Hi Everyone,   I haven't posted in a very long time, sorry about that.   I've been more focussed on my garden and creating music videos. But today I was inspired to create this recipe. Here is my latest creation.       6 portobello mushrooms (baked in the oven for 25 minutes) 1 cup cooked quinoa (soaked for 1 hour before cooking) 1 small red onion chopped 1 clove garlic chopped 1 jalapeno pepper chopped half a red bell pepper chopped half a green pepper chopped 1/4 cup grated carrots 1 cup aubergine sauteed in coconut oil or ghee 1/4 cup roughly groun ..read more

 I haven't been inspired recently to create recipes or new music......strange, but since lock down I've felt very un-creative.  Anyway, we've been out of lock down for some time now and it seems my creativity is returning, thankfully. I've been growing lots of food and have for the first time managed to grow what is called here aborbora and in English that means winter squash, so a big round squash that is called a muscadet and also butternut squash.  I'm so happy to have managed to grow them this year, as my attempts before didn't work.  This year I gave them rabbit poo an ..read more

Hi Everyone,  I thought I would tell you all about my experience trying out the Medical Medium diet. At the beginning of November I decided to quit eating wheat and dairy.  I managed two weeks and then an old friend from California visited me who had been doing the Medical Medium Protocol for about 4 years.  She told me she has healed herself from Lyme Disease with this protocol.  I knew what a journey she had been on seeking a cure for Lyme, so this really impressed me.  She is fully living the Medical Medium diet/lifestyle.  So I decided that while she was with me, I would eat how she was ea ..read more

This recipe was inspired by this https://paleoglutenfree.com/recipes/best-paleo-avocado-chocolate-cake/.  I'm not going to pretend I invented this, as I didn't, but I've made my own version with lemon and it tastes amazing.  My husband even liked it, even knowing there was no butter or flour in the cake!! So here is my recipe for the cake 1 large sweet potato ground in food processor (raw) 2 tablespoons ground flax seeds  mixed with 1/2 cup water wait for 10 minutes before using, it needs to be the same consistency as eggs (never buy it ground, its rancid, grind it yourself) 1 teaspoon ..read more

Hi Everyone,  Here is another simple fava recipe for those of you who love favas like I do.  This one is different from the last one as it has brown rice mixed into it as well as dressing.  Here in Portugal we have been having gorgeous summer weather (even tho it's still spring).  So many things in the garden are just going crazy!  I just love to work in my garden and I especially love being able to eat from the garden.  Just like we are supposed to! So here is the recipe. Dressing 3 T toasted sesame oil 2 T brown rice vinegar 2 T tamari or shoyu 2 cloves garlic 1/2 t grated ginger 1/2 t hon ..read more

Hi Everyone,  Spring is truly sprung here in Portugal.  I am already eating nespera (loquats) and also I just harvested my first fava beans.  They taste amazing.  Here is a new recipe I just created with my first of the year.  They are SO delicious and nourishing.  I just ate rather a lot with some gorgeous roasted potatoes.  And my husband liked it too!  So without further ado........ FAVA BEAN AND RED PEPPER SALAD 1 kilo fresh fava beans to shell, blanch and peel 1 red bell pepper 1/2 a cucumber sliced then quartered, semi peeled 10 or more slices of daikon radish julienned 2 cloves ..read more

Hey Everyone,  I have decided that after being sick for ten days and not eating anything for five days that I need to quit sugar.  What I noticed after not eating for five days was that I could put rings on my fingers that I couldn't wear for at least a year because the joints in my fingers were slightly swollen, but after not eating for 5 days I could get them on and off really easily.  This showed me that sugar was creating inflammation in my body,  which most of us probably already know, however, having first hand experience was very interesting and inspiring. I have decided to create some ..read more