Category: Recipes
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Oh Tortilla
Let’s Explore Tortillas The Tortilla; it’s a spoon, a plate a carrier of food and staple in mexican cuisine. On friday I was lucky enough to be able to take part in a mexican tortilla making workshop which was part of the International Food Design Experience Conference and Expo here in Dunedin at Otago Polytechnic. The workshop…
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Sweet Sundays
Sunday A day that marks the end of another week. I have been pretty busy over the last week and haven’t been posting much at all lately. So I decided it was about time to get back into it. With the rain clouds hanging around and friends craving something sweet I thought of what I…
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Infused Oil
Today was a weird day and I felt like making something in the kitchen, I wasn’t sure what exactly and them it came to me. Something I’ve always wanted to do was try making my own infused oils. So that was that I decided on infused oil using thyme, lemon, garlic and pepper as the…
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French Toast At Home
Here is a great french toast recipe using my homemade banana bread recipe, great way to treat the family this weekend with the left overs from making the banana bread turn it into french toast! YUM! Banana Bread French Toast with Bacon and Maple Mascarpone Ingredients: 1/2 loaf banana bread 4 eggs 3/4 cup…
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Oh Bananas Bananas Bananas!!!
Everyone must admit that sometimes they don’t get their bananas and they turn brown and go overly ripe. Well the best thing to use over ripe bananas for is baking of course! Here is a recipe that is very easy and tastes great hot out of the oven with a smear of butter or even…
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Crunchy Chicken Lettuce Cups
Creating healthy dinners is always something I enjoy doing. Making something tasty yet healthy and satisfying don’t always go hand in hand. However I think I may have just discovered a recipe that achieves all of that. This is a great recipe suitable for all ages its a great gluten-free way to have dinner. My…
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Sticky Soy Tofu
Sticky soy tofu with spring onions and sesame I never used to like tofu but it has defiantly grown on me. I like to cook a lot of Asian inspired dishes influenced by my travels to south east asia. I like to use flavours that stand strong against each other. This recipe is a…
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Do you like DOUGHNUTS??
I must admit I haven’t been in the kitchen much lately and have been pretty busy with study and life. But yesterday I decided it was time to jump back in and do some sweet cooking. I though for a while what I could make that I haven’t made in a very long time and…
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Chocolate Ganache
Here is a basic recipe for chocolate ganache. This ratio of chocolate to cream can be doubled for a larger batch. Chocolate Ganache Ingredients: 150gm milk chocolate, chopped 100ml cream, hot Method: Add chopped chocolate to metal bowl. Heat cream in small pot until just on the verge of boiling. Pour hot cream over chocolate,…
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Strawberries and Cream
Here’s a recipe for a wonderful no-bake strawberries and cream cheesecake. homemade strawberry jelly with crunch malt biscuit base and vanilla cream center. This is a great show stopping dessert that will have any followers smiling and asking for more! Strawberries and Cream Cheesecake Ingredients: 250 gram malt biscuits 150 grams butter, melted 500 grams frozen…