We often find cookies as a perfect dessert, especially if at work and after a healthy meal. In saying that, nothing beats a glass of milk in a combination with chocolate chip cookies.

Place 12 cabbage leaves on the clean surface (table) and slice the rest of the cabbage thinly and set aside. In a bowl using your hand, mix beef mince, lamb mince, diced bacon, crushed garlic, Vegeta, paprika, rice, parsley, 10ml olive oil, ground pepper and one beaten egg.

Place the flour and sugar into a large bowl and mix well. Taking a few cubes of butter at a time, rub into the flour mixture. Keep rubbing until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.

Preheat the oven to 175 degrees and line a 7x7 inch square pan with baking paper. In a large bowl, add coconut flour, eggs, cocoa powder, sugar, and salt. Stir well until no lumps remain.

Place prepared vegetables into the roasting pan and season it with 30 ml olive oil, salt & pepper, 1 tsp ground paprika, 1 tsp chopped parsley, 1 tsp chopped rosemary and 6 crushed garlic cloves.

In a large pot cover the bacon hocks with cold water then bring to boil, drain the water and discard and then cover with cold water again. Add all of the remaining ingredients and bring to boil.

Selenium is an essential mineral found naturally in many foods. While in the 1800s it was considered to be a carcinogen, studies today show that it’s important for thyroid hormone metabolism, DNA synthesis, reproduction and a healthy immune system.

Heat grill to high. Grate the zest from half the lemon and squeeze the juice from both halves. Split the pork fillet down the centre, cutting almost all the way through, and open out like a book.

Cut two small melons into halves and remove seeds. Using a fruit baller make melon balls for decoration and leave it on the side. Scoop gently and not too deep the rest of the melon into a bowl and crush it with a fork. Leave the shell of the melon in original shape with some melon flesh in it and intact.

While plastics are cheap and offer versatile options to food packaging, studies show us that they also pose a significant threat to human health, such as impacting fertility, immune function, and causing obesity, cancer and development delays in children.

A very simple and a quick recipe for brownies. We added orange zest and walnuts to give more life to the dark chocolate.

Use the coarse holes in a box grater to shred the extra firm tofu directly into a medium bowl, then add the remaining ingredients and gently stir together until combined.