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 …

Quiches

Quiches

Just like soups, quiches are a great way to use vegetables that have seen better days and end up in the fridge for a bit too long. If you would like a bit of a meaty taste to the quiche, you can always fry some …

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 …

Spinach

Spinach

A favorite green in our house! Baby spinach is amazing in salads whereas spinach in general is fantastic when used in creamed spinach, spinach quiches, welted spinach with a bit of chili and garlic, layered together with chicken in a chicken lasagna, steamed… And not …

Spinach Quiches (mini)

Spinach Quiches (mini)

I had a bit of creamed spinach leftover from dinner but instead of throwing it out, I wondered what we could use it for. It ended up as the main ingredient in mini quiches that were absolutely devine …had there been any left, they would …

Vegetables

Vegetables

Vegetables are a wonder and a pain. And on a note – I have chosen to add “vegetables” as a category as I might not have included the vegetable that you have on hand separately in the list of ingredients. There are simply too many. …

Vegetable soup

Vegetable soup

I don’t know if it is just me – but my fridge tends to build up on a number of vegetables that I don’t use either because I forget them, I don’t use the whole batch of whatever I buy, I buy something new before …

Satay Sauce

Satay Sauce

A great sauce for chicken, pork and beef satay. Ingredients: 1 cup roasted peanuts or cashew nuts (if salted, cut down on salt) 1/2 finely chopped onion 1 large clove finely chopped garlic 1 tsp Sambal Oelek (or 1/2 finely chopped fresh red chili) 1 …

Bread – left over

Bread – left over

Many of us have bread which we don’t finish. I often bake bread but when I do buy it, I try to buy a loaf – not sliced – knowing that we wont finish it. And when we reach that final lump of bread, you …

Lamb

Lamb

We love lamb – not mutton which can be a bit wooly in taste. But lamb! Lamb shanks are great for stews that can cook and sit for hours. Tenderloin, loin, legs, shanks…basically all lamb. If you buy a piece of lamb as in a …