I made this delicious roast cauliflower dish, the recipe of which was in The Age newspaper (Melbourne) on 20th February 2018. It is a recipe by Travis McAuley. My photo does not do it justice, it was really good. Roasted cauliflower with buttermilk and tahini dressing. 1 whole cauliflower 50ml extra virgin olive oil sea […]
Here is a recipe for very easy breakfast pancakes. They are quick to prepare and delicious. Mash the bananas with a fork until squashed, but you still want to have some chunks in there. In a bowl whisk the eggs and baking powder. Add the bananas to the egg mixture and mix through. Heat a […]
As I have mentioned before, the INGREDIENTS LIST on packaged food is the MOST IMPORTANT thing to read before buying the product. I wanted to give you some examples of what to look for if you are looking to see how much sugar, salt or fat is in a product. Often a product can have […]
As with my previous posts, I am again looking at packaging, labelling and content of pre prepared food. This post is about some of the various things added to food. Additives are substances added by food manufacturers to improve the appearance, flavour, texture, stability or storage life of food. On a label they have to […]
The Nutrition Information Panel (NIP) on packaged food tells you what nutrition is in the food and also allows you to check nutritional claims on the package. It also tells you the manufacturers serving size relating to the percentages of nutrients per serving. This is important as different manufacturers will have different serving sizes which […]
As I have been talking about reading the labels on food, I thought I would do a couple of posts about how to actually read them. Today we will look at the difference between the dates printed on food packaging. USE BY DATE: this is put on highly perishable food such as milk, yoghurt, meat […]
In my recipes you might notice that I say “good quality” a lot when it comes to using any pre-packaged food. By this I mean that I read the ingredients list on the label. I want to be able to recognise the ingredients that are listed there. What I want to see are real foods […]
We were going to the movies so i needed a quick tasty dinner. I made this “nachos” using the black bean chilli which I had frozen. Layer some corn chips (preferably organic and definitely non GMO) around the sides of a oven proof dish. Good quality corn chips are a tasty gluten free option. Heat […]
I made these egg muffins for breakfast. They are also great cold for lunch – perfect for picnics or school lunches. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Saute one small chopped onion in a little ghee. Add two chopped tomatoes and one grated courgette. Cook the vegetables until the moisture is all gone. (Both tomato and […]
Made Aubergine Parmigiama tonight for dinner. Ingredients: two aubergines sliced, olive oil, prepared tomato sauce, 2 balls of buffalo mozzarella sliced, fresh basil leaves, 1 big chunk of parmesan cheese grated. Slice two aubergines into diagonal slices 1 cm wide. Put on baking paper on two oven trays and lightly brush both sides with olive […]
