Black coffee and cookies today for morning tea- my favourite. I made a big batch of these biscuits 'Blue Heron Chocolate Chip Cookies' from my new cookbook, and I am feeling quite satisfied that there will be plenty for the school lunchboxes this week. The cookies have small pieces of bittersweet chocolate inside, but also oats, wholewheat flour, coconut and lime peel (I coudn't find a lemon). So they're delicious and quite healthy and filling.
I'm really enjoying this book- it was sent to me by the author, Nadia Natali, and just might be what I need to get re-inspired to cook for my family again. (I usually find many excuses NOT to cook.) The recipes are healthy and the kind of thing I usually like to make and eat anyway, with a focus on simplicity and no crazy-fancy ingredients. But there's a definite balance here, with lots of lovely treat foods too, like puddings and cakes, so I can see myself turning to this book often. And the recipes are interspersed with both beautiful illustrations (done by Nadia's daughter, Marica) and stories about living in California's Los Padres National Forest and running a Zen retreat center there. Tonight, I'm going to try making enchiladas for the first time.
I'm really enjoying this book- it was sent to me by the author, Nadia Natali, and just might be what I need to get re-inspired to cook for my family again. (I usually find many excuses NOT to cook.) The recipes are healthy and the kind of thing I usually like to make and eat anyway, with a focus on simplicity and no crazy-fancy ingredients. But there's a definite balance here, with lots of lovely treat foods too, like puddings and cakes, so I can see myself turning to this book often. And the recipes are interspersed with both beautiful illustrations (done by Nadia's daughter, Marica) and stories about living in California's Los Padres National Forest and running a Zen retreat center there. Tonight, I'm going to try making enchiladas for the first time.
