Full of crunch, colour & flavour. I love salads all year round. I mean, why limit salads just to the warmer days of the year? sometimes you just need to balance out the heavy stews, casseroles and pastas you have during winter with something lighter. What I love about many salads is the chance for…
Tag: Gluten Free
Crunchy Roasted Chickpeas
Snack alternative to peanuts. I don’t know about you but drinking anything alcoholic gives me the munchies. I crave a snack of some kind with a glass of wine or cider. Reaching for nuts all the time is problematic – they’re full of fat and calories you don’t necessarily want! Chips or potato crisps (depending…
Creamy Tomato Garlic Prawns
Dinner in 20 minutes! These days I’m working from home like almost everyone else. At first, I hated it. The idea of being confined to my bedroom while the kids ran amuck in the rest of the house drove me insane. But since schools opened up again and they went back, I’ve loved working at…
Pumpkin Risotto with Bacon
Yet another delicious risotto! In case you haven’t figured it out, I tend to cook a fair amount of Italian meals. Having an Italian husband means I have to know how to make some of the basics of Italian cooking. Making a risotto is one of them. This pumpkin risotto with bacon is truly delicious…
Burnt Caramel Pudding
Dinner party perfect. About three years ago, my friend Sandra and I decided to do some serious cooking together in the kitchen. We’re both cooking buffs and this was a fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon together. After much deliberation, we settled on three recipes. One of which was this burnt caramel pudding. Don’t…
Spiced Apricot Bliss Balls
Made with nuts. During the COVID-19 lockdown, my kids have been getting up to A LOT of mischief. Being stuck at home meant they were getting into things they shouldn’t, often! Paint, permanent markers, glue and of course treat foods in the pantry. I’m not silly – the treat foods are on higher shelves in…
Roast Beetroot Risotto
Gloriously pink. I’m sure most families with girls have to suffer through the pink phase. I do mean suffer as literally everything is pink… clothes, shoes, ice cream, drawings and toys. With two girls our home was overrun with pink. That’s when I saw a photo of beetroot risotto online and knew I had to…
Choc Chip Peanut Butter Cookies
Gluten-free & so easy to make! Imagine a cookie recipe with no butter and no flour. That’s what these choc chip peanut butter cookies have… absolutely no butter and no flour. Are you wondering if this is at all possible? Well, I definitely thought that when I saw this recipe. These choc chip peanut butter…