Peaches & Cream
Peaches
3 sliced peaches
1 T agave nectar
1/2 t vanilla extract

Marinate peach slices in bowl with remainder ingredients for half an hour in fridge, turning every 10mins

Cream
1/2 cup cashews
1/8 cup water
1T agave nectar
Pinch salt

Blend on low speed in vitamix or food processor until cream consistency.

Divide peaches into 3 serving bowls and dollop cream on peaches in their syrup and garnish with fresh cinnamon.

Serves 3

Tell me if you make it and like it too

I cannot believe it’s been so long but that’s the beauty of private flying. It’s either feast or famine.

Here’s something that’s helped me regain my wings:

- bananas
- spinach
- blueberries
- water

I’ll be back later when my feet ate back on the ground

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Sorry for no updates of late but I’ve been readjusting to the timezones, heat/humidity (oh my gosh it is crazy!!!!! 109°F/43°C with around 50% humidity) and reacquainting myself with loved ones.

I am not sure if it’s the heat or the jet lag which has me struggling to get much done, but hopefully this week I will be back on track, including my first work flight back tomorrow. Wish me luck!

I hope to be bringing you a new regular segment coming really soon (which will help me and possibly you with weekly meal planning), so stay tuned for it this week!

In the mean time, one of my facebook page readers has drawn my attention to this article regarding Pine Mouth. I love my pine nuts so this kinda shocked me.

Let me know what you think!

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/got-pine-mouth-the-curious-problem-with-pine-nuts-467896/

Last week I had a dear friend over for dinner and I wanted to wow her with my raw food that she keeps telling me she is dying to try but I didn’t want to disappoint her.

So I called on some trusty friends (although not an entirely raw meal).

A personalised version of Tuscan Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto served with Brown Rice Crackers

Ratouille – taught to me by the father of 4 children I used to nanny in Scotland.

Sautee onion and garlic in pan til clear, add zuchinni, red capscicum, mushrooms, fresh basil, dried oregano and a large jar of passata and simmer for 30minutes.

Serve over steamed seasoned quinoa

And my favourite rocket (arugula), fennel, orange salad with honey & lemon dressing.

Finished off with banana soft serve

Served a top fresh kiwi and pineapple and topped with cacao nibs.

First class all the way.

What are your favourite GO TO MEALS?

I really enjoyed getting to put some faces to the names that I had ‘met’ online and show my home about my ‘crazy’ diet

I even roped my mum into some labour for the evening.

She made the most compliant assistant.

The venue, before the madness. (Look how tidy my station is! NOT FOR LONG!)

And the magic begins:

GREEEEEN smoothie!

Talking with hands!

YUM.

Thanks to Lyn for some of the action photos!

The only bummer for the night – I forgot to push record on the video camera

Oh and I went a little overtime.

Thank you to everyone for your attendance and support. I loved catching up with some old buddies (as far back as school days – that’s been a while!)

In all my 2 years of living in London, I never managed to see her (where she was always performing), so I was pleased when my bestie back here in Brissie, K, surprised me with a First Class (Front Row) ticket to see Pam on her first night in Brisbane at the Powerhouse.

Note to self, NEVER sit in the front row when you see a comic, no matter how special you feel being placed in FIRST CLASS

I was sitting with some old buddies from my time at Virgin Blue years ago (it was nice to see some familiar faces) whilst Pam poked fun at each major airline that was represented in the room.

When she came to our group, I just nodded my head when she asked if we were Virgin Blue. There was NO WAY I was going to tell her I am a corporate flight attendant and have even more crap headed my way! But then it came time to get a few crew up from each airline, and I had to shrink back into my seat and do what all good friends will do to a friend after they have spoilt them with an awesome ticket! Throw them under the bus! Sorry K

I didn’t take my good camera into the theatre, so the iPhone had to do, and she almost caught me out a couple of times, but you get the idea of what occurred.

She was good, but although I expected the crudeness, I didn’t expect so much of it (and I am not easily offended). For non airline crew, I am sure alot of the industry jokes would be lost on you, so I am almost certain all of her show’s audience consist of the majority flight attendants with handfuls of ground staff, frequent travellers and queens who just LOVE her. I really loved her joke of Emirates Airlines washing their A380′s in fuel though, coming from the Middle East I totally get that!

And not to mention how timely the Steven Slater story was for her. Didn’t she get some mileage out of that scenario, but of course we ALL loved it, whenever she threatened to pop a slide to make her exit.

Here’s a little video she did with British Airways to go away with.

Who wouldn’t love seaside living? Even in the dead of winter. Well ok, a Brisbane winter is pretty mild, but it does beat sticking out the Saudi Summer for a few weeks right?

The other evening I joined my parents on a sunset walk to walk the Boston Terrier my sister left behind when she took off to live in Italy.

And I’m glad I did.

If you look REALLY close you can see 1 or 2 dolphin fins in the water. I didn’t have my zoom lens on and it was hard to catch them every time they popped out of the water, but it certainly made my night especially being so close to shore.

Australia has some of the best beaches in the world, golden sands and aqua blue waters, and this beach is not even up there with some of the best, but still it’s 5 minutes walk from my parents house.

One of the most common sights here in Brisbane. The white ibis.

Then just like childhood, dad treated me to one of these on the way home

Skye was seen on Series 2 of Australia’s MasterChef and is renown for using fresh and native ingredients like finger limes, lemon myrtle & wild hibiscus.

After leaving the show, she  launched her dessert business Wild Sugar and her and her yummy desserts can be seen at the Northey Street Markets every Sunday from 6 – 1030am.

We sampled some of her delights last night after dinner.

Don’t Make Me Blush – Raspberry cream with macadamia and glass ball with edible native violets.

Skye really is a Dessert Maniac!

And listen up Brisbanites! News program A Current Affair are going to be filming next Sunday for a “where are they now” segment for MasterChef contestants. If you make it down there you may just score one of 100 free Wild Sugar desserts! I’ll see you down there!

Then it was onto here:

I met the stall owners Tracey and Neil and had a wonderful chat with them about their creations and had a sample of their chocolate and choc nib raw icecreams and their lime cake (tasted just like lemon meringue) so of course we had to buy some samples to take home to the real critic – my dad!

My mum always calls me a carny as I love having market stalls or attending the markets so I was totally at home. Wish we had something remotely close to this back in the sandpit!

After catching up with my other favourite twinnies – NOT these ones – but one day (I didn’t get any good photos – but they are having their 1st birthdays next weekend, so expect plenty when I do my godmother duties), I met my dad for breakfast at Brio.

I am in love with this neighbourhood and look at that blue sky IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER. (And my dad wearing shorts!)

I had watermelon, pear and mint juice.

Porridge with soy and apple compote (I didn’t eat the yoghurt & honey) and I could only get through HALF of the porridge. Sooo yum.

Then I came home and started on some kale chippies.

I coated a bunch of kale with olive oil, chilli flakes, garlic powder, cumin & sea salt. I then put them in the dehydrator for 6 hours or so til they crisped up.

Meanwhile I made good to my promise of making my dad a strawberry milkshake:

Fresh strawberries, frozen bananas, home made almond milk, agave, cacao nibs, coconut oil, lemon juice and pinch of salt.

Then I went off to catch up with some pals from high school. It happened that 3 of us who live out of town were all here this weekend, so we organised an impromptu get together. It’s been 5 years since I’ve seen any of them! Was sooo good to catch up on everyones lives and made me realise that after so much time, we could all still meet up as if no time had passed.

This is not the entire gang, but all we could do last minute. Such fun.

Then it was time to come home, taste test the kale chippies

Then head to bed early ready for the FARMERS Markets. More on that tomorrow, I got some awesome finds and met some really cool peeps!

Apart from realigning my body clock since arriving and getting settled into my parents new holiday like home, I’ve not been up to too much.

However I’ve had time to go source some yummy foods that aren’t so easy to get where I live in Saudi, either because they just do not grow, or there just doesn’t seem to be the demand for it – YET!

Check out some of my goodies here:

Then it was time to show my parents some RAW FOOD LOVE. But not before I got my mum to work:

Then she was excited to show me what she had done with my ebook I had bought from my soul sister! Shhh don’t tell her I put photos up of her in her PJ’s!

Dinner was an adapted version of Gena’s Peanut Satay Noodles

Oopsy on the too much dressing.

I also made a batch of my favourite Arabic influenced Fattouch Salad minus the bread (I made this for my final assessment at 105degrees) – I just need to type it up for y’all then I can share it with you!

Following morning I made my dad his first green smoothie served in a champagne flute!

Mum has tried them before and like ANYTHING I make she just loves. Don’t you just love mums! Dad wasn’t converted – YET! But will see.

I told him it was a hardcore green smoothie for a beginner (silverbeet, water, frozen bananas, dates, lemon juice & a pinch of salt). I promised him I will make him a yummy strawberry milkshake when I get the ingredients this week.