Throwback Thursday-Granny Square Blanket
Learning Tunisian Crochet….take a look at my latest crochet journey.
I love to learnt different types of crochet. My latest journey is learning the Art of Tunisian Crochet.
I love the simplicity of it and at the same time the variety of stitches and projects you can create.
Take a journey with me and learn about Tunisian crochet.
I am learning from a book called Tunisian Crochet from beginner to advanced written by Dijana Warrender.
It’s a well written guide of the different types of Tunisian crochet stitches and projects. I will feature each one as I go through them.
This book is available from http://www.Amazon.com.au
Learning Tunisian Crochet….take a look at my latest crochet journey.
I love to learnt different types of crochet. My latest journey is learning the Art of Tunisian Crochet.
I love the simplicity of it and at the same time the variety of stitches and projects you can create.
Take a journey with me and learn about Tunisian crochet.
I am learning from a book called Tunisian Crochet from beginner to advanced written by Dijana Warrender.
It’s a well written guide of the different types of Tunisian crochet stitches and projects. I will feature each one as I go through them.
This book is available from http://www.Amazon.com.au
Throwback Thursday…….
Gluten & Dairy Free Lasagna Recipe!
Looking back at one of my favourite recipes to create! Lasgna! It’s always been a favourite of mine and what I love about it most is you can create whatever sauce or filling you want! There are even dessert versions of it!
This recipe is gluten free and dairy free. Since having to watch both I did miss out for a while! San Remo pasta have brought out a wonderful range of gluten free pasta so you don’t have to miss out. Along with Bio plant based cheese it’s great to be able to eat my favourite food again!
Check out my recipe below!
Prep Time : 1/2 hour
Sauce cooking time: 3-4 hours
Lasagna Cooking time: 30-40 minutes
Serves: 4
Sauce Ingredients
2 bottles tomato passata 700g each bottle- I used the Mutti brand from Woolworths
800g can diced tomatoes – I used Woolworths brand Italian diced tomatoes
1/4 Olive oil – I used Woolworths Brand Olive oil
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil (again with both dried herbs I used the Woolworths Home brand
Salt and pepper to taste
Please note you can add 1/2 diced onion and 1 teaspoon crushed garlic if you like. For me I can’t have those so I didn’t put them in.
Instructions
- In a large heavy based pan, pour in olive oil, then passata, and diced tomatoes, add herbs, and salt and pepper. (If you are adding onion and garlic, fry these in the oil first for a minute and then add other ingredients) Fill one of the passata bottles 3/4 way with water and add to sauce. Stir all ingredients together.
- Set heat on high and bring sauce to a boil. Once boiled, simmer on low heat for 3-4 hours. The longer you leave to simmer on low heat the better the sauce you will get. If you see the sauce thicken too much add a little bit of water and stir. Sauce should be a thick liquid consitency such as a pumpkin soup consistency.
- Once cooked take off heat and set aside and get the rest of your lasagna ingredients ready.
Lasagna Filling Ingredients
500g beef mince (I prefer to use the grass fed mince from Woolworths, it has less fat content)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 cup of the prepared sauce
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
1/4 cup grated mozzarella
400g mozzarella extra
200 g grated parmesan extra
again if you wish to use onion put in approx 1/4 finely diced onion and 1 teaspon garlic and fry with mince.
Instructions
- Place olive oil in heavy based saucepan, turn on heat to medium, if adding onion and garlic, add in first and fry for 1 minute, add mince and fry until browned.
- Add in herbs, salt and pepper, stir through
- Add 1 cup of prepared sauce, stir through then add 1/4 cup each of the mozzarella and parmesan cheese, stir through and set heat to a low simmer, simmer for approx 15-20 minutes, Continue stirring occasionally, If mixture seems to dry out add a bit more sauce.
- Once cooked, turn off heat and set aside for when you are ready to assemble lasagna.
Please see below for steps. I have added in this one fried eggplant but you can add other vegetables if you wish.
Assembling Lasanga
- Have lasgana sheets ready
- Cover the bottom of a glass or ceramic dish with sauce
- Layer pasta sheets to cover bottom of dish
- Top with spoonfuls of mince meat, add extra mozzarella and parmesan cheese, ladle tomato sauce on top to cover meat and cheese, add the next layer of pasta and continue until you reach the top of the dish. Sprinkle parmesan cheese on top and cover with alfoil.
- Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 30-40 minutes. (check at the 30 minute mark if pasta is not yet cooked leave for a bit more.
- Always make sure on the final layer that you cover the lasagna sheets completely with enough sauce so that the pasta doesn’t dry out when cooking.
- Enjoy with some Italian bread and a nice bottle of wine!
Place sheets of pasta to fit across dish 
Add spoonfuls of mince to, sprinkle with mozzarella and parmesan cheese, ladle more sauce on top to cover the mince. 
You can also add vegetables to the layers if you like 
Continue layering until you reach the top 
Sprinkle with parmesan cheese 
Cover and bake at 180 degree Celsius for approx 30-40 minutes 
Thank you as always for reading my blog post. To make this receipe economical I used mainly Woolworths home brand ingredients.
You can also make this dish in disposable aluminium trays and freeze after cooking to reheat when needed.
Hope you enjoyed this recipe
Vicky
Please note this post is not sponsored or affiliated with anyone. The recipe is one I put together using ingredients I enjoy using.
Thrifty Thursday….. tips on how to save money around your home
This week I want to talk about some of the left over snacks your kids decide they don’t want anymore. You know the ones, the new type of chips or muesli bars! My kids love chips & wanted the Kettle or Red Rock style chips. I had found an equivalent at Aldi’s which was way cheaper and tasted just as good. So this went well for a few weeks until well, they don’t like chips anymore and I was left with packets of the ones they didn’t eat. I thought about throwing them out but that would have been a waste!
Instead I put them in a food processor turned them into crumbs, which I then blended with some spices and flour and made chicken schnitzels. I had two flavours left over, Sea Salt and Sweet Chilli, I made separate crumb mixtures as some of my family members below cant eat spicy stuff. Scroll down below for the method used and recipe for Crunchy Chicken Schniztels.
Crunchy Chicken Schnitzel Recipe
Ingredients
Left over stale chips (approximatley 1 medium pack or 2-3 smaller packs
2 cups plain flour
3/4 finely grated parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried parsley
salt and pepper to taste
4 eggs lightly beaten
Canola or vegetable oil
500 g chicken breast cut into thing slices lengthwise
Method
- Place chips in food processer and pulse until fine crumbs form.
- Place chip crumbs in deep bowl or dish along with flour, herbs, cheese and salt and pepper. Hand mix until all combined
- Break 4 eggs into a separate deep bowl or dish and beat until combined.
- In a shallow plate pour enough flour to cover surface of plate and season with salt and pepper
- Wash and slice chicken into thin slices, place on clean plate and season with salt and pepper, layer chicken slices one on top of the other seasoning as you go.
- Once you have done that, grab a slice and place it in the plate with the flour only. Coat on both sides, dip both sides of the chicken into the egg and then place in the dish with the chip and flour crumb mixture and coat both sides. Place crumbed chicken in a separate clean plate.
- Once you have coated all the chicken pour oil into a heavy based frying pan to cover at least 2/3 up the side of the pan, enough to submerge the crumbed chicken
- Gently lower 4-5 piece of crumbed chicken at a time and fry on each side until golden brown. Remove pieces of chicken once cooked and place on a clean plate lined with paper towel to drain. Repeat the process until all the chicken has been cooked.
- Once cooked cover with foil and serve with mash potatoes or your favourite salad. Or load them up with gravy and cheese!
- Left overs can be used in sandwiches the next day.
All ingredients for this meal have been purchased from Aldi https://www.aldi.com.au/ and Woolworths Supermarkets. https://woolworths.com.au
Please note this is not a sponsored post nor am I being paid for my opinion. These are just tips I use to help me save money and I want to pass them on the help others too.
Comment below on your favourite money saving tips for around the home.
Thank you for reading my post.
Vicky