Kitchen Organizer

I borrowed the Heart Foundation book "Deliciously Healthy" out of the library and found this vegetarian delight.  I adapted it and have copied my version here.  I accidentally added a few too many chilli flakes and it was a bit too hot for my kids, so if you're feeding little ones, be careful!  I love a good curry and this one was a real comfort food, despite being low in calories and not even serving rice with it!

Ingredients (serves 4-5 at 250-300 calories)
olive oil spray
1 brown onion, diced
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon chilli flakes
1/2 teaspoon dried turmeric
2 teaspoons ground coriander
2 teaspoons Moroccan spice
2 potatoes, cubed
2 carrots, cubed
2 zucchini, cubed
425g can chopped tomatoes
250ml salt-reduced vegetable stock
400g can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
50g baby spinash, washed & chopped
1 cup frozen peas

Method
Heat the oil in a large pan, add the onion and ginger and cook over a medium heat for 5 minutes or until soft.  Add the garlic, chilli and spices and cook for 1 minute.

Add the potatoes and carrots and coat in the spices.  Stir in the zucchini, tomatoes and stock and simmer.  Reduce the heat and cook uncovered for 20 minutes or until the vegetables are tender and the curry has thickened slightly.  Add the chickpeas and stir.

Add the peas and spinach; cook until the spinach wilts and the chickpeas are soft.

Serve (add rice if desired).

Early evening barbecues on the deck...that's what Summer in Brisbane is all about!  This week, to celebrate the upcoming Australia Day, I'll be bringing you Barbecue Week on the blog!

All my favourite recipes for those relaxing afternoons, catching the breeze, husband armed with tongs, kids playing in the dusk light - perfection!

To kick it off, I'm sharing a delicious recipe we enjoyed on the weekend.  I've previously talked about my affection for kebabs (like these or these) and how the kids love eating food off sticks!  I took a bit of a shortcut with this one and used a McCormick Marinade in a Bag - it was so easy and such a delicious flavour!  I really enjoy lamb, but don't have it often - mainly because of the price - but this was a perfect way to appreciate it.

Low calorie, low carb and maximum flavour - this is one barbecue winner!

Ingredients (serves 4)
500g lamb, diced
1 McCormick's Marinade in a Bag
1 zucchini
1/2 punnet cherry tomatoes
1/2 red capsicum
grilled corn cobs, to serve

Method
Open marinade bag and put lamb in.  Leave in fridge for 30 minutes, or up to 24 hours.

Soak 12 bamboo skewers in water for about 20 minutes (this prevents them from burning).

Chop vegetables.  Thread onto skewers along with lamb.

Cook on a barbecue over medium heat until cooked through.  Serve with corn cobs, grilled on the barbecue.

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I can only finish of Edible Gifts Week with one recipe - this delicious jam!  Apricot Jam is a bit of a "thing" in my family - my Grandma makes the BEST one ever, but my mum, aunty and sister have also made pretty amazing renditions along the way.  This one is a Women's Weekly recipe - and I've already have a few rave reviews from people who've received these as gifts for Christmas.  It's easy and tastes amazing - what better Christmas gift?!?

Ingredients
1kg fresh apricots, halved and seeded
1 vanilla bean, halved lengthways
1 cup water
1 kg white sugar

Method
Combine apricots, vanilla beam and water in a large saucepan; bring to the boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, about 15 minutes or until mixture is pulpy.

Add sugar to pan; stir over high heat, without boiling, until sugar dissolves.

Bring to the boil; boil, uncovered, without stirring, about 35 minutes or until jam jells when tested.

Discard vanilla bean. Pour hit jam into hot sterilised jars; seal immediately. Label and date jars when cold.

Method
In a 20cm/8-inched non-stick frying pan, mix together the flour, oil and water with a spatula.

Another Monday and it's only 8 days until Christmas!  I hope you're enjoying all the Christmas recipes so far.  We've already done Ham Week and Christmas Treats Week, so now I'm launching into Edible Gifts.  Hopefully this will give you some great ideas of unique gifts for family and friends that come from the kitchen - mainly jams & preserves.  I have a special friend doing a guest post for me this week, so can't wait to share her delicious recipe.

So, kicking off today is Tomato Relish!  This recipe is a bit of a combination between one from Jamie Oliver and one from Julie Goodwin. This was my first attempt at relish and i was so happy with the result! It is just divine - perfect with cheese or as an accompaniment with quiche, sausages, steak or savoury scones.

Ingredients (makes about 4 cups)
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons curry powder
500g onions, sliced thinly
2kg ripe red tomatoes, chopped
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 cup red wine vinegar
375g brown sugar
2 tablespoons whole grain mustard

Method
Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat, then add curry powder. Stir for a minute, until fragrant. Add the onions and cook for a further minute, then add tomatoes and bring to the boil.

Add the rest of the ingredients. Lower the heat and simmer uncovered for 1 hour, or until reduced to a thick, spreadable consistency.

Spoon into sterilised jars and seal. Once open, keep in the fridge for up to 6 months.

Ingredients
125g Nuttelex spread
3/4 cup caster sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup mashed ripe banana
1/2 cup dried cranberries, chopped
3/4 cup gluten-free self-raising flour
1/4 cup gluten-free plain flour
1/4 cup rice flour
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Method
Preheat oven to 180°C/ 160°C fan-forced. Lightly grease a 6cm-deep, 9cm x 19cm (base) loaf pan. Line with baking paper, allowing 2cm overhang at long ends.

Using an electric mixer, beat spread and sugar for 1 minute or until pale and creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well until just combined.

Add banana and cranberries. Stir to combine. Sift flours and bicarbonate of soda over mixture. Stir until just combined. Spread mixture into prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool in pan for 5 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool. Serve.

I borrowed a fabulous little book out of the library recent called "200 Christmas Recipes" and made this tasty little treat.  So you're not deceived, they're just individual biscuits, not one big wreath - I just arranged them like that on the plate!  If you want to go nut-free you could always decorate them with chopped-up candy canes, silver balls or sprinkles.  I actually found this mixture a bit on the soft side, so I'd add more flour next time.  I also have a great spin-off recipe for what to do with the inside rounds of the biscuits (to save re-rolling and cutting), so stay tuned for that!

Ingredients
250g plain flour
25g cocoa powder
250g butter, diced
140g icing sugar
2 egg yolks
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
125g white chocolate
1/2 cup pistachios, chopped
1/2 cup dried cranberries, chopped

Method
Put the flour, cocoa powder and butter in a bowl and rub in with fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the sugar, egg yolks and vanilla and mix to a smooth dough. Wrap and chill for 30 minutes.

Roll out the dough between two sheets of baking paper. Cut rounds using an 8.5 cm fluted biscuit cutter and a 3cm cutter for the centres.

Place on a lined baking tray and bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes. Cool.

Melt the white chocolate (microwave is easiest!). Spread white chocolate over biscuits then scatter with pistachios and cranberries. Leave to set for about an hour before using.

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Here's our final ham recipe for the week - hopefully you've gotten lots of inspiration to cut down on food wastage this Christmas and use up those leftovers!  Ham Week has been a blast and today I'm finishing with a family favourite.  I like this one as a Sunday night dinner - great for cleaning out the fridge and pantry and a sure-fire winner with the kids.

Ingredients (serves 6 at 295 calories per serve)
76g packet chicken-flavoured 2 minute noodles
1 1/2 cups frozen peas, corn & carrot mix
200g broccoli or cauliflower
6 eggs, lightly whisked
200g leg ham, chopped
100g tasty cheese, grated
10g butter

Method
1/3 fill a medium saucepan with water and bring to the boil. Add noodles, flavour sachet, frozen veges and broccoli/cauli. Cook for 2 minutes and drain.

Place in a large bowl and add eggs and cheese, stirring to combine.

Melt butter in a 22cm non-stick, oven-proof frying pan over medium heat. Swirl pan to cover base with butter. Add egg mixture to pan and spread out evenly.

Reduce heat to low. Cook, without stirring, for 10 minutes or until base is brown and almost set.

Place pan under oven-grill and cook for 5 minutes or until browned. Stand in pan for 5 minutes. Slice and serve with salad.

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Ingredients
185g butter, softened
220g jar chocolate hazelnut spread
1/3 cup (75g) firmly packed brown sugar
1 3/4 cups (250g) plain flour
200g packet freckles

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Here's a recipe from Stay at Home Mum, which is perfect for an afternoon tea (as the name suggests!)  It freezes well, so is a handy one to keep in the freezer.

Cheap, easy, healthy, family-friendly, tasty - yep, ticks all the boxes!  A twist on your usual bol :-)

Ingredients

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Today's Christmas recipe (can you believe we're up to #22 already?!?) is a guest post from my dear friend, Jess.  She gives us a jar of these biscuits every Christmas, and I always look forward to receiving them and eating them!  I love also that they come with a great story - thanks Jess! :-)

"This is the easiest recipe and came from a magazine my mum had about 35 years ago! They have such a lovely story these cookies- mum started making them when my eldest brother went to school for his teacher and it progressed from there until she was doing them for all three of our teachers, neighbours, family and friends every year and they all still talk about them! She has moved to a whole new town and workplace and now bakes them again every year for her colleagues and they love them. Now I'm carrying on the tradition for my friends and hopefully my kids' teachers!"

Ingredients
250g butter
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla essence or rum
2 1/2 cups plain flour
3/4 cup glace cherries, chopped
1/2 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped
1/2 cup desiccated coconut

Method
Cream butter and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy.  Add vanilla/rum.

Stir in flour, cherries and nuts.

Form into 2 logs then roll in coconut, scattered on some foil (see pictures below).  Wrap in the foil and chill overnight.

Cut into cookies and bake at 190 degrees for 12 minutes or until just gold - watch carefully as they burn quickly!

This recipe is from the fabulous Kidspot Website - I made it on a Saturday night as a bit of a treat meal and we really enjoyed it!  The spinach & feta filling was our favourite - although the mince one was delicious too.  They're quite filling and so we had plenty of leftovers for the next day, but it would also be great as a finger food/entree option with guests.  For something a bit different and fun, I would definitely recommend it!

Ingredients

I have a guest blogger joining me today - my sister, Angela - also known as Jimmy.  She's a great cook and is always up for trying new things - like this Key Lime Pie (or KLP as we affectionately call it!) - she whipped up for a family dinner.  It was scrumptious!  Anyway, here she is...

"A fresh, easy and super tasty dessert.  I first came across Key Lime Pie in season 3 of 'Dexter' - when Dexter visits an old family friend in hospital, and her final wish is for the perfect piece of Key Lime Pie - a very American dessert!

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A couple of weeks ago, I promised Little Miss we would play with play dough - then realised we had none on hand.  That's not really a problem, considering it's so easy make (I've previously shared a recipe here) - but this time, I realised I had no cream of tartar!  So I did a little search and found this recipe - it turned out great - crisis averted!

Ingredients
1 cup plain flour
1/4 cup salt
3 tsp of vinegar or lemon juice
2 Tablespoons of oil
1/2 cup of boiling water
Food colouring

Method
Mix the dry ingredients together.

Combine boiling water with vinegar, oil and food colouring.

Pour into the dry ingredients and mix until it forms a playdough texture.

Just wanting to share some pics of a Baby Shower Cake I made for my dear sister Tamara recently (who just had a gorgeous baby girl, yippee!!!)

I put together a few ideas I'd seen online and was thrilled with the result!  I just used plain butter cake and buttercream icing recipes, adding yellow food colouring.  The white bits are plain fondant.  It was surprisingly easy to put together and went down a treat!

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I adapted this recipe from one I'd seen online and it's a bit of a combination between Rum Balls and Mini Christmas Puddings (which are both delicious recipes in their own right!)  I've called them Mum's Mini Christmas Treats, because I think every mum should sit back and be treated. Let's face it - it's the mum who's usually responsible for Christmas present buying, wrapping and tagging, menu-planning, grocery shopping, food preparation etc etc - so here's mum's chance to indulge in a tasty little combination of cake, chocolate and Baileys!  You can always mix it up with rum instead of Baileys, or rum essence for a non-alcoholic version.  Guaranteed to be a Christmas hit!

Ingredients
250g sponge cake
1 tablespoon cocoa
1/2 cup dried fruit
1/2 cup almond meal
1/4 cup Baileys Irish Cream
1/4 cup apricot or strawberry jam
1/2 cup white chocolate
Mini m&ms, to decorate

Method
Put cake and cocoa in a food processor and blitz until crumbs are formed (or crumble it with your fingers). Add remaining ingredients, except white chocolate and m&ms, and stir to combine.

Use your hands to roll balls of mixture. Place on a tray. Melt white chocolate and drizzle over the top of each ball. Top with an m&m and refrigerate until set.

Meals don't get much easier than this!  It's simple, tasty and even low-calorie - you'll love it!

Ingredients (serves 6 - 264 calories)
3/4 cup white rice (uncooked)
1/2 can corn kernels
300g barbecue chicken
1 jar salsa
100g grated cheese

Method
Cook rice according to packet.

Spread rice on the bottom of a medium casserole dish.  Top with corn, then chicken, then salsa, then cheese.

Cook in a moderate oven for about 30 minutes, until cheese is golden.