Posts Tagged ‘quick’

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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Dark Chocolate & Hazelnut Brownies with Chocolate Icing

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 […]

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Garlic and Parmesan Bread

This recipe is taken from the garlic bread recipe on simplyrecipes.com, but I’ve altered a few things and changed the measurements into Aussie standards (metric) for my (and your?) convenience. I made this for a bunch of friends when we got together to play Dungeons & Dragons one autumn weeknight and it was all gobbled […]

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Shredded Asian Salad

A favourite salad recipe of mine, Shredded Asian Salad, found on kraft.com.au. It sounds a little out there ingredient-wise but it’s truly yum! Some alternatives… Coleslaw mix (e.g., from Coles) instead of the carrot, cucumber, cabbage and spring onions. Sweet chilli sauce instead of chilli sauce for the less spice-tolerant :-) It has been enjoyed […]

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