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Category Archives: What I Love to Cook
Luscious And Fragrant. The First Mangoes Of The Season. Fresh Mango Salsa With Lime, Chilli and Spring Onion.
Mango season has well and truly arrived here in Australia. Starting early with the first tray of mangoes for the 2013 season selling for $30,000 at a charity auction at the Sydney Markets in September. That’s a whopping $2,500 per … Continue reading
Posted in Fruit, Marinades, Pastes and Dressings, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Chilli, Coriander, Lime, Mango, Salsa, Spring Onion, Summer
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Diet Recipe Idea Under 100 Calories. Egg Omelette And Nori Rolls Filled With Fresh Salad.
This is almost too good to be true. A fresh and delicious 5-2 fast day meal option for under 100 calories. Egg Omelette and Nori Rolls. Based on the idea of sushi rolls. Without the rice. I’ve always marvelled at how long … Continue reading
Posted in Eggs, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, 5:2 Diet, Egg, Fasting Diet, Gluten free, Healthy, Nori, Omelette, Salad, Vegetarian
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Gorgeous Little Morsels. Almond and Cranberry Florentines Drizzled With White Chocolate.
Leafing through a pile of back issues of Delicious magazine I came across a very clever recipe for Italian florentines. A delectable combination of caramel, dried fruit and nuts. Baked in a slab. Cut into perfect circles just before the … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Chocolate, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Almond, Baking, Biscuits, Chocolate, Christmas, Cranberry, Florentines, Food, Ginger, Italian
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Day Recipe Idea Under 300 Calories. Asian Style Spicy Chicken and Roasted Corn Soup.
I love Asian style soups. A delicious study of contrasting flavours, colour and textures, this Spicy Chicken and Roasted Corn Soup is incredibly satisfying. Filled with fragrant spices, silky strands of shredded chicken, crunchy roasted corn and delicate tendrils of … Continue reading
Posted in Soup, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, 5:2 Diet, Asian, Chicken, Corn, Egg, Fasting Diet, Garlic, Ginger, Soup, Spring Onion
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Old-Fashioned Baking. Inspired By A Taste of Wintergreen. Apple, Caramel and Cinnamon Scrolls.
I’ve eaten many cinnamon scrolls in my time but have never attempted to bake them myself. Until yesterday. Inspired by Lindy from A Taste of Wintergreen’s wonderful post Love On A Platter. They say a picture paints a thousand words, … Continue reading
Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Day Recipe Idea Under 200 Calories. Cauliflower Couscous with Fresh Harissa, Roasted Capsicum and Sweet Potato.
For quite some time I have been reading about cauliflower rice. Finely grated cauliflower, steamed and served as a healthy, low calorie, low carbohydrate alternative to regular rice. Whilst I have never tried cauliflower “rice” it started me thinking. I’ve always … Continue reading
Posted in Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, 5:2 Diet, Capsicum, Cauliflower, Couscous, Fasting Diet, Harissa, Herbs, Lemon, Sweet Potato
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Sunday Night Dinner. Delicious And Deeply Satisfying. Slow Baked Potato Gratin.
Sunday night dinner at home. A delicious and deeply satisfying slow baked potato gratin served with a side salad. A firm family favourite. Lush and creamy on the inside with a burnished golden crust. Best of all, after just a … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Vegetables, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Butter, Cream, Food, Nutmeg, Potato, Potato Gratin, Recipe
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Eat, Fast Live Longer. 5-2 Fast Day Recipe Idea Under 350 Calories. Toasted Fregola Salad With Hot-Smoked Salmon, Asparagus, Pine Nuts and Mint.
On my last visit to Little Italy in Five Dock I was fortunate to pick up a packet of Fregola Tostada. A regional artisan pasta native to Sardinia. Traditionally made by hand, coarse semolina is combined with water and rubbed … Continue reading
From My Kitchen Pantry. Quick, Easy and Spicy. Tomato Chilli Jam.
Rearranging my kitchen pantry I counted no less than a dozen cans of tinned tomatoes. An impressive stockpile borne out of the habit of throwing three or four tins into the shopping trolley during the winter months. An indispensable pantry … Continue reading
Posted in Marinades, Pastes and Dressings, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Chilli, Food, Ginger, Gluten free, Recipe, Tomato, Tomato Jam
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Diet Recipe Idea Under 300 Calories. Pork, Mushroom and Broccolini Rice Paper Rolls With a Sweet Chilli Lime Dipping Sauce.
A new fast day. A new 5-2 fast day recipe idea. Day one of jumping back on the 5-2 wagon was nowhere near as difficult as I had anticipated. Perhaps this time it was a little easier as I knew … Continue reading
Posted in Pork, Small Bites, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, 5:2 Diet, Broccolini, Dipping Sauce, Fasting Diet, Mushroom, Pork, Rice Paper Roll, Sweet Chilli, Under 300 Calories
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