Posts Tagged ‘ healthy ’

Pear and frangipane tart

December 2, 2011
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Pear and frangipane tart

Who doesn’t love a good tart? Having done a couple of other tarts before and conquered my constant bickering with pastry, I was pretty comfortable with tarts now and wanted to try a few different ones. I’ve done lemon, chocolate, snickers, you know, all the important food groups, but had never tried a frangipane tart and after a purchase of some pears that were basically just for show in our fruit bowl, I knew just what to do with them. I wasn’t actually paying attention to the recipe when I made this and baked the tart first. You are meant to bake it all together. In hindsight, this wasn’t such a bad this as my biggest fear is undercooked pastry and it turned out pretty good if I do say so myself. Pear and frangipane tart Adapted from Delicious UK Ingredients Shortcrust pastry 225g plain flour, plus extra for...

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Guilt-free chocolate fudge cake

November 23, 2011
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Guilt-free chocolate fudge cake

As you may or may not know, Stud and I have been on a health kick in the lead up to our wedding. We have swapped our ice cream and ice magic desserts for strawberries and yoghurt and hey, we’re ok with that (for now ) but when you are going somewhere like a picnic, all you can think about is brownies or cookies or some other kind of crazy good but unhealthy dessert that’s reasonably portable. So I turned to google (as you do) and up came a “Guilt-free chocolate fudge cake”. Guilt free chocolate fudge? Yeah whatever! I shouted at taste.com.au but after reading the ingredients, I found out why. Tofu! Hmmmm – maybe if I don’t tell anyone there’s tofu in it, they might like it upon first bite and then not care? Its worth a shot for some low cal cake and hey if it...

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Frozen vanilla yoghurt

July 4, 2011
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Frozen vanilla yoghurt

I’m a procrastinator. Stud will attest to this. It’s not even my (or his) opinion. It’s a full blown, honest fact! I put off cleaning, important duties (you know, bills, etc), making things (well in honesty, I don’t put them off, it’s more bursts really. So I do, do it, but only when I am in the mood and then can go months before finishing it hence we have lots of little unfinished crafty bollocks all over the house), you know, anything that isn’t as fun as cooking and I can think of a good reason. It’s pretty much the same with this post. At the end of summer, (in an attempt to slim down to fit in to a wedding dress) I wanted to make an alternative to ice cream that would keep us full and satisfied but also tasted great. So I went searching for a great...

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A taste of Harmony – Chicken and veg sausage rolls

March 31, 2011
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A taste of Harmony – Chicken and veg sausage rolls

Last week was Harmony Week at work which celebrates cultural diversity in the workplace. We were encouraged on “A Taste of Harmony Day” otherwise known as Friday, to bring in a dish from our cultural background. Easy enough, no? One would think so, however I wanted to make something I could be proud of, something what was easily transportable and something that was either Aussie or Scottish (OK so I was hijacking Studs heritage but it totally doubled my choices so don’t judge me). The more I thought about it, I realised you can’t really get any more Australian than a good ol’ sausage roll! I have a pretty bad weakness with them actually. I would never really buy them but placed next to me (or even on the other side of the room for that matter), I can never stop at just one….or eight. Something about that little...

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Cook Yourself Thin by Harry Eastwood, Gizzi Erskine, Sal Henley & Sophie Michell

August 17, 2010
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Cook Yourself Thin by Harry Eastwood, Gizzi Erskine, Sal Henley & Sophie Michell

One of my girlfriends came over recently for a girlie catch up as she had just got back from overseas. I was excited to see her and excited to cook for her but didn’t want to have to spend ages in the kitchen for dessert. So I made this tiramisu a few hours before and let it set in the fridge while we gossiped for hours. It was so simple and tasted fab, and was only 217 calories! Ingredients 2 and a 1/2 tablespoons orange liqueur, Grand Marnier or Cointreau (I didn’t actually use the liqueur as I didn’t have any at home so I flavoured the coffee with a little vanilla bean paste) 120ml strong black coffee 20g Maya Gold chocolate (Green & Blacks) 2 large eggs, separated 40g caster sugar 200g light cream cheese 150g 2% fat Greek yoghurt 1 tablespoon cocoa powder, plus extra to dust 12...

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