I am always after a cheap and easy meal to throw together when I am travelling, I also love watching cooking shows. Therefore I like the challenge of taking a recipe I have seen and making a cheaper and healthier version of it. This 2-minute noodle steak stir-fry recipe was …
Mexican Scrambled Eggs Falling off Toast
Often when I am travelling I end up only having two meals a day… usually because I have slept in. This is a great way to save money. When this happens I like to have a nice big satisfying brunch, really make it count so that I won’t be hungry …
Australian Prawn and Mango Lettuce Cups Recipe
It is an ongoing struggle for Australian’s that where ever we go in the world we are asked to repeat the phrase “throw a shrimp on the barbie”. We don’t have a problem repeating this phrase, or any other iconic Australian ling to show off our accent that many think …
5 Winter Budget Breakfast’s for Backpacker’s
What I am about to say may be considered a little bit controversial… heretic even! I don’t like breakfast food. Never have done. There are aspects of breakfast that I like – such as bacon or chocolate croissants – I’m not a monster. It’s just over all… I am not …
$5 Feasts – Healthy Tarator and Shopska Salad with love from Bulgaria
This month for my guest blogger $5 feasts, I have not just one but TWO amazing recipes for you. My mouth is literally watering as I get this post ready, so as soon as I am done I am heading to the local market and grabbing the ingredients to whip these …
What I Learnt on an Olive Oil Tasting Tour
Yep that’s right, you read that correctly – An Olive Oil Tasting tour! Portugal is known for its olive oil so it made sense that during my time in Porto I sample some of its amazing goodness. You can find tours easily on Viator or TripAdvisor if you would like …
Healthy Mexican Steak with Veg Salsa – on a camping stove
Cooking in hostels is always a challenge. Cooking something healthy and delicious is even more of a challenge… one might even call it an experiment. You have to deal with limited utensils, stoves that either burn too hot or not at all, lack of spices and oil and other people …
Creating your Pre-Trip Budget
You are dreaming of a trip, you have made the decision to go, well now its time to review your budget before you start saving! Budgets – they always start with the best intentions, then slowly those intentions are forgotten as we wander through shops filled with shiny things, or …
Fresh Canadian Salmon Red Thai Curry
A recipe for winning friends at your hostel or buying off the friend who has lent you her floor. Feeds four… or more if you have stuffed yourselves at the markets and only want a small light dinner. If you haven’t already read or heard about Granville island then you …
Cheap Goon Garlic Mussels
Australia can be an expensive place to eat – especially if you would like to eat healthily! If you are backpacking the east coast of Australia, I bet you generally live off 2-minute noodles and goon (a sack of cheap dirty wine). Occasionally you may branch out and get a meat …