The Season
of Spring
The season of open windows, longer days and making plans again.
FALL RECIPE
RECIPES
This is one of those recipes that doesn’t look like it should cause the level of excitement it does. Crunchy cabbage, toasted almonds, crispy noodles and spring onions, all tossed through a sweet, salty, tangy dressing. Everyone goes slightly moggy for it.
This inherited recipe is my pride and joy. I’ve been making it for years and yet, somehow, somewhere along the way, it became known in our family as “Geebies Famous Slaw” - Geebies being my mother, who has absolutely no claim to it whatsoever. This works me up to such an unreasonable degree that my family now make a point of calling it that, purely for the reaction.
Anyway... moving swiftly on. Here it is. Fresh, crunchy, salty, sweet and slightly sharp, with toasted noodles and almonds that make it completely addictive. Everyone goes slightly moggy for it.
Method
01
Finely slice the green and purple cabbage and spring onions and place in a large serving bowl.
02
Crush the uncooked 2-minute noodles into small pieces. Add them to a dry frying pan with the almonds and toast over medium heat, tossing regularly, until the almonds are golden and the noodles are crisp and lightly toasted. Remove from the heat and allow to cool completely.
03
For the dressing, add the oil, white vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar and one noodle seasoning sachet to a jar. Close tightly and shake really well until the sugar has mostly dissolved and the dressing looks combined. Taste — it should be punchy, sweet, salty and tangy. Add another small splash of soy if you want it saltier.
04
Add the cooled toasted noodles and almonds to the cabbage and spring onions and toss everything together.
05
Pour over the dressing just before serving and toss really well so everything gets coated. Serve immediately while the cabbage, almonds and noodles are still beautifully crunchy. Look... it's really delicious as leftovers the next day ; )
Note: I’d start with about ¾ of the dressing, toss, and then add more if it needs it. Cabbages vary enormously in size, and you want this glossy and well dressed, not swimming in dressing.
Ingredients
½ GREEN CABBAGE, VERY FINELY SLICED
½ SMALL PURPLE CABBAGE, VERY FINELY SLICED
1 BUNCH SPRING ONIONS, FINELY SLICED
1 PACKET SLICED OR FLAKED ALMONDS, ABOUT 100G
2 PACKETS 2-MINUTE NOODLES
1 SEASONING SACHET FROM THE NOODLES
FOR THE DRESSING
100ML SUNFLOWER OR CANOLA OIL
100ML WHITE VINEGAR
30ML SOY SAUCE
45ML SOFT BROWN SUGAR
1 NOODLE SEASONING SACHET
HUNTER & SNOW'S PICKS
Spring Seasonal Finds,
without the Designer price.
These are some of the steals I’m spotting right now, beautiful, budget-friendly finds with a small price tag but plenty of impact. Perfect if you’re just starting out, refreshing a room for the new season, or simply love finding that elevated, designer look for less.
Spring always makes me want to freshen things up at home, but it doesn’t have to mean a complete overhaul. Sometimes a few clever little changes are all it takes to make a space feel lighter, brighter and new again.
I’ve often wondered what impact your name has on who you think you are, and even how other people see and treat you. Well, this book takes that thought and runs with it in the most fascinating way.
Cora has just had a baby boy. Her husband Gordon expects him to be named after himself, carrying on the family name and, perhaps more frighteningly, everything that comes with it. Because Gordon is an awful man, controlling, volatile and frightening at home, while presenting an entirely different version of himself to the outside world.
There are three possible names. Gordon, the name his father expects. Julian, the name Cora chooses. And Bear, the name his sister Maia wants for him.
From that one decision, we see three versions of his life unfold.
Same mother. Same sister. Same father. Three names. Three very different lives.
I loved the idea of it. How much can a name shape who you become? Does it change the way people see you, the expectations they place on you, or even how you see yourself?
But it becomes about so much more than a name. It’s about the homes we grow up in, what children see and absorb, and the things that get passed down without anyone consciously choosing them. Gordon hangs over all three lives in different ways, and you find yourself wondering how much of our parents we inevitably carry with us — and how much we can choose not to.
There’s something heartbreaking about seeing what someone’s life could have been because you’ve already lived another version of it with them.
It made me think about the cycles we inherit in families, the behaviour we normalise because it’s all we know, and what it takes for one person to finally decide that something stops with them.
It’s clever, emotional and incredibly human. And by the end, I wasn’t really thinking about which name she should have chosen.
I was thinking about all the different versions of ourselves that might exist in the choices we didn’t make, and whether, despite our names, our parents and everything we inherit, there is still something essentially us that finds its way through.
WHAT I'M READING
THE NAMES by FLORENCE KNAPP
I’ve often wondered what impact your name has on who you think you are, and even how other people see and treat you. Well, this book takes that thought and runs with it in the most fascinating way.
Where we’re going, what we’re making & the things we’re loving.
A collection of the things inspiring us this spring, workshops we’re loving, places to go, things to do, a playlist for longer days and a little gift from us to you. Consider this our seasonal moodboard, filled with thoughtful finds, fresh inspiration and simple ways to make the most of spring, at home and beyond.
