Recipes: Kale pesto pasta with goats cheese and a quick passionfruit dessert
I was recently asked to contribute to a guest post on the Puma Hotels website and the post has just gone live!
Here's my contribution to the post. Eating seasonally used to come naturally when I lived in Melbourne, but there was a bit of re-learning to do when I moved to the UK 4 years ago! The change in weather, different ingredients and the fact that most foods are available year-round now, whether they are in season or not. This can be quite handy if you have a particular craving for something, but it's still most sensible to focus on eating what's in season. It'll save you money, taste better and give you a huge variety of foods to eat year round. There's great websites to check out if you need inspiration – like Eat the Seasons and BBC's Food pages. Kale is a big favourite in our house, and while we our #1 recipe is baked kale crisps, kale pesto isn't far behind. Here's the recipe for kale pesto with spaghetti and goats cheese.
I've also included a very quick dessert recipe. I'm really loving passionfruit now and have been having it as a dessert when I feel like I need some sunshine in my day (e.g. every day. Thanks Glasgow!).
Quick passionfruit dessert
1 passionfruit
1 small tub of yoghurt
Coconut shavings
Rice malt syrup, to taste
Top the yoghurt with the passionfruit. Stir in, and add rice malt syrup to taste (it tastes like honey). Top with coconut shavings. A great light winter dessert to get you through the gloomy days!
