Over the silly season, I went a bit bonkers and bought a whole lot of cookbooks (I already have heaps but… christmas!… :-P). This self-made recipe was enjoyed by & passed on to my mum-in-law, and draws on two recipes for inspiration (see notes below recipe). Ingredients (Makes 12 serves of dip, can be frozen [...]
Tags: blended, food-processed, gluten free, nuts, quick, vegetarian
Last night, I’d defrosted some chicken sausages and was feeling lazy. I decided to try and find a recipe that called for the sausages to be cooked in the oven alone, a recipe only needing a casserole dish to complete. I found an Oven roasted sausage and sweet potato recipe and, inspired by this, made [...]
Tags: chicken, gluten free, oven baked, quick, sausage
I finally managed to find some nice fresh shitake mushrooms today. I LOVE them, they have a different texture to button mushrooms and go very well in pasta dishes in my experience. I decided to whip up a light pesto pasta with them tonight, recipe follows! It’s based on this pesto pasta recipe. The hubby [...]
Tags: boiled, gluten free, nuts, pan fried, pasta, quick, vegetarian
I made this salad for friends and family this week, and it went down quite well! My aunt even asked for the recipe. It’s a modification of this awesome quinoa salad recipe. Also, just so you know, quinoa has a weird pronunciation; ‘keen-wa’. More about this yummy seed at the quinoa wikipedia entry. You can [...]
Tags: boiled, fruit, gluten free, nuts, quick, salad, vegetarian
I decided to vary my Dark Chocolate & Almond Brownies recipe by swapping the almond meal for hazelnut meal, and the almonds for hazelnuts. Yummy variation! I also decided to ice them and write things on them with a red icing pen (store-bought) for friends & hubby. Below is the recipe for the chocolate icing [...]
Tags: chocolate, gluten free, nuts, pan fried, quick, vegetarian