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 had a ball Friday night making this soup from scratch. I basically just added and added and came up with something awesome… I think so anyway! Heh. Ingredients (makes about 3-4 litres of soup, can be re-heated) 2 x 400g cans of roma diced tomatoes 1 x 400g can of red kidney beans 1 […]
Tags: blended, boiled, gluten free, pan fried, soup
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
This recipe loosely based on a coconut rice pudding recipe found on coconut rice pudding recipe found on bestrecipes.com.au. Good ratings from hubby, dad-in-law and Aiden (our pageboy at our wedding and James’s cousin ^_^). I’m fairly happy with the photo I got of it on my little mobile too! (see below) Serves: 5-6 Ingredients […]
Tags: coconut, gluten free, pan fried, rice, sultanas, 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