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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

Spice Roasted Cauliflower, Carrot and Olive salad

November 30, 2023 by Tania 2 Comments

Spice Roasted-Cauliflower-Baby-carrot-and-Olive-salad-

This salad is roasted and toasted and is ever so interesting in flavour and texture. Spice Roasted Cauliflower, Baby Carrot, and Olive salad, crunched up with pistachios, and touched with honey and preserved lemon. It’s exceptional. Roasting Vegetables for Salad I love roasting vegetables to make a salad. The roasting brings out the sweetness and…

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Holiday, RECIPES, Salad, Side dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: Christmas Recipes, Dinner., gluten free, Maincourse, mykitchenstories, recipe, roast vegetables, Salad, side dish, summer salad, vegandishesforchristmas

Zucchini, Haloumi Salad with peas, mint, and lemon.

November 24, 2023 by Tania Leave a Comment

Grilled-Zucchini-and-Halloumi-Salad

This special salad is worthy of an occasion. Grilled Zucchini, halloumi, salad with sweet little peas make best friends. It is partly BBQ’d with all of the flavours of mint lemon and dijon it’s fresh and summery Make a salad that is NOT boring this Christmas! This salad has all the greens plus a zingy…

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Filed Under: Barbeque, Cheese, Gluten Free, Holiday, RECIPES, Salad, Side dishes, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: christmas salads, dinner, gluten free, gluten free salad, grilled halloumi, peas, Salad, zucchini recipes

Tofu in Singapore chilli sauce

June 23, 2020 by Tania 4 Comments

Tofu with chilli sauce and coriander

This is my extra special Tofu in Singapore chilli sauce. Singapore chilli sauce is usually served with crab. The sauce is deep red in colour and it’s bright, sweet, salty and umami all at once. It could be the most perfect sauce for Tofu ever. The Singapore Chilli Sauce legend I’ve called it Singapore chilli…

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Filed Under: Asian, Gluten Free, RECIPES, Side dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: chilli sauce, crunchy tofu, gluten free, glutenfree, Main course, side dishes, tofu, tofu dishes, Vegan, vegetarian

Eggplant, Braised Sweet and Sour Eggplant

May 27, 2020 by Tania 2 Comments

Eggplant cooked and in a bowl and a pot full of sweet sour eggplant

If you think eggplant is boring, you haven’t tried Braised Sweet and Sour Eggplant, and you are going to change your mind! This soft flavour packed eggplant is completely addictive both on its own or as a side dish. Nobody can get enough of this!! Eggplant can be boring but you haven’t tried this one…

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Filed Under: Asian, RECIPES, Side dishes, Vegan Tagged With: Eggplant, eggplant recipes, how to cook eggplant, side dish, sweet and sour, sweet and sour eggplant, vegan food, vegetables for dinner, vegetarian dinners

Corn whipped with Gruyere and Basil

January 27, 2019 by Tania 14 Comments

Corn and gruyere puree with basil

This creamy corn whipped with gruyere is addictive. It makes a great side dish with any kind of meat or vegetable….or you could just eat a whole bowl like I do (: Corn can be whipped into a creamy side dish I am telling you now this will become a favourite. I discovered it completely…

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, RECIPES, Side dishes, Vegetables and Vegetarian, video Tagged With: corn, corn and cheese, easy vegan side dishes, Quick vegetarian recipe, side dishes, sweet corn, vegan side dishes, vegetarian dishes, whipped corn

Cauliflower Cheese with Thyme and a side of Grocer

April 15, 2018 by Tania 11 Comments

Cauliflower Cheese with Thyme in a white baking dish

I am pretty sure every one is going to love this Cauliflower Cheese with Thyme. I am not going to make a cheese sauce for this, well not your standard one anyway. I used to whip up a cheese sauce and steam those cauliflowers before baking the whole lot in the oven but not this time….

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Filed Under: RECIPES, Side dishes, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: baked Cauliflower, baked vegetables, Cauliflower, Cauliflower Cheese, cooking with cheese, Dinner., Kareela Grocer, side dishes, vegetarian dishes

Tomato Bocconcini Salad with delicious crunchy bits

September 23, 2017 by Tania 10 Comments

Tomato Bocconcini salad

This is the easiest salad. Tomato Bocconcini Salad is a classic but add crunchy croutons, nuts and seeds and you’ve got a salad everyone will love. Making Tomato Bocconcini Salad with extra cunch Funny enough this salad began with left over bread. I had a family lunch and I bought a few continental rolls at…

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Filed Under: RECIPES, Salad, Side dishes Tagged With: bocconcini, bocconcini salad, cheese recipes, croutons, dinner party fare, dinner party food, Dinner Salad, easy salad, making salad dressing, Salad, tomato salad

Smoked Eggplant with Yoghurt Sauce and Pinenuts

February 26, 2017 by Tania 23 Comments

Smoked Eggplant with yoghurt

This Smoked Eggplant with Yoghurt Sauce and crunchy Pinenuts is one of my favourite side dishes. I’ve been craving this Smoked Eggplant with Yoghurt Sauce and Pinenuts  for weeks. Part of the reason I made it was a visit to my favourite store in Glebe, The Galluzzo family Greengrocers. It was possibly the first store…

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Filed Under: Dips, RECIPES, Side dishes, Starters and Snacks, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: #freshawards, appetisers, dips, fresh, fresh produce, fruit, fruiteres, gleb, gluten free entree, Greengrocers, smaoked eeplant entree, smoked eggplant, sydney markets, vegetables, vegetarian dip, yoghurt sauce

Asparagus, Tomato, Parmesan Salad, Sage Crumbs

November 23, 2016 by Tania 10 Comments

Asparagus Tomato parmesan salad

I totally love this fresh crunchy salad. What on earth could be better than Asparagus Tomato and Parmesan Salad with Sage Crumbs Cheese in salads is one of my favourite things. One of the cheeses I use a lot in salads is parmesan because even the fussy people tend to like Parmesan. What’s really funny though…

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Filed Under: RECIPES, Salad, Side dishes Tagged With: Asparagus, Dinner Salad, Heirloom tomatoes, Parmesan, roast tomatoes, salads with cheese, side dishes, summer dishes

Lamb skewers, Zucchini Cheese Bake

September 18, 2016 by Tania 7 Comments

Weeknight Lamb skewers , zucchini cheese bake

When I say weeknight really I mean easy and this Weeknight Lamb skewers, Zucchini Cheese Bake is laughably easy.  So much so it will take you pretty much no time at all.  In fact I have even cheated a fare bit. I bought the skewers ready made. They are un-marinated, that’s a very important factor….

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Filed Under: Lamb/Beef/Pork, Side dishes, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: cooking at home, easy weeknight cooking, Lamb skewers, Maincourses, side dishes, zucchini, zucchini and cheese, zucchini bake

Pumpkin Chickpea Salad with Feta Chickpea Water Mayonnaise

June 25, 2016 by Tania 12 Comments

Pumpkin Chickpea Salad

Pumpkin Chickpea Salad with Chickpea Water Mayonnaise, you do not want to miss! Pumpkin Chickpea Salad with Feta Chickpea Water Mayonnaise. I think I have just invented a new thing. The Dinner Salad. We will get to the chickpea water mayonnaise in a minute because you really DO NOT want to miss it. I had…

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, RECIPES, Salad, Side dishes, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: Chickpea water mayonnaise, chickpeas, Dinner Salad, Easy dinner, Easy food, Feta Mayonnaise, Maincourses, Pumpkin, Quick dinners, Recipes, Salads

Roasted Zucchini Chips , Smoky Chilli Sour Cream

June 23, 2016 by Tania 25 Comments

Zucchini Chips

Roasted Zucchini Chips How to make Roasted Zucchini Chips , Smoky Chilli Sour Cream I love Zucchini’s. They’re so versatile. Do you have a garden where you harvest a half a ton of them in the summer?. Well this recipe will probably suit you. Zucchini’s  have had some fame recently with all those zoodles being…

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Filed Under: RECIPES, Side dishes, Small Bites/ Party Food, Starters and Snacks, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: appetisers, canapes, chips, cooking with zucchinis, easy party food, entrees, Party food, roasted zucchini chips, Roasted zucchinis, side dishes, Snacks, vegetarian appetisers, Zucchinis

Parmesan Cabbage Salad with Pinenuts and Basil

May 29, 2016 by Tania 8 Comments

Parmesan Cabbage Salad

Parmesan Cabbage Salad with Pinenuts and Basil This is easy but it tastes like a million dollars. I made this Parmesan Cabbage Salad with Pine nuts and Basil because I had a similar one in a restaurant and it cost $22. I liked it then and I love it now. It is the perfect salad….

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Salad, Side dishes Tagged With: Cabbage, cooking with cheese, easy salad, main course salad, Parmesan in salad, Recipes, side dishes. easy side salads, side salad

Parmesan Chicken with Pesto Noodles

April 27, 2016 by Tania 7 Comments

Parmesan Chicken with pesto noodles

Quick Parmesan Chicken with Pesto Noodles Quick and Easy Noodles that take minutes and pack a punch It is no less busy around here this week and I have had to resort to making the quickest diners possible. This one has both the crumbed and fried element that somebody in my house loves along with…

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Filed Under: Chicken and Poultry, RECIPES, Rice, Pasta and Grains, Side dishes Tagged With: cooking with zucchinis, Easy dinners, fried chicken, good side dishes, green noodles, Maincourses, pesto, quick food, schnitzel, zucchini noodles

Smoked Ocean Trout, Beetroot Hummus and Lemon Kale Salad

February 26, 2016 by Tania 11 Comments

Smoked Ocean Trout Salad

Smoked Ocean Trout loves this beetroot hummus and lemon kale and so will you. This is a great recipe that makes a simple starter Do you have a little book of restaurants and cafes you’d love to visit in your city or in other cities too? I do.  I look at the pictures and read…

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, RECIPES, Salad, Seafood, Side dishes, Starters and Snacks Tagged With: #petunamoment, appetisers, beetroot hummus, fish crackling, Hot smoked fish, kale, Petuna, Petuna Ocean Trout, Preserved Lemons, Salad, Seafood, starters, using beetroot powder

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Tania Cusack Hi, I'm Tania and this is My Kitchen Stories. I share all kinds of recipes here. Most recipes are quick and easy, just perfect for families. BUT, you could also find vegan, cakes and desserts too. Come and have a look around Read More
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