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Hmmm. What to eat tonight…?

06 Apr 2015 12 Comments

by Ritu in Foodie Pics Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Cheese, Cheese on Toast, Comfort Food, Food

Packing done, I think
It’s late, but I need to eat.
What to have…hmmm I know
Cheese on toast, that’ll be neat!

Found a new flavored cheese this week… On fresh baked bread… Yum!

Dinner Tonight? Chicken Pizza… with a difference!

04 Apr 2015 6 Comments

by Ritu in Recipes Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Chicken Pizza, Food, Gluten-Free, Low Carb No Carb, Recipe

Good For You Pizza!

Ok, so last year when I was on my extreme health kick, wanting to lose weight for a wedding we were attending, I chanced upon the Juice Plus+ diet, which involved meal replacement shakes, and capsules, along side balanced meals.

I did really well of the diet, but before I started the main event, we were asked to detox for 2 weeks. It wasn’t as bad as I thought, and to be honest, I started o eat certain different foods, that I wouldn’t have necessarily eaten usually. One of the recipes that I learned, which was YUMMY was this, Chicken pizza, with no gluten!

You need

1 chicken breast per person
Tomato puree
Diced red onion
Mixed diced peppers
Diced Mushrooms
Goats cheese – soft
Dried mixed herbs

To accompany
A peeled sweet potato cut into long chunky strips
A couple of peeled parsnips, cut to similar sizes as the sweet potato
Olive oil
Drizzle of honey
Salt and pepper

Selection of veg to steam, to eat with the meal

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 200 degrees C
Butterfly cut the chicken breasts and flatten them out
Cover with tomato puree
Sprinkle peppers, onions and mushrooms over the top
Place on a baking tray in a pre-heated oven at 200*C for 15 minutes
Remove from the oven and sprinkle with goats cheese and mixed herbs
Place them back in the oven for 5 minutes

Before preparing the chicken, parboil the sweet potato and parsnips, drain, then spray a tray lightly with olive oil. Place the parsnips and sweet potato on the tray and drizzle with honey. Stick in the oven then prepare the chicken. they should all be ready about the same time.

Don’t forget to steam you veg!

If you are just eating this as you want to try, and not for any diet controlled reason, add a sauce to compliment it! I love a bit of sweet chilli dipping sauce to it! Or experiment with the toppings.

Its a delicious meal!

Please try, and enjoy!

A variation with sweet potato fries and steamed spinach!

Cupcake anyone!

03 Mar 2015 9 Comments

by Ritu in Foodie Pics Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Cakes, Cupcakes, Decorating, Fancy Cupcakes, Food Photos

Big cakes last week, so I thought why not post some of my cup cake efforts this week!

I love a good cupcake, and since having children decorating them, and experimenting has become the norm… I have made them for their classes at their birthdays too in the past!

Spidey cupcakes for Lil Man’s Birthday

Butterfly cakes for Lil Princess

Ice cream anyone?

Farm yard fairy cakes!

Versatile Mushroom Curry/Sauce/Something Or Other!

03 Mar 2015 15 Comments

by Ritu in Recipes Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Curry, Mushroom, Recipe, Sauce, Thingy

It’s Tuesday.
That means veggie day here in our household.
Hubby Dearest is definitely Mr Meat, so days like today aren’t easy. Usually my Mother-in-Law makes a lentil curry, which he just about eats.
However the in-laws are away for a while now, so he has to eat my food…
Mwa ha ha ha!!
No, seriously, I’m not a bad cook, but still, veggie? Not him! He’d rather order a veggie pizza but we can’t do that every week, especially since we had pizza on Sunday!
So I thought I’d ressurect one of my mum’s recipes. We used to have this mushroom concoction in pita breads with salad, and it was yummy! Or you could have it as a pasta sauce.
Here are the instructions for how to make it!

Ingredients
1 tbspn olive oil
1 tspn cumin seeds
1 chilli, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 inch ginger, minced
1 white onion, sliced
2 large flat mushrooms, chopped
A handful of button mushrooms, quartered
Salt to taste
1 tin chopped tomatoes
1 dessertspoon tomato puree
1 tspn garam masala

Instructions

1) Heat oil in a large wok or pan. Once hot, add cumin seeds. When sizzling, add ginger, garlic and chillies and cook circa few moments. Then add the onions.

2) Cook the onions until translucent.
3) Add the mushrooms, tomato puree and tinned tomatoes. Mix and add salt and garam masala.

4) Put on a low heat and allow to simmer until cooked, about 10-15 minutes. Check and stir. The mushrooms will give off water so you will get a natural gravy as well once cooked.