After a weekend of banana loaf and salted caramel apple cupcakes, I felt a strong need for a simple salad dinner. I love thai flavours, especially red chillies and coriander, which is my favourite herb so I made a dressing combining them with lemon juice, sesame oil and soya sauce. That turns any combination of salad ingredients into a Thai-style dish. I have been to Thailand but only for a short time before travelling overland into Cambodia and need to go back to explore the culinary delights that Thailand is famous for. Until then I make it up. Thai-Style Chicken Salad Print Author: Suzanne Perazzini Ingredients 400g new potatoes, chopped up A can of baby corn 3 spring onions, sliced (green ends only) 2 cooked chicken breasts, sliced 2 tbsp chopped coriander Salt & pepper Wedges of lemons as a garnish For the Dressing: 6 tbsp of sesame oil 2 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp chopped coriander 1 chilli, deseeded and finely sliced Method Boil the … [Read more...] about Thai-Style Chicken Salad
Salted Caramel Apple Cupcakes – weekend baking
Even though I made a banana loaf on Friday night, I still decided to do the Saturday baking as planned. I already had picked out a recipe for scrumptious looking cupcakes from here and went ahead and made them. Her recipe for the caramel sauce didn't work well and turned out yellow so I think you could use the one I made last week for the caramel chocolate bars. When I made the batter according to the instructions, it ended up a curdled mess and I thought I was in trouble but the cupcake turned out light and delicious. The icing is so rich you can only eat one a day or your cellulite will get the upper hand so I took some to my Mum's for Mother's Day and will take some to work tomorrow if there are any left after Dario gets into them tonight. [print_this] Salted Caramel Apple Cupcakes Ingredients: 1 tbsp caramel sauce - recipe found here 3 small apples - peeled, cored and cut up 230g flour 200g caster sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of … [Read more...] about Salted Caramel Apple Cupcakes – weekend baking
Cranberry & White Chocolate Banana Bread
I was a little disappointed in the last granola bars I made and intend to try various different recipes until I find a good one but meanwhile last night I was taken by an urge to make a banana loaf. I was home alone and couldn't be bothered making dinner just for myself so I baked the loaf and ate a slice - delicious. Not that I would recommend this as a balanced meal but it did have protein (eggs), fruit (cranberries, lemon and bananas) and carbs (flour). The only sugar was 1/2 cup of honey with the rest of the sweetness coming from the fruit. I found this recipe here. [print_this] Cranberry & White Chocolate Banana Bread Ingredients: 2 cups whole wheat flour 1 tsp of baking soda 1/2 tsp of salt 1/4 cup of canola oil 1/2 cup of honey 1 tsp vanilla 1tsp of lemon juice 2 eggs 3-4 ripe bananas mashed 1 cup of white chocolate chips 1 cup of dried cranberries Method: Mix the wet ingredients together (eggs, honey, lemon juice, vanilla, mashed bananas and … [Read more...] about Cranberry & White Chocolate Banana Bread
Creamy Fusilli Salad with Sundried Tomatoes, Peas & Arugula
Adriano and I don't see eye to eye on anchovies and sundried tomatoes. I don't want anchovies in my pasta or on my pizzas and he doesn't want sundried tomatoes. But tonight he ate it in this dish and only grumbled a little. Arugula is my favourite green - I love its peppery taste and I would add it to almost anything. The pizza I always order in Italy is tomato, mozzarella and arugula. Nothing else. As far as I am concerned, less is more with pizzas and pastas. I found this recipe here. This is NOT a low Fodmap recipe. Creamy Fusilli Salad with Sundried Tomatoes, Peas & Arugula Ingredients: juice of 1/2 a lemon Zest of 1 lemon 125g sour cream 3 tbsp milk Tabasco sauce Salt and black pepper Fusilli pasta Arugula Sundried tomatoes, sliced Frozen peas Shaved parmesan Method: Boil the pasta as usual but towards the end, add the peas to cook them through. Mix together the first six ingredients to create the sauce. Drain pasta and add the sauce and all but a … [Read more...] about Creamy Fusilli Salad with Sundried Tomatoes, Peas & Arugula
Granola Bars – an attempt to reduce the additives in my life
I've been worried for a while about the sugar, fat and salt content in the muesli bars I eat for morning tea. I have always chosen the low calorie ones with high fibre but there's no getting away from the high levels of the less desirable ingredients. So tonight I baked some granola bars which have only 1/4 cup of honey and no other sugar. The only fat is in the 1/4 cup of peanut butter and there's no salt (the peanut butter had no added salt or sugar). They obviously don't taste as sweet as the bought ones but they tasted fine. [print_this] Granola Bars Ingredients: 1/4 cup honey 1/4 cup peanut butter 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 1/4 cups rolled oats 1/4 cup raisins 1/4 cup dried apricots 2 tbsp sunflower seeds 2 tbsp slivered almonds 2 tbsp sesame seeds Method: Place peanut butter, honey and vanilla in a bowl and microwave for 45 seconds. Stir. Mix other ingredients and stir in the peanut … [Read more...] about Granola Bars – an attempt to reduce the additives in my life
Fish Burgers with Gribiche Sauce
Until I was ten, I lived on a farm and then we moved to the city so we could get a better education. My parents started up a factory processing wet fish and crayfish so, as you can imagine, we ate a fair bit while growing up. Fish meals always evoke memories of working in the factory during the school holidays and later my University breaks. I loved it because I was working alongside adults and felt accepted. Somehow we all had a lot of fun and the cream lamingtons we had for morning tea are a favourite memory. If given the choice, I will still head for them over most other cakes. Anyway, tonight I made fish burgers and they were good but I wish Adriano (my personal food shopper) had bought better rolls. I think ciabatta or Turkish bread would have done a better job. Fish Burgers with Gribiche Sauce Print Author: Suzanne Perazzini Ingredients 2 hard boiled eggs 1 tsp dijon mustard 1 tsp garlic-infused oil ½ tsp dried taragon 1 tsp lemon juice 2 tbsp olive oil … [Read more...] about Fish Burgers with Gribiche Sauce
