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 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 […]
Tags: blended, coconut, fruit, gluten free, nuts, oven baked, 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
Today I attempted to make brownies for the first time. I started with a brownie recipe from taste.com.au, but ended up modifying it quite a bit. They turned out yum thankfully, they were a lot of work as I haven’t baked much, so it was all a bit new to me! James also enjoyed them […]
Tags: chocolate, not gluten free, nuts, oven baked, pan fried, vegetarian