Pinterest Recipe – Avocado Pasta Sauce
HOW have I not known about this before – creamy & healthy pasta? I love pasta – Dukan / Atkins – not my favourite words! Carbs get bad deal in life – I believe in everything in moderation! This is a great compromise of getting your carbs on and adding a healthy twist! With fresh avocado as the king ingredient we are getting our good fats and a creamy sauce! Few other key ingredients and this is a winner! Checkout all the details at Key…
Cannellini Bean Dip
Cannellini Bean Dip Ingredients; 1 can cannellini beans Quarter of garlic Squeeze of lemon Salt & Pepper Method; Easy – put all in blender and blitz until not too smooth! Serve with crusty fresh baguette and a tin of very lovely anchovies – YUM!
Moscato Cupcakes
This one has been waiting for a blog for sometime! BUT as the last days of sunshine leave Melbourne enjoy these light and wonderful Moscato Cupcakes from the Fabulous Ladies Wine Society. Perfect with our favourite Brown Brothers Moscato – the new mini bottles perfect for this recipe too! Moscato Cupcakes Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 3/4 tsp salt 1 1/4 cups sugar 1 cup oil 1/3 cup Moscato 3/4 cup buttermilk 2 large eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract…
Spicy Beef & Tofu Soup
Spicy Beef and Tofu Soup Ingredients; A big wedge of beef fillet – depends how many you are cooking for but average 150grams per person (keep the beef whole) Mustard Paprika Garlic Stock Green Fresh Silken Tofu Method; Brown your beef on all sides and then put straight into the slow cooker! Add a table spoon of english mustard, tablespoon of paprika, a garlic clove and then cover the whole thing with stock. Lind on and see you in 4 hours on high or until…
Recipe: Breakfast Trifle
I find breakfast such a challenge… at least during the week when it is a debate between toast and another 5 min snooze!! Weekends I can eat breakfast like a queen… well brunch! This is a play on good old bircher and is probably not really a trifle but is was full of fab fruit layers!! Ingredients; 1 Cup oats Fruit Juice – approx 1 cup – can use apple, orange probably not tomato!! Fruits – mango, blueberries, raspberries, ripe banana Fresh Miny Sqeeze of…
Iced Coffee
Ok this is pretty simple but really effective and when those temperatures soar this is a perfect substitute for a hot coffee and a great cooldown! Inspired by a cocktail I saw on Pinterest but without the booze! Simply make a pot of coffee or use any leftover in the pot! Into your ice cube trays and then when you need a refreshing coffee just pop them out and pout over milk!! So not so much a recipe as a handy hint!! But seriously works!……
Guacamole
I LOVE Mexican food and we have been to some pretty good ones lately especially BlueCorn in St Kilda Melbourne. The benchmark for me is always the guacamole! When we were in Texan we went to the Iron Cactus Grill where they make the guacamole in front of you and serve with homemade corn chips… we ate so much we couldn’t even attempt our mains!! So I thought I should pool together my favourite elements of a good guacamole and make some myself! Ingredients; One…
Sausage Pasta Salad
What to do with leftover sausages? Pasta Salad Ahoy!! Not sure whether you can really call this a ‘salad’ I always think salads should be a bit green? Certainly healthy? Packed full of salady stuff!?! Anyways! Leftover lovely sausages from the market – Chicken with garlic and herbs! Definitely shouldn’t waste so for lunch tomorrow – Sausage Pasta Salad! Ingredients; Leftover sausage – we had 3 big ones! Pasta – cook as much as you think you need – we made enough for three portions…
Open Chicken Sandwich
Fast and very tasty!! Open Chicken Sandwich Ingredients; Green Pesto Roast Chicken Baguette Red Onion Tasty Cheese Cut your baguette in half and spread with green pesto – I have this lovely one sent to me by Roza’s who have been producing beautiful products for 20 years and this pesto is my new fave!! Preservative free and super fresh this is a perfect base for my fave sandwich! Put your roast chicken on top with your slivers of red onion and grated cheese – pop…
Pinterest Soup!
I am thinking next years challenge could be cooking from Pinterest! I am loving it now I have worked out how it all works! With boards loaded with amazing recipes from those I am following I have 12 months worth of foodie fun to be had!! Feeling a little under the weather and craving hearty chicken and sweetcorn soup all you do is run a search and hundreds of tried and tested recipes spring up for you to choose from!! A few recipes down is…
Olive & Feta Pasta
Pasta – my favourite fast food! I think simple is better for pasta, similar to pizza! This one was just a little something we rustled up one afternoon! Serves 2; Jar of pitted black olives Feta cheese Jar of artichoke hearts One red capsicum Choice of pasta Boil up the pasta as per instructions and then chop up the red pepper to brown in a pan, this will bring out the sweetness. In a little blender put two tablespoons of olives, half a jar of…
Prosecco Scones!!
Mixing Baking and Bubbles! What more could you want on a relaxing afternoon! This recipe was kindly supplied to Brown Brothers by Tom Walton, Chef at Bondi’s The Bucket List, who kindly shared with all their Epicurean Club! And here we are – Prosecco Scones! Super easy recipes, I love anything that doesn’t have a never ending list of ingredients! Just 6 required and 3 of those are always in my pantry! A quick trip to the shops for the rest and we are armed…
Monday Night Mexican Chicken Salad
Healthy, fast and yum! Sometimes just a few clever bits from the larder and you can create a feast! Ingredients; 2 Chicken Breasts (skin off) Mexican Seasoning Salad Leaves Cherry Tomatoes Cucumber Avocado Extra Virgin Olive Oil Balsamic Vinegar Grab those breasts and rub in a splash of the olive oil and a good teaspoon of Mexican seasoning – NOTE I am all for making everything yourself but sometimes on a Monday night you can cut yourself some slack! I use Peter Watsons Mexican Seasoning…
Sausage & tomato soup with a chilli kick!
Slow cooker tastic! I love sausages in the slow cooker, they go crazy succulent and all the flavours accelerate to a foodie heaven!! This recipe is a really simple one to rustle up and great for a cold!! Ingredients; Sausages of your choice – I used Italian with herbs and garlic 10 cherry tomatoes 500ml of stock One onion chopped up Fresh coriander roughly shredded 2 dried chillies Brown the sausages and onion in a pan and then transfer to the slow cooker with all…
Chilli Prawn Pasta
Pasta – the best fast food ever! My absolute ‘go to’ for a quick simple lunch or dinner! I adore shopping the aisles of pasta with a million shapes and sizes and colours to play with! After spending a fair bit of time with back to basics Italian cookbooks I now understand that pasta shouldn’t have 10 complex ingredients – just fresh and simple! My chilli prawn pasta has only 5 ingredients; Pasta – your choice, a spaghetti, tagliatelli or long permed spaghetti like this…
Chilli Beef Lettuce Cups
Simple healthy fast food at home! Ingredients; Some mince – I used a bit of pork mince but you could use anything! Small onion chopped Bit of chilli – depends how much you like! Bit of Garlic – as above! 1 tablespoon of each of the following hoisin, soy and sweet chilli Some random veg – we used mini corns, carrots and zucchini Some lovely fresh lettuce leaves that you can use as healthy green taco shells! Method; Bit of olive oil in pan –…
