Mexican-style tortilla stack

Apple tarte tartin

Kale chips

Yum!

Paella

We recently had a shared lunch at work, and decided to order from the excellent Casa Pepe, a Melbourne-based catering company.

Despite not being (previously) a diehard paella fan, this was seriously amazing - very generous with the seafood, and the vegetarian one came with red peppers in oil. Super tasty - creamy with lots of flavour.

$15 per person with bread and salad included - I highly recommend!

Merle’s balls

These wee sweet treats are something one of my fav exes and I used to make in NZ, years ago. They are really easy and totally addictive. The recipe is not vegan but I made them dairy free with substitutions. Recipe below.

Ingredients
1 tbspn butter (or nuttelex/dairy free alternative)
1 c milk (or soy milk/dairy free alternative)
1 tbspn cocoa or 2 tbspns Milo (I used Koko Deluxe drinking chocolate - also dairy/gluten free)
1 1/2 c sugar (I only used 1 c and would probably use only half next time)
3 c rolled oats
1 c coconut
extra coconut for rolling

Method
Combine butter, milk, cocoa and sugar in a saucepan and bring to the boil.
Remove from heat and pour over combined oats and coconut.
Mix and set aside to cool.
Once cool, roll into small balls and roll in coconut.
Best to refrigerate again until ready to serve.

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Cherry ripe bars

I recently made these for my workmates using this Guardian recipe, but I made them gluten free by using gluten free flour. I also only used half the amount of sugar in the recipe. Delish!

Feijoa frangipani tart (Taken with instagram)

Feijoa madness (Taken with instagram)