Ok so we all know Sunday’s should be for relaxing, reading, sleeping in but at some point you are going to have to eat! I love this delicious open burger recipe I make for my family. It’s quick and easy to make and full of nutrients. Perfect for those who are eating Keto style foods or gluten free and lactose free.
Mushroom open burger
Serves 4 cooking & planning time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
500 g beef mince
Salt to taste
2 large or 4 medium sweet potatoes
4 teaspoons Chives
4 tablespoons Lactose free cream cheese
4 very large mushrooms (for burger base)
4 slices lactose free cheese
1 tablespoon plant based or lactose free butter or margarine
Method
1) place mince in a large glass bowl and add salt, mix salt in and split mince into 4 equal size piece and form into balls. Place in fridge until needed.
2) Fill a medium size pan halfway with water, add salt to taste and peel and cut sweet potatoes into chunks, place in pan and set to boil. Once boiled, remove and drain and set aside until ready to use.
3) While sweet potatoes are boiling, heat up a grill or grill pan. If using grill pan add butter/margerine, once melted add one ball of mince at a time and squash down with a metal spatula to form burger. Set on medium and cook 2-3 minutes then flip and cook other side for the same amount. if pan is big enough add mushrooms and fry a couple minutes each side or do one a separate pan.
4) when you flip burgers over add a tablespoon of cream cheese on top, sprinkle chives and add cheese on each burger.
5) Mash sweet potatoes and once mushrooms are cooked place in a plate and add burger sprinkle at chives if you like.
Serve with French fries or healthy salad.
This burger is not only delicious and healthy but very filling. All the flavours blend beautifully and is perfect for not only brunch but lunch, dinner and breakfast!
Thank you as always for read my post! Hope you enjoyed this recipe.
This year I am making a big effort to lose 10 kg that I have been hanging onto for the last 17 years! It’s been an on/off dilemma that I feel no matter what I do I can never win.
I started last year with a calorie counter app which helped me keep control of what I have been eating and then of course the holidays kicked in and out went my diet! So here I am again new year and hopefully new me!
Here is a recipe I put together that’s fresh and easy to make and very delicious and filling!
Salmon Sushi Platter
Ingredients
100g salmon
1 small avocado
3 mini cucumbers or 1 medium one
1 tablespoon chopped chives
2 tablespoons fat free mayonnaise
1/2 cup cooked basmati rice
1 tablespoons white vinegar
Salt to taste
Method
1) Wash and cut cucumbers into strips
2) Peel and slice avocado into thin strips
3) In a small bowl place rice and pour vinegar on top, mix thoroughly.
4) in a large plate place rice in the middle of the plate and place the vegetables and salmon around the rice. Place mayonnaise on the plate.
5) Sprinkle chopped chives on top and salt to taste and serve.
My family has different tastes in food, different requirements and so I find preparing dinner a nightmare at times.
I found this brilliant indoor grill while out shopping one day and it’s been a lifesaver at meal times. Now I can cook steak for the boys and chicken for us girls. I only use one appliance and the washing up is easy!
The grill is electrical with a drawer you fill with water. The water acts as a buffer so there is minimal smoke. You can use it indoors or outside.
I will put recipes up from time to time of things I have cooked on this grill.
Thank you for reading my posts. Have a wonderful day.
Move over George Foreman grill I have found a new best friend! The Russell Hobbs Multifunction benchtop oven!
Russell Hobbs Oven
This oven is amazing! It bakes, it grills, it air fry’s and toasts bread!
It has an easy to clean pull out tray they catches all the crumbs comes with 3 trays plus the crumb tray.
It’s not a bulky unit so would fit most benchtops. To clean just wipe with a clean damp cloth and wash removal trays in warm soapy water. Make sure to dry thoroughly before putting back in the oven. I bought mine from Big W.
Overall I give it a 10/10 for efficiency, reliability and time saving. Best of all the oven heats up quickly so no waiting time!
Thank you for reading my blog post! Wishing you all a wonderful day!
A perfect meal for those nights when you are tired and want something quick nutritious to eat.
Pumpkin and Sausage Risotto
Serves 4-5
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time 30-40 minutes
Ingredients
1 pack beef sausages (roughly 6-8)
1 onion
2 medium sweet potatoes
1/2 butternut pumpkin
1 punnet of cherry tomatoes
1 tablespoon of chives
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 cup rice
2 cups chicken stock plus extra water
2 tablespoons of olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
1) chop vegetables and sausages into bite size pieces.
2) add oil to heavy based sauté pan, stir fry sausages and vegetables until sausages are brown.
3) Add uncooked rice and stir through. Pour in chicken stock and stir through, let mixture come to a boil and then turn down heat and simmer for 30 minutes or until rice is cooked.
4) Turn off heat and stir through Parmesan cheese and chives. Serve .
Thank you for reading. If you share my recipe please credit my page as this is my original recipe. All ingredients bought from https://www.woolworths.com.au
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!
Have lagsana sheets readyPlace a couple of laddles full of prepared pasta sauce on bottom of glass or ceramic baking dish
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.
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.
Aldi’s ChipsPlace in food processorPulse until chips are fine crumbsPlace in deep bowl or dish and add flour and spicesDip chicken slices into egg mixtureCoat in Flour and chip crumb mixtureFry until crispy golden brown and enjoy!
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.
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.
Winter is well and truly upon us! Keeping warm is essential and that includes eating a hearty dinner. This recipe will suit everyone in the family including those with gluten and lactose allergies and the fussy eaters. It is easy to prepare and while its baking in the oven you have plenty of time to attend to other chores!
PREP TIME: 1 HOUR + 6-8 HOURS OR OVERNIGHT MARINATING OF CHICKEN
SERVES 6
COOKING TIME : 1 HOUR
BAKED CHICKEN
INGREDIENTS
2.5 KG CHICKEN DRUM STICKS AND WINGS
1 TABLESPOON OF CANOLA OIL
2 TABLESPOONS OF BBQ SAUCE
1 TEASPOON OF DRIED OREGANO
1 TABLESPOON OF DRIED PARSLEY
SALT TO TASTE
INSTRUCTIONS
WASH AND DRY CHICKEN, PLACE IN A LARGE CERAMIC BOWL, ADD OIL, BBQ SAUCE, DRIED OREGANO, DRIED PARSLEY AND SALT, MIX THOROUGHLY AND WRAP BOWL WITH PLASTIC WRAP, PLACE IN REFRIGERATOR TO MARINATE FOR 6- 8 HOURS, OR OVERNIGHT IF POSSIBLE.
PRE HEAT OVEN, BAKE CHICKEN IN 180 DEGREE CELSIUS OVEN FOR ONE HOUR, TURN CHICKEN FREQUENTLY TO PREVENT BURNING.
SERVE WITH POTATO BAKE AND A GARDEN SALAD.
POTATO BAKE
3 LARGE SWEET POTATOES (YOU CAN ALSO USE 1 KG OF WHITE POTATOES INSTEAD FOLLOW THE SAME SAUCE RECIPE)
1 TABLESPOON OF MARGARINE
2 TABLESPOONS OF GLUTENFREE FLOUR
500 ML OF LACTOSE FREE MILK
1 TEASPOON OF CINNAMON
1/4 TEASPOON ALLSPICE
1 TEASPOON DRIED PARSLEY
2 TEASPOONS OF SALT
INSTRUCTIONS
PEEL AND WASH THE POTATOES, SLICE LENGTHWISE.
SPRAY A 20 CM CERAMIC BAKING DISH WITH COOKING SPRAY, LAYER POTATOES, SPRINKLE EACH LAYER, VERY LIGHTLY WITH SALT. SET ASIDE
PLACE A MEDIUM SAUCEPAN ON LOW HEAT, MELT 1 TABLESPOON OF MARGARINE, ADD 2 TABLESPOONS OF GLUTENFREE FLOUR AND STIR TO COMBINE.
STIR THE MARGARINE AND FLOUR UNTIL A SOFT BALL IS FORMED, GRADUALLY ADD MILK, STIR WITH EACH ADDITION, TO ENSURE A SMOOTH SAUCE IS FORMED.
ADD 1 TEASPOON OF SALT, PARSLEY AND SPICES AND MIX THROUGH, LET SAUCE SIMMER UNTIL THICKENED, TAKE OFF HEAT AND POUR OVER POTATOES.
PLACE POTATOES IN AN OVEN AT 180 DEGREES CELSIUS FOR ONE HOUR, SERVE WITH BAKED CHICKEN AND GARDEN SALAD.
