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Desserts

Homemade Whipped Cream

Ingredients: 1 cup Heavy cream 2 tablespoon Sugar 2 teaspoon Cornstarch/Cornflour ( a stabilizing agent) Few drops of Vanilla essence (optional) Instructions: 1-Assemble ingredients.2-Before you start, chill blade and bowl in the refrigerator for an hour.3-Pour heavy cream or whipping cream to the chilled bowl..4-Mix in sugar and cornflour. Cornflour/cornstarch helps whipped cream to holds its shape. It acts as a stabilizing agent.5-Turn the mixer […]

Pasta

Easy Pesto Pasta

Ingredients: 6 ounces spaghetti, reserve 1/2 cup starchy pasta water 1/3 to 1/2 cup pesto Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling Fresh lemon juice, as desired 4 cups arugula 2 tablespoons pine nuts Pinches of red pepper flakes Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper Freshly grated Parmesan or vegan Parmesan, recipe below, optional Instructions: Cook the pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water according to package […]

Soups & Salads

Tomato and lentil soup with cheesy croutons

INGREDIENTS: 4 garlic cloves 1 tbs olive oil 400g pkt pre-chopped vegetables 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes 500ml (2 cups) chickenor vegetable stock  300g soy and linseed sourdough 25g (1/3 cup) shredded parmesan 400g can brown lentils, rinsed, drained 100g (1/3 cup) bought fresh basil pesto METHOD: 1:Preheat grill on high. Place a stockpot over […]

Breakfast

Speckled chocolate cornflakes

Ingredients: 50g of butter 100g of milk chocolate, broken up 3 tbsp of golden syrup 100g of cornflakes 6 tsp hundreds and thousands, for sprinkling Method: Place the butter, chocolate and golden syrup in a saucepan over a low heat. Cook until the chocolate melts 50g of butter 100g of milk chocolate, broken up 3 tbsp of […]

Breakfast

Bagel Egg in a Hole with Smashed Avocado

Ingredients:  1 whole grain bagel  1 tablespoon unsalted butter, — softened  2 large eggs  1 small ripe Hass avocado  1/4 teaspoon kosher salt — plus additional to taste  1/8 teaspoon black pepper  1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes — optional  Chopped fresh herbs: cilantro — parsley, chives, etc. Instructions: Slice bagel in half. If the hole is very small, tear out some of the center to make it larger or use a round cookie […]

Seafood

Korean Seafood Pancake

Ingredients: 1 cup assorted seafood (squid, shrimp, clams & etc) cut into bite size 1 ts sesame oil 1 bunch scallions cut in half 1 egg lighly beaten 3/4 cup all purpose flour 1/4 cup rice flour 1/2 ts salt 1 ts minced garlic 1/2 ts minced ginger Method: Prepare the seafood and scallions. Drain any excess water (wet ingredients will make the pancake […]

Cakes

Family chocolate cake with fudge frosting

Ingredients: 2 cup (500ml) water 3 cup (660g) caster sugar 250 gram butter, chopped 1/3 cup (35g) cocoa powder, sifted 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda, sifted 3 cup (450g) self-raising flour 4 eggs, beaten lightly Fudge frosting 90 gram butter 1/3 cup (80ml) water 1/2 cup caster sugar 1 1/2 cup (240g) icing sugar mixture […]

Desserts

Fruit Smoothie Popsicles

INGREDIENTS: 1 1/2 c. Simple Truth orange juice 3/4 c. Simple Truth vanilla Greek yogurt 2 1/2 c. Simple Truth Organic frozen fruit INSTRUCTIONS: Combine all ingredients in a blender; mix well. Pour into popsicle molds and freeze until firm. . Image Source:*lemontreedwelling.com Source:lemontreedwelling.com

Seafood

Easy Seared Salmon Fillet

INGREDIENTS: 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 (6-ounce, 1-1/2-inch-thick) skin-on salmon fillets Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper INSTRUCTIONS: Heat the oil a medium frying pan over high heat until shimmering (there should be a thin coating of oil over the entire surface of the pan—add more if needed). Meanwhile, pat the salmon dry […]

Desserts

Buko Pandan

Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup young coconut cut into strips 5 ounces condensed milk 8 ounces Table cream or all-purpose cream 3 ounces powdered gelatin 1 1/4 cups water 6 drops Buko Pandan flavoring 2 scoops vanilla ice cream optional 1/2 cup sago pearls cooked (optional) Instructions: Combine water and powdered gelatin then stir using a spoon. Add Buko Pandan flavoring then stir until everything is evenly distributed. Heat a saucepan and pour-in the mixture. Bring […]