Celestial Kitchen

Sick of salads?

Give this one a try.  It’s sweet, and bursting with flavour.  Just make sure you remember to put the dressing on just before you serve it.

Ingredients

1 punnet of strawberries sliced

3c of lettuce or baby spinach or rocket or whatever you prefer

handful of slivered almonds

1 large tbl melted honey

1tbl sugar

between 1/4c and 1/2c apple cider vinegar (depending on your taste and bulk of the salad)

Method:

Put the salad leaves into a bowl and sprinkle the strawberries and almonds on the top.

To make thee dressing put into a lidded jar the remaining ingredients and shake until mixed.

Pour over the salad just before serving.

*Hint: The riper the strawberries, the sweeter this one tastes

Sunday night – what to do for dinner.  Something easy, but something tasty.

Time for a new recipe.  This was SUPER easy to make and got the thumbs up from hubby.  It’s almost like a risotto with chicken drumsticks on the top.

Just out of the oven Ready to serve up

Ingredients:

• 2-1/2 lbs. chicken drumsticks
• 1/3 cup flour
• salt and pepper to taste
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup uncooked long grain rice
• 1 onion, minced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 cups sliced carrots
• 2-1/2 cups chicken broth, heated to boiling
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Preparation:

During the week I had gone mad on the bananas, but very quickly got over them – meaning I had about 3 bananas left in the fruitbowl going brown.  Did a quick google for a banana bread recipe and hey presto – here tis.  Must say this is a very basic recipe and you would usually find some kind of nuts with a banana bread like walnuts which I think really makes the end product better.  But since I didn’t have any walnuts this did the trick;

Banana Bread Recipe

Don’t get upset – I’m not talking about the cutsie little spiky creatures!

These are made from minced beef and served with mashed potato. YUM!

Ingredients:

1kg minced beef

1/2c uncooked white rice

1/2c water

1/3c finely cut onion

1tsp salt

two garlic cloves chopped finely

pinch pepper

1-2 cans tomato soup

1c water

2tsp wostershire sauce

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Method:

1. Mix the beef, rice, 1/2c water, onion and seasonings together and make balls around the size of golf balls.

2. In another bowl mix the soup, water and worstershire sauce.  Pour over the balls in an oven proof dish.

3. Cover and bake at 180C for around 45 minutes. (If you don’t have a lid, cover with foil)

4. Uncover and bake for a further 15 minutes.

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*Note: I say 1-2 cans of tomato soup because I like more ‘sauce’.

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Rating: ♥♥♥♥ Good hearty EASY meal.

Husbands Rating: “Awesome!”

Made these for dinner tonight – hubbys request.  Didn’t have a recipe and so I just made it up and they tasted a treat.  Easiest thing in the world to bake but can get a little messy – so as long as you don’t mind a bit of mess read on…

Finished Product

Rating: ♥♥♥.5

Recipe:

Two packs of sausage mince

2 eggs

1c breadcrumbs

2 carrots grated

handful of chives chopped finely

1tbl of finely chopped Basil, Parsley and Oregano (fresh if possible)

Packet of frozen puff pastry

Okay, so easy – throw the whole thing together (minus the puff pastry) and mix with your hands to ensure that everything is mixed through properly.

Thaw your sheets of frozen puff pastry out until they are easy to cut and fold over.

Cut each pastry sheet in half.  In the middle of the pastry piece place some of the mixture from one end to the other.

Mix an extra egg into a teacup and use some of that dabbed on your finger to moisten the edges of the pastry, then join up and press together.  It should look like a log.

Roll your log over and brush lightly with more egg.  Cut into three pieces and make little prick holes in the top of each one, and place on a baking tray.

Repeat with the rest then bake on 190 C for around 20-30 minutes until the tops are crunchy and golden.

YUM!

PS: These make HEAPS so if it’s just for two I would half the recipe.