tomato & Basil Pesto

Here’s some good advice from me to you. When you have a spare 5 minutes (because that’s all you need) , whip up a batch of this stuff and have it on hand to turn your meal from ho-hum to kick-arse any day of the week. Seriously, spread this stuff everywhere! Bored...

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Kale and Macadamia Pesto

Kale and Macadamia Pesto

A few years ago, pesto was one of those posh things you ate out at lunch, you know, around the same time as we all decided to dip bread in balsamic vinegar and olive oil and pretend it was gourmet. Pesto has taken a bit of a backseat over the last couple of years, but...

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