Raw ORGANIC daikon Pickles

Using radish, chop off the ends, peel off the skin.
Slice the daikon into rounds.
Place on a plate and salt with himalyan sea salt, heavily. Sit for at least half an hour.
Then mix with some grated ginger, grated carrot and dress with apple cider vinegar and extra virgin olive oil.
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ROASTED GOLD NUGGETS

4 organic golden nugget pumpkins - cut open at top and seeds removed

Cut the tops off and remove seeds, lightly oil the inside using extra virgin olive oil, sprinkle with salt and bake at 190 for 20 mins until the flesh is tender.

In the meantime combine

150 g organic baby spinach

100g organic cherry tomatoes, chopped

1 organic avocado, diced

100 g organic feta

1 chopped organic lebanese cucumber.

When the pumpkin is cool, take off lid and place salad mix between them. Put lid back on and serve 1 per person.

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Pear and Ginger Juice

In light of the fact that it it is the beginning of the pear season we have a delicious recipe to make a pear smoothie, you can make it with any pear, the thing with pears is that you will generally need to add more liquid (ie some fresh clean water) or in this case add carrot juice for some extra Vitamin A, otherwise the consistency is too thick.

Juice 2 carrots,

small knob of fresh ginger

2 ripe pears

You can add a little parsley too.

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Berry Smoothie

1 organic ripe banana

1/4 cup frozen organic blueberries

1/4 cup frozen organic raspberries

1 organic orange

Peel and chop the orange, place orange, banana, and berries in a blender and blend. So yum, so easy, great way to start the day,

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Pumpkin Soup

1kg peeled, deseeded organic jap pumpkin

3 organic carrots chopped

2 organic sebago potatoes, washed and chopped

Extra Virgin Cold pressed olive oil

1 organic large onion, peeled, topped and tailed and kept whole

Salt and pepper, to taste

1 litre (4 cups) vegetable or chicken stock

Place all ingredients in a pan and cook over a medium heat until vegetables are softened. Remove from heat and place in batches in blender, whole onion included and blend till smooth (Be careful as at this stage its super hot and can burn)

Serve garnished with parsley

Whats in Season

Berries

figs

little grapes

melons

Passionfruit

Stonefruit

Pears

Beans

Capsicum

Celery

Cucumber

Lettuce

Onions

Peas

Corn

Tomato

Zucchini

Herbs

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Potato Omelette

2 medium organic onions, peeled and diced
6 organic sebago/charlotte potatoes, peeled, diced and steamed
2 tbs extra virgin organic olive oil
4 organic eggs beaten
Salt and pepper to taste

Saute onions in a large frying pan until semi transparent. Add steamed potatoes and cook till lightly browned. In the meantime beat eggs and add. Cover. and cook till one side is lightly browned, turn over and cook the other side.

Season and serve with a salad