Posts Tagged ‘vegetarian’

Nut & Chickpea Dip with Garlic

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 [...]

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Pesto Pasta with Shitake Mushrooms

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 [...]

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Quinoa Salad with Dried Fruit, Avocado & Cashews

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 [...]

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Mandarin, hazelnut, almond and coconut cake

I modified this awesome gluten-free cake recipe and made a similar one with mandarins, hazelnut meal & coconut. Mandarins instead of the oranges. Easy, too! My hubby is yet to try it… hopefully he’ll like it :D I sure do! Ingredients Light olive oil spray 3 mandarins (unpeeled, sweet is good) 7 medium size eggs [...]

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Strawberry & Banana Muffins

I looked at this awesome Strawberry Muffin recipe from taste.com.au, tweaked it a little to use some different and additional ingredients, and wol la. AWESOME result, if I do say myself! Good for breakfast, and I now have enough for the rest of the week and them some! Hubby liked these too, and he’s not [...]

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