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Gluten Free Banana Bread

January 30, 2025 by Tania 3 Comments

Tender Gluten Free Banana Bread. Toast it or eat it just as it is with butter. Non greasy and an easy stir together method make this a family favourite. Stir together, gluten free banana bread. Of the many banana bread recipes in the world this one is beautifully gluten free. It’s simple without too many…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Brunch, Cakes and Decorating, Desserts, Gluten Free, Recipe Basics, RECIPES, Special Flours Tagged With: baking, banana bread, breakfast, brunch food, desserts, fruit loaf, gluten free, snacks made from bananas, Toast

Irresistable Creamy Cashew, Tomato and Caper Salad

December 10, 2024 by Tania Leave a Comment

cashew and caper salad on a table

This creamy cashew, tomato, and caper salad will be very popular because it is a little like hommus but not quite. Add harlequin tomatoes, incredibly strident capers, crunchy peppery greens, and a perfect dressing. This salad goes with most BBQ’d meat or vegetables and plays well with other salads too! Creamy Cashew Base Cashew cream…

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Recipe Basics, RECIPES, Salad, Side dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: cashew cream, everyday food, family BBQ salads, food for friends, holiday food, how to use capers, Salad, salad dip, salads that can be appetisers, unusual salads

Tandoori Chicken in the Oven or Airfryer

September 27, 2024 by Tania 2 Comments

Tandori chicken on a plate with potatoes and sauce

A whole delicious juicy Tandoori chicken that will feed a crowd. It’s easy tray bake cooking that leaves hands free for opening a bag of salad! Bake your Tandoori Chicken in the Oven or Airfryer What is Tandoor cooking? The name refers to a clay oven used extensively by Indian cooks. It has a fire…

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Filed Under: Asian, Chicken and Poultry, Gluten Free, One Pot Chicken Dishes, One pot cooking, Recipe Basics, RECIPES, sauce Tagged With: airfryer chicken, Chicken, Dinner., Easy dinners, gluten free, Maincourses, one pot chicken, one pot chicken recipes, Tandoori

The amazing Spicy Korean Cauliflower Soup,

July 12, 2024 by Tania 2 Comments

Soup thats spicy and delicious witn cocnut and cauliflower

There is nothing better in the winter than a spicy soup! The thing that makes this soup a Spicy Korean Cauliflower Soup is the addition of Gochujang, sesame, and soy. It’s tingly hot and fortifying with comforting cauliflower and chunks of potato. It is perfection for warming up empty bellies. Make a double batch and…

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5 reasons to make this Red Lentil Dahl

June 30, 2024 by Tania 2 Comments

dahl for dinner

Yes, I can come up with 5 reasons to make this Red Lentil Dahl. Dahl is always a favourite for dinner or a snack with some crusty bread. Read on to learn my 5 reasons. Reason 1… to make Red Lentil Dahl Dahl, what is it and how is it different to curry? A dahl…

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Filed Under: Asian, Breakfast, Gluten Free, Recipe Basics, RECIPES, Rice, Pasta and Grains, Slow Cooked, Vegetables, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: Dahl, Easy dinners, easy vegetarian food, eating at home, How to make dahl, Indian at home, lentils, pulses, Quick cooking, red lentils

Making Ricotta at home. It’s easier than you think!

August 21, 2023 by Tania 1 Comment

Making-Ricotta-at-home.-Its-easy

Making Ricotta at home is easy. Ricotta is not tricky to make and what a buzz it is to make your own cheese! After that, I have so many recipes you can use that creamy goodness in. So why make your own ricotta? Well, a few reasons. I’m going to give you two good ones….

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Filed Under: Cheese, Gluten Free, Recipe Basics, RECIPES Tagged With: cooking with cheese, easy cheeses to make at home, homemade cheese, making cheese at home, Ricotta, ricotta at home

Gluten free tart with ricotta and strawberries

August 6, 2023 by Tania 2 Comments

Gluten Free Strawberry Ricotta tart My Kitchen Stories

I know that gluten free pastry is not always very nice. I am going to change your mind with this simple recipe. This Gluten Free Tart with ricotta and strawberries is going to surprise you in the best way! As a rule, gluten free pastry is dry and flakey. This one is not. You will…

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Filed Under: Cheese, Desserts, Gluten Free, Pies and Tarts, Recipe Basics, RECIPES Tagged With: cooking with strawberries, desserts, gluten free, Gluten free ricotta tart, Gluten-free, how to make gluten free pastry, ricotta desserts, Tarts

Marinated Pork steaks with Nam Jim. Quick dinners!

July 12, 2022 by Tania 2 Comments

Marinated Pork Steaks with Nam Jim dressing

You could say this is no restaurant dish but it is a quick and very simple dinner. Marinated Pork Steaks with Nam Jim makes dinner in around 30 minutes for the perfect weeknight flavour bomb. During the week, I find it extra hard to whip up dinner. This recipe gets a 10 for flavour and…

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Filed Under: Barbeque, Lamb/Beef/Pork, Recipe Basics, RECIPES Tagged With: BBQ, cooking with pork, Easy dinners, Maincourses, Nam Jim, nam jim dressing, Pork, Thai flavours

Focaccia easy bread great for picnics or snacks

September 28, 2021 by Tania 7 Comments

focaccia bread with tomatoes

Focaccia is one of the easiest styles of bread you can make at home and it makes super delicious picnic bread. It takes so few ingredients to make bread. Yet, there are few things you can make that will give you as much joy as bread emerging from the oven. Yeasted bread is quite easy,…

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Easy Sponge Cake, Mascarpone Cream and Strawberry jam

July 11, 2021 by Tania 7 Comments

two layered sponge with jam and cream

This Easy Sponge Cake, Mascarpone Cream and Strawberry Jam. It’s so light, you won’t believe you made it at home. Follow the easy steps. Delicious Sponge that anyone can make! I can promise you will love this recipe. It would be very hard for you to mess this one up. Well not just you, anyone….

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Brownies, Gluten Free and deliciously chocolate!

June 22, 2021 by Tania 8 Comments

Brownies made with almond flour

Brownies are a classic. This recipe will confirm why you love them. It’s easy and so chocolatey! Brownies are a classic slice that everyone loves. I’ll show you how to make a chocolate explosion everyone will love you for. These brownies are the best, and they are easy to mix together. Everyone loves Brownies A…

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Satay Vegetables with tofu, coconut and toasted peanuts

May 4, 2021 by Tania 4 Comments

Dinner in a flash satay vegetables

These creamy lightly spiced satay vegetables will become a staple. It’s quick to make and you can use whatever vegetables you have in the fridge

Filed Under: Asian, Gluten Free, Recipe Basics, RECIPES, Vegan, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: eves apple, freshawards, quick easy vegetarian dishes, Satay, satay sauce with vegetables, sydney markets, Vegan, vegan for dinner, vegetables

Banana Bread recipe. The toasting kind.

May 8, 2020 by Tania 13 Comments

Banana loaf with pepitas

So you have been after a Banana Bread recipe? Well, this is the one you need. It’s not cake, it’s real banana bread, just like you get at your favourite cafe. It has great banana taste but just the perfect texture you want for a Banana Bread Many people have asked me for a recipe…

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Raita. Cucumber and garlic relish

January 6, 2020 by Tania 9 Comments

Raita is a simple relish most often found in Indian cookery. It is very easy to make yet with hot food or rich curry it is cooling and seems to enhance spiced flavours. Although this is a condiment from India that works beautifully with a big Indian curry it is equally good with stirfried vegetables…

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Filed Under: Dressings, Recipe Basics, RECIPES, sauce Tagged With: condiments, cucumbers, curry accompaniments, dressings for salad, Indian curry relishes, relish, sauces, side dishes, things to eat with curry

One Pot Korean Chicken

September 9, 2018 by Tania Leave a Comment

Korean one po chicken in a blue pot

This One Pot Korean Chicken has all the sweet and sour spice that everyone will rave about. Its easy and made all in one pot! More One POT recipes! Well, here it is, the next delicious easy to make version of my One Pot Chicken dinners.I’ll link all the other flavours of One Pot Chicken…

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Apple Cheesecake Pots #video

June 29, 2017 by Tania Leave a Comment

Small apple cheesecake pots

These delicious little pots make a great quick dessert with easy to find ingredients.

Filed Under: Desserts, Dressings, Gluten Free, Recipe Basics, RECIPES, Small Bites/ Party Food, video Tagged With: apple pots, desserts, how to make dessert, No bake desserts, simple cheesecake, simple desserts

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