I love the kinds of foods you get at cocktail parties - finger foods. Those little bite-sized pieces you can pop in your mouth without getting all messed up. Well I've taken a classic one and enlarged it to dinner sized. Toast a crusty piece of bread, top it with feta, roasted peppers and thin slices of sirloin steak. Add a little horseradish and pesto sauce and a man-sized finger food has been created. Beef, Feta and Roasted Pepper Open Sandwiches Print Author: Suzanne Perazzini Ingredients A thick slab of sirloin steak Feta cheese 2 red peppers Parsley Garlic infused oil Olive oil Pepper & salt Gluten-free bread - sliced Horseradish sauce Pesto (optional) Method Grill the steak until medium rare and let rest for 5 minutes. Cut into slices. Char the peppers under the grill until the skin is black. Remove the skins. Slice up the peppers and mix with one tablespoon of garlic-infused oil, one tablespoon of olive oil and chopped up parsley. Season the mixture. Toast … [Read more...] about Beef, Feta and Roasted Pepper Open Sandwiches
Dark Chocolate Cherry Cashew Bars
Each weekend I intend to bake something healthy for my morning teas at work and also for my son and husband so they don't eat the over-processed muesli bars from the supermarket. The last granola bars were excellent but I love trying new recipes and this is one I found on the internet but unfortunately when I printed off the recipe I didn't realise until later that the blog name wasn't on it and now I'm not sure where I found it. However, I do know they adapted it from somewhere else. I haven't tried one yet but it has had the thumbs up from my son so that's good enough for me. UPDATE: Aruna has kindly pointed me to the blog which had the recipe. It is cravingchronicles.com This is NOT a low Fodmap recipe. Dark Chocolate Cherry Cashew Bars Ingredients: Vegetable or olive oil spray 1/2 cup lightly salted cashews BUY HERE 1 1/4 cups dates, pitted BUY HERE 1/2 cup dried cherries BUY HERE 1/2 raisins BUY HERE 1/4 cup dried cranberries BUY HERE 1/2 cup … [Read more...] about Dark Chocolate Cherry Cashew Bars
Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Filling – Weekend Baking
I'm a little over cupcakes for the moment so I decided to make my very favourite cake - carrot cake. However, I didn't want to make a full cake. Luckily I found this great recipe for carrot cake cookies sandwiched together with cream cheese icing on the cravingchronicles.com blog. I remember seeing somewhere that if you eat a slice of carrot cake with cream cheese icing, that is basically your calorie allowance for the day if you are not wanting to gain weight. A rather daunting thought but hey, I only bake in the weekend and I have people to help me eat them. There's also something therapeutic about baking and sharing it around. [print_this] Carrot Cake Cookies Ingredients: 3/4 cup golden raisins BUY HERE 1 1/4 cups flour 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ginger pinch of cloves 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 114g unsalted butter, softened 1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar BUY HERE 1/3 + 3 tablespoons cup granulated sugar 1 large egg 1/2 … [Read more...] about Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Filling – Weekend Baking
Beef, Spinach and Feta Pie
The dinner last night was not so photogenic so I decided to make a pie. They usually look pretty good if it doesn't all go horribly wrong. Thank goodness this one didn't. I got the recipe from Spicie Foodie but I used puff pastry instead of philo pastry because I always find it too dry and brittle. Maybe I should buy better quality. Adriano and Dario devoured every last crumb of the pie and it wasn't that small. The layers of meat, spinach and feta worked really well to create a tasty and filling meal. This recipe is not low Fodmap. Beef, Spinach and Feta Pie Print Author: Suzanne Perazzini Ingredients 3 sheets of puff pastry 500 g mincemeat 1 small onion, finely chopped 4 garlic cloves, minced 2 small chillies, finely chopped 1 tsp dried thyme ½ tsp dried rosemary 1 tsp salt ¼ tsp ground black pepper 1 pack (350 g) frozen spinach Feta cheese Olive oil or vegetable oil 1 egg lightly beaten, for egg wash Method Preheat oven to 220 c degrees. … [Read more...] about Beef, Spinach and Feta Pie
Vegetable Couscous with Pesto
As I have probably said before, couscous is Adriano's favourite grain and I make several different recipes with it. This one came from Lebanese Recipes Kitchen and it proved to be the best yet. I would never have thought of putting pesto with a Lebanese-style couscous but it worked well. This is not a low Fodmap recipe. Vegetable Couscous with Pesto Print Author: Suzanne Perazzini Ingredients For the Pesto: 1 cup fresh coriander (leaves and some stems) ½ cup fresh parsley (stems reserved for couscous) 2 tablespoons of pine nuts ½ clove garlic ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil Salt For the Couscous: 4 tablespoons unsalted butter Salt 1 onion, cut into 8 wedges 1 cinnamon stick 1 can peeled tomatoes, halved 2 small carrots, cut into chunks 1 zucchini, chopped Freshly ground pepper 1½ cups couscous Method Make the pesto Combine the coriander, parsley leaves, pine nuts and garlic in a food processor; pulse until coarsely chopped. Add the … [Read more...] about Vegetable Couscous with Pesto
Mexican Chorizo Tacos
Mexican food is one of my favourite cuisines and I will eat it in any form but not so Adriano. We haven't had tacos for a long time and tonight I remembered why. He has trouble with biting into something which breaks apart and falls all over his plate. I do understand that not wanting to struggle with your food thing but it's all about getting into the spirit of the food you are eating and going on a journey with it. Well, something like that. These tacos were very tasty but it took a while to figure out how to consume them with a minimum of fallout. I found this recipe or something similar on Spicie Foodie but I can't find it any longer on her site. However, she is one of my favourite food bloggers so do go have a look here at her fabulous photos and delicious recipes. This is not a low Fodmap recipe. Mexican Chorizo Tacos Print Author: Suzanne Perazzini Ingredients 2 chorizo sausages - sliced 3 potatoes 1 onion - chopped oil Salsa: Chillies - sliced finely … [Read more...] about Mexican Chorizo Tacos
