Strawberry Spelt Shortcake

Regular shortcake is fine. Spelt shortcake is better. Wholemeal spelt flour has a nuttiness that plain flour cannot match, and it makes the shortcake denser and more biscuit-like. Cold butter rubbed into the flour with raw cane sugar, vanilla, and salt, rolled out, cut into …

Strawberry Ginger Peach Bliss Bowl

The colour of this bowl stopped me mid-scroll when I first saw it. A thick, cold blend of frozen strawberries, frozen peaches, and frozen bananas with fresh ginger, lime juice, and plant-based milk, poured into a bowl and covered in sliced fresh kiwi, fresh peaches, …

Buffalo Chicken Chili

Buffalo wing sauce in a chili pot sounds like a novelty, but it actually belongs there. The vinegar base in most buffalo sauces behaves a lot like the acidic component in a traditional chili. It works well with ground chicken, which is mild enough to …

Grilled Rambutan and Tequila Cocktail

I had never eaten rambutan, let alone grilled it, until a friend served these cocktails at a party and I could not stop drinking them. Rambutans peeled and grilled for five minutes until slightly caramelised, then mixed in a pitcher with tequila, grapefruit juice, lime …

Sirke Wale Pyaaz: Pickled Onions

Peel fifteen to twenty small red onions or shallots. Put them in a glass jar. Add white vinegar (or apple cider or balsamic), water, and salt. Shake. Wait two to three days, shaking two or three times a day. Refrigerate. That is it. No cooking, …