Have you ever tried putting a holiday package together for a large group of friends before and succeeded? It is no easy task. The organising that goes into something like this is absolute madness. Putting rooms together, taking deposits, dealing with cancellations and room changes, putting menus together and basically creating something out of nothing. It takes a whole team of people for it to work and not fall apart.

Imagine i...

SEAFOOD CHILLI HOTPOT 

It's been months since I posted any of my Paleo recipes on here but after being inspired by a chef from his restaurant this week with his signature dish, I had to create this recipe. Being a busy mum, you sometimes just cook and can't be bothered with the work to write it all up. Am happy to say that this is one of my best creations so far and it has inspired me to work on my recipes again....

KOREAN KIMCHI

Kimchi is a Korean national treasure.  Without kimchi the country could not survive.  I guess those are drastic words to write, however, every Korean woman would agree with these words.  It is said that any woman who can make kimchi is an excellent cook, (your's truly included) which in turn makes an excellent wife in Korea.

So what is kimchi anyway?

It is a fermented probiotic food usually made from nappa...

STUFFED BABY CAPSICUMS

When I was little, my mother used to make these incredible risotto stuffed capsicums which were my favourite. These arn't risotto stuffed but they have been inspired by my childhood.

Last year I had baby capsicums growing in my vege patch which were known as snacksicums and they had a really sweet flavour. I wanted to do something special with them so played around with some herbs from my garden, some boco...

AVOCADO, BACON AND EGG BREAKFAST POCKETS

Do you ever get bored with breakfast on the paleo diet? Get stuck with what to make every morning so that you don't cheat? I know I do.  Many times I just go for two boiled eggs because it's simple and because I love eggs.  I probably eat around 10-15 eggs each week. Protein is a large part of my diet because I train at gym at least three times a week.

As soon as I get slack and sett...

ORGANIC ROOT VEGETABLE SOUP

With some of you heading into winter, while the people on my side of the world into summer, soups can be good for many reasons. As a winter warmer or even as a light meal for dinner. I make my root vege soup all the time because I love the creamy taste of it.

It only takes around 30 minutes from start to finish and it's so healthy, you can feel it as you devour it. I like to serve it with a side of ho...

HEALTHY CHICKEN STIR FRY

Sometimes it's hard to cook a healthy meal in a short time, especially with a busy family and work life. But what we have to remember is that there are no excuses when it comes to our health. You have to make the time no matter what, because this is our health we are taking about.

I know what being busy is like so sometimes I too take the easy way out, but there are always ways to cook healthy in a short...

BASTED ROAST PORK BELLY WITH ROAST VEGETABLES

I would have to call this my signature dish because we have it at least once a week and I love that every time I make this dish, the crackling is just perfect due to to the way I baste the pork belly. That is the secret to making this dish so good.  It isn't just a recipe where you throw the meat in the oven and let it cook itself, you have to also give it some love as it continues...

CHILI CONSERVE

One staple food that I cannot live without is my chili conserve. Besides the fact that I love spicy foods, this conserve is more than just that. I use it to substitute sauces with and as you will see in many of my recipe photos, I can't live without it.  I put it on basically everything. This recipe is my lifesaver in many ways.

A lot of people can't live without tomato sauce and unless you make it from scratch, t...

WARM CUCUMBER SOUP

I love this recipe. It came about last year because my organic vegetable garden produced so many cucumbers that I didn't know what to do with them. I was giving them away to friends all over the place at first, but then I got thinking that maybe a soup could be possible from cucumbers. Who says you can't make a warm soup from cucumbers?

I decided to try it and came up with this recipe and I was so surprised ho...