After moving house (woo! I have a house now!), I remembered this can of condensed sweetened milk I had in the pantry that I was yet to try making a desert out of. So, during school hols I modified this awesome caramel shortbread slice recipe and made what I’ve dubbed Caramel Nut Crumble Truffles. The […]
Tags: dairy, food-processed, gluten free, nuts, oven baked
My garden’s been going nuts lately (good thing!), and I found myself needing to prune a whole lot of herbs. Aside from mint, which I made into tea, I had shallots, garlic chives and sweet basil to use up. So I thought… hmm… time to try making homemade pesto! This recipe has similarities to another […]
Tags: boiled, dairy, food-processed, gluten free, nuts, pan fried, pasta, quick, vegetarian
This isn’t really a recipe as it only involves plonking some toasted pine nuts in your favourite yoghurt, but hey! It was yum, so I’m sharing. Basically, I just realised it past midday and I hadn’t really eaten anything substantial yet and was VERY hungry all of a sudden. You may know the feeling I […]
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A while back, I made a mandarin, hazelnut, almond and coconut cake. After positive feedback (even from my bro who is notoriously picky!) I’ve made another variation using the same basic recipe with some changes. Basically, I’ve used chocolate and banana instead of the almond and mandarin. I’ve also used LSA meal (Linseed, Sunflower Seed […]
Tags: blended, chocolate, coconut, fruit, gluten free, nuts, oven baked, vegetarian
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