Recently, my husband and I went on a trip to Far North Queensland and participated in an Organic Experience Food Tour.

We toured the hinterland region of Cairns and saw vanilla being hand pollinated at the Broken Nose Vanilla Farm, had lunch cooked by the gorgeous and very talented, Jo Whitton of Quirky Cooking fame and learnt about fermented vegetables with Wayne Rankine at his biodynamic farm, Brolgas Pass.

The highlight for my dear husband, was our visit to the biodynamic dairy farm, Mungalli Creek, where we sampled yoghurts and cream and cheese before being served an enormous morning tea of cheesecake.

It became very evident how much that my (long-suffering) husband has missed real cheesecake in his life! Being dairy free since 2011, I have stopped cooking with dairy (except butter) and my cheesecake making days are few and far between. I have…