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An Easy Focaccia Bread, is delicious alternative to bread, a pizza type dough topped with olive oil, salt and fresh rosemary then baked to perfection.   Ingredients  FOR THE DOUGH 1/2 tsp honey 1 cup water (lukewarm) 1 tsp yeast 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour  1 tsp salt 1 tbs olive oil FOR THE TOPPING 1 tbs coarse salt 2-3 tbs olive oil 2 sprigs fresh rosemary (leaves removed) or any mix of Italian dried herbs. Optional you can also add olives, sun dried tomatoes or any extras you may desire to make your own signature focaccia. Let’s get Cooking  In a small bowl add the honey and warm water (stir to combine) then sprinkle the yeast on top. Let the mixture sit for 5 minutes and then stir to combine. In a large bowl whisk together the flour and salt, make a well in the middle and add the yeast mixture and the olive oil, mix until almost combined then move to a lightly floured flat surface and knead until dough becomes smooth and elastic, form it into a ball. P...

This is a great recipe to use up the last of your fresh fish, for lunch, dinner or when guests drop over. They are quick easy and as long as you have fish the pantry handles the rest of the ingredients.  You don’t need to deep fry to make terrific Fish Tacos. You just need a really great taco spice ! A seriously delicious way to serve up white fish fillets, this recipe can be cooked on the BBQ or stove. Either way, they’re healthy, fresh and bursting with serious taco goodness! Ingredients  2 tbs of olive oil 1 can of diced tomatoes 1 can of corn kernels  1 can of 5 bean mix 4 tbs of taco spice mix - mix in 2 and taste you may want to go easy on the spice, we love it hot! Spice Blends 600g of white firm fish - like mackerel  2 tbs of jalapeño diced Extra jalapeño for serving 2 limes cut into wedges 8 soft taco shells An optional sauce 3/4 cup sour cream (or yogurt ) 2 - 3 tbs sriracha   Let’s get Cooking  Heat the oil in a heavy based pan. Place fish i...

Do you love granola? Me, too! Today, I’m sharing my “basic” granola recipe, which is also the best granola recipe. Granted, I’m partial, but it really is the best and I use that term sparingly.   Granola is one of the most expensive packaged staple foods and it’s much more economical to make it at home. By using a range of spices, natural sweeteners, nuts, seeds and dried fruit, you can create endless variations of homemade granola and never get bored. Once you try homemade granola, you won’t go back to store-bought granola. It’s so much better! Plus, homemade granola is super easy to make. You’ll only need one bowl and some basic pantry ingredients. Ready to make some?   Serves four, buy in bulk at your Bulk Food Source shops and you will save a bundle of sailing kitty. I usually make three times this quantity. Ingredients   1/2 cup each of the following Macadamias   Pecans Walnuts Sunflower seeds   Pumpkin seeds 2   tbs of the foll...

So you want to eat Chocolate Mousse for breakfast, and not feel guilty! Well this is the recipe for you. The main ingredient in this recipe is Sapote. Guilt Free Chocolate Mousse for Breakfast! Not surprisingly this is one of our most popular fruits and if you like Chocolate you'll love Black Sapote. Commonly known as Chocolate Pudding Fruit this amazing fruit is low in fat and an excellent source of Vitamin C containing about 4 times as much as an orange.  Black Sapote is a healthy alternative to Chocolate The fruit is delicious eaten fresh or used as a chocolate substitute in recipes and milkshakes or simply mix the pulp with yogurt and lemon juice for a refreshing treat.  Fruits can be cut in half and eaten covered in passion fruit, in Mexico the pulp is mashed with orange juice or brandy and served with cream, it is also delicious mixed with wine, cinnamon and sugar.  The green fruit is picked when hard and allowed to soften and go brown within 3-6 days. At the ripe...

Sailing North to the Great Barrier Reef Islands 2020-Episode 2 This is the Banana Bread recipe that was shown in the latest Dreamtime Sail YouTube episode. To keep up to date with upcoming episodes follow this link Dreamtime Sail YouTube and click on the subscribe button. You will be notified when a new episode of our sailing adventures has been released.  If you would like to become one of the crew checkout our Patreon for further details.   Banana Bread Ingredients   125G BUTTER, SOFTENED 1 CUP BROWN SUGAR  1 TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT  2 EGGS  2 CUPS MASHED BANANA  1¾ CUPS PLAIN FLOUR, SIFTED  1 TEASPOON BAKING POWDER, SIFTED  1 TEASPOON BICARBONATE OF (BAKING) SODA  1 TEASPOON GROUND CINNAMON  ⅓ CUP GOLDEN SYRUP  BUTTER, EXTRA, TO SERVE Let’s get Cooking   Preheat oven to 160°C. Place the butter, sugar and vanilla. Mix together leaving some butter particles this is so the butter melts whilst baking which keeps the bre...

Fend for Yourself .... to take care of and provide for yourself without depending on anyone else: It’s a good feeling to know that you can “fend for yourself”. In recent world developments relating to COVID19 I realised how well prepared we were for self-isolation. Sure, we haven’t totally cut the umbilical cord to society as we will still need supplies, diesel and petrol eventually. However we can sustain our living on the water for months without the need to come into “town”. This of course isn’t a new concept or way of life. Sailors of the past, farmers and areas where remote living is essential these people have paved the way for us. Learning though to be self-reliant takes a whole new way of thinking, and we are still learning.  Provisioning on a boat isn’t about loading the shopping trolleys full of your favourite foods and heading off to sea. We have to be very choosy on what goes aboard. We don’t have the luxury of walk-in pantries, large refrigeration and wine...