Featured Food Blog: Local is Lovely

Name: Sophie Hansen
Blog: Local is Lovely
Twitter: @locallovely
Location: New South Wales

Describe your culinary style.
Seasonal, inspired by the produce in our local area and very user-friendly.

What is the main source of inspiration for your recipes?
The produce that we and our neighbours grow! Because my husband Tim and I attend farmers markets with our venison most weekends, we are lucky to be able to source most of our food directly from the grower and get their cooking tips too.

For someone new to your blog, which recipe do you recommend they try first?

• This beautiful, simple Caramelized Onion and Fig Pizza is just as good at room temperature as hot so great for picnics or to make ahead and then serve in small squares with drinks.
• This Garlic Confit is just amazing and can be used wherever you’d use fresh garlic.
• Because we farm deer we are always looking for new ways to cook venison and this Carpaccio with Lime Dressing is the current favourite!
• And these Fig and Rose Muesli Biscuits are pretty delicious too!

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If you could have one food while stranded on a desert island, what would it be? 
Fresh, juicy white peaches! Because they are in season right now and I am a bit obsessed with their fragrant flavour and incredible juiciness.

What is your ultimate guilty food pleasure? 
Really good cheese and bread. I could live on that combination quite happily!

Define Yummly.
An incredible resource and source of cooking inspiration!