4 Ways with Butternut Pumpkin
1. Sandwich filling: Peel, seed then slice the pumpkkin into thin (5 mm) pieces and toss in olive oil, salt and pepper before roasting in a 200 degrees celcius oven for about 10 minutes. Allow it to cool, then use it as a sandwich filling. The pumpkin can be kept in the fridge for 3-4 days. Try the combining [...]
Potato & Bacon Bake
Serves 4 as a meal or 8 as a side
3 medium Potatoes – peeled and made into mash
3 Eggs – lightly beaten
2 cups Plain flour
2 tsp Baking powder
100 g Butter – melted
4 tbsp Yoghurt
3 rashers Organic Bacon – chopped then fried
1 Carrot – grated
1 tsp Paprika
¼ tsp Nutmeg
½ bunch Chives – chopped
1 Egg yolk
1 tbsp Milk
Salt and pepper
1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celcius. Sift the baking [...]
Tofu Omlette with Snow Peas & Ginger
Serves 4
To make this omelette use a 20 cm non-stick pan. Serve this with freshly steamed jasmine rice.
500 g Firm tofu – diced to 1 cm pieces
150 g Snow peas – topped and tailed then cut to julienne
8 Eggs
2 tbsp Water
4 tbsp Teriyaki sauce (half-half of soy sauce and mirin)
2 tsp Ginger – grated
Sunflower oil
1. Brown the tofu pieces in the non-stick [...]
Broccoli, Snow Peas & Mint Pasties with Fetta
Serves 4
1 head Broccoli – chopped
½ cup Snow Peas – chopped
2 sheets Puff pastry – halved into 2 triangles
50 g Fetta cheese – diced
½ bunch Mint leaves
1 Egg
2 tbsp Milk
200 g Natural yoghurt
1 clove Garlic – crushed
3 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO)
Salt and pepper
1. Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees celcius. Blanch the broccoli and the peas then cool in chilled water before draining them [...]
Tomato & Mushroom Pie with Cheddar Cheese
Serves 4
You can use either a 20cmx2cm tart dish or 4 individual pie tins for this recipe. For best results you should make your own pastry, however you can buy frozen shortcrust pastry in the freezer section of the supermarket. This recipe calls for Spelt Flour which can be purchased from Organic Angels (www.organicangels.com.au) or [...]
Broccoli, Ham & Potato Soup
2 heads Broccoli, chopped up
1 medium onion – sliced
2 cloves Garlic, minced
100g Ham
1L Chicken Stock
50g Unsalted Butter
200ml Cream
Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper
1. In a heavy based pot, sweat the onion and garlic with the butter. Then add the broccoli and potatoes, turn the heat to low & place a lid on the pot. Cook for a [...]
Vegetable Soup with Tamarind
Serves 4
2 Medium Carrots
1 Corn – cut to 3cm discs
1 Medium Zucchini – diced to 2cm pieces
1 Small broccoli – cut into small florets
200g Baby Spinach
1 Medium Onion - sliced
2 Cloves Garlic
1 tsp grated Ginger
1 Large Chilli – sliced (optional)
1.5L Vegetable Stock
2tsp Tamarind Paste
2tsp Sugar
1/2 bunch Coriander leaves
1/2 bunch Mint leaves
Salt & Pepper to taste
Add the [...]
Banana & Oat Slice (Makes 24)
This is great for a healthy snack for work or school lunches.I have tried a few muesli slices and so far this is the best. I substituted brown sugar for panella (evaporated cane sugar) and added a couple tbs of Powerfoods Cacao Crunch or try adding sultanas or another chopped dried fruit. Butter can also [...]
Potato Rosti with Onion and Bacon (serves 4)
6 Medium size potatoes – unpeeled but washed well
1 Medium onion – diced fine
4 rashers Bacon – chopped to ½ cm pieces
2 sprigs Thyme leaves
½ tsp Sweet paprika
100 g Sour cream
½ bunch Chives – chopped fine
Unsalted butter
Olive oil
Salt and freshly grated pepper
1. Sauté the onion and bacon in a pan with a little olive oil. It’s ok if the onion caramelises a [...]
Zucchini and Prawn Pizza with Aioli
With this recipe, you can either make your own pizza base from your favourite recipe or purchase one. If you are getting one from the supermarket or deli, get one which has no tomato on it.
1 Pizza base, 30 cm size.
1 Med zucchini – slice to no more than 1 cm thick
12 Small sized prawn cutlets (30/40 size)
2 [...]
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