Caramelised Onion jam We use this as a topping on pizza or sandwiches or spooned on top of mashed potato or as a dip for vegetable wedges or in stuffed potatoes or just spooned straight in. It looks better with red onions (which I didn’t have) and balsamic vinegar makes it look a nice dark…
Category: SPREADS & DIPS
Seed Crackers
I made a massive batch of crackers and these guys taste amazing! These crackers are AMAZING!They are filling, delicious, nutritious and reasonably easy to make. You can add different herbs and spices to give them a different flavour twist. I’ve tried adding:garlicnutritional yeastmustardoreganosmoked paprikacoriander seedsfennel seedschilli To make – in a large bowl put:1 cup…
Tamarilo Chutney
To Make: In a pot put: 1 red onion diced 1 tsp of butter or olive oil. Cook until onion translucent. Add: 15 (ish) medium sized tamarilo’s, 2 tsps of molasses 2 tsps lemon juice salt and pepper (to taste) 1/4 cup water Cook until sauce is thick and tamarilo’s are soft (about ten minutes)…
Sauerkraut for beginners
This is the easiest and most basic sauerkraut recipe, perfect for beginners! Super easy and cheap all you need is: 1 finely chopped cabbage and salt. To make: Put ingredients in a large and very clean, bowl finely dice 1 cabbage (If you have one on hand, I suggest you use a food processor, so…
Cucumber and Yoghurt Dip
Cucumber and Yoghurt Dip. This is such a simple recipe and is really popular with the kids. We have this as a dip for polenta fingers and felafel and use it as a dressing for salads. To make: In a bowl put: 1 cup plain unsweetened yoghurt 1/2 cucumber finely diced Squeeze of lemon juice…
Home made blue corn chips
Home made blue corn chips. To make: Mix masa flour and water in a 1:1 ratio. Allow to set for 5 minutes or so. Should be a play dough like consistency Spread out on a greased oven tray so about 3mm thick. I find using a greased rubber spatula, the easiest way. Using the side…
6 spreads you can make at home
Almond Butter Costs less than a jar of Pics peanut butter and only takes a few minutes to make. Simply whizz 2 ish cups of almonds with a wee bit of salt, until smooth. Serve on toast or add to smoothies or baking Peanut Butter To roast the peanuts: bake in the oven on 100…
How to make butter in 5 easy steps!
Butter is so expensive and it’s not likely to get any cheaper due to high demand and lower availability – so much for living in the land of milk and honey! I’m not about to start eating margarine, so I made my own butter today. This is how you make butter in 5 easy steps….
Hummus
Hummus is super easy and there are so many combinations that work. I used dried chickpeas and soaked them over night. Then in my blender put in about 1 cup of chickpeas, roasted garlic, 1/2 tsp lemon juice, 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar , salt, pepper and olive oil. Then blended til I had the…