So you have mastered making pasta from scratch, you have even made coloured pasta – now to turn it up and make pasta shapes! Pappardelle [pap·par·del·le] broad flat noodle Dust the top of the dough sheet with flour and loosely roll into a cylinder. Using a sharp knife, cut into 2cm-thick slices. Unroll the noodles, […]

HOW TO MAKE COLOURED PASTA Pasta is great, coloured pasta is even better! Try our all natural recipes on how to create your own coloured pasta at home. • 1/2 cup veggie puree (spinach, beetroot, carrot, etc.) • 3 eggs • 1/2 tsp sea salt • 2 1/2 cups plain flour • pinch of sea salt […]

For instant heat relief, try our Mexican Ice Pop Recipe of Chocolate Avocado Paleta! Recipes makes 6 Paletas, you need: flesh of 2 ripe avocados 3/4 cup (60g / 2.1oz) raw cacao 1 cup (240ml / 8.1 fl oz) – 1 1/4 cups (300ml / 10.1 fl oz) milk of your choice 1/2 cup (120ml […]

There is nothing better than a delicious and easy pasta recipe that everyone loves. Here are 3 of our faves from issue 5: PENNE WITH SPINACH PESTO AND BAKED CHERRY TOMATOES. For the pesto: • 200g / 7oz spinach leaves • 3/4 cup cashews • 1 cup parmesan cheese, grated • 2 garlic cloves, diced […]

Step by step recipe: how to make pasta. To make pasta you need: • 2 cups plain flour • 1/2 tsp sea salt • 3 large eggs • 1 tbsp olive oil • pinch of sea salt 1. Pop eggs, oil and salt into a food processor and whiz until combined.  2. Add the flour […]

Engineer, educator and philanthropist Arvind Gupta is a man on a mission. For thirty-five years he has travelled around India and the world preaching a movement he calls Toys From Trash. Motivated by both the poverty of much of his homeland and the deadening way science is so often taught to kids, Gupta has a […]

Throw another Watermelon on the Barbie! Here are our go-to fruits to grill this summer. Watermelon To grill a watermelon, cut it into triangles with the rind attached; if you remove the rind, the watermelon can fall apart when flipped. Flavour a bit of sugar with lime zest and sprinkle it over the watermelon before grilling. […]

A perfect summer recipe, you’ll have some requests for seconds for this frozen yoghurt terrine! PLUM + GINGER + HAZELNUT FROZEN YOGHURT TERRINE For the yoghurt: • 1kg / 2.2lb full-fat natural yoghurt • 1/2 cup coconut cream • 1/4 cup caster sugar • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste For the plum layer: • 300g […]

Sunshine, swimming, school holidays + sandy beaches, we head off to Newcastle these holidays and these are some of the tasty recipes we’ll be enjoying along the way. SMOKY ZUCCHINI RICE SLICE For the base: • 2 cups brown rice, cooked • 1 egg • 1/4 cup cheddar cheese, grated • 1/2 tsp chilli flakes […]

It’s a brave new world, where boys don’t always have to be so brave anymore, thanks to illustrator Keith Negley. Men might be cooking risotto, folding the towels and staying home to mind the kids nowadays, but we’re still not talking about our feelings. Not really. A few might have started opening up to their […]

Woodford Folk Festival are offering up a one day family pass for this year’s festival! To enter just head either to our instagram or facebook page. If you don’t have social media, email office@hellolunchlady.com.au with your name and phone number. Good luck! (For all other Woodford ticket enquiries, head here) Who’s behind Woodford? Thousands of […]

Rates of anxiety and depression are at never-before-seen levels among teenagers. To some, screens are the culprit, but is it really that simple? “The Royal Children’s Hospital survey suggested that teenagers, the biggest users, were engaging with screens for an average of six hours each and every day. Yet this drastic and unprecedented shift in […]