Potato Celeriac Mash

Potato Celeriac Mash

Once again – I have made mashed potatoes with a twist. I tastes devine, it is full of vitamins and it cooks easy with potatoes. Ingredients 1 kg potatoes (floury potatoes) 150 g celery 120 ml cream 80 g butter 1 clove minced garlic 1/4 

Blue cheese dip

Blue cheese dip

This dip is fantastic for buffalo wings, vegetable sticks (carrots, capsicum, cucumber…), fried potatoes and more. AND it is easy to make. Again – don’t be too fuzzy about the ingredients. Ingredients: 200 ml blue cheese (basically you can use any type of blue cheese. 

Chicken vegetable stir fry

Chicken vegetable stir fry

Stir fries are some of those easy “left over” dishes that can be made of whatever you have in the fridge…sort of. Of course it depends on what you have in the fridge but stir fries are pretty versatile and easy to cook. In this 

Potato Broccoli Mash

Potato Broccoli Mash

Potato mashes are good…kids love them, they are filling and so easy to make. Once in a while, if I have some extra vegetable lying aroundI might make a mixed mash. Potato mash mixed with pumpkin, cauliflower, selleri, parnips…I could go on…are excellent or like 

Mixed vegetable soup

Mixed vegetable soup

Here is another one – or rather just another example of a soup which is delicious. You can make soups of anything basically – and as said quite often to friends and on this site – soups are a great way to use up left 

Apple cinnamon muffins

Apple cinnamon muffins

If you have an apple or two too many in the fruit tray that are constantly left behind in favor of a new one – let it go and use it/them in a cake 😉 Ingredients Pre-heat oven to 200 degrees 1 big or two 

Zucchini/Courgette with filling – tomatoes and mozzerella

Zucchini/Courgette with filling – tomatoes and mozzerella

Brilliant when having tomatoes which are a bit too ripe, wrinkled and have seen better days. Similar goes for the squash. AND it is easy, delicious and super quick when you need a delicious side. Ingredients 1 Zucchini/Courgette A good handful cherry tomatoes (approximately 12 

Tortellini with left over roasted chicken and capsicum

Tortellini with left over roasted chicken and capsicum

We always end up having too many vegetables or meat after a meal. I it is slightly difficult to match the perfect amount to a family of 5. On top of it, I often buy food on sale – 3 packages for the price of 

Broccoli Mini Quiches

Broccoli Mini Quiches

We often eat broccoli however, we do not always use the whole of a flower. Sometimes I will add the remaining broccoli in a soup or I might do a mixed stir fry, a baked broccoli mousse or miniature broccoli quiches. As usual, you should 

Capsicum quiche

Capsicum quiche

The other day I bought a bag full of capsicums …actually too many to be used in a salad or as a snack – but they were on sale and I got tempted. Eventually, I ended up with a bunch of capsicums which were no