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Chewy Chocolate Nut Clusters

31/5/2015

Chewy, crunchy, sweet and bitter - four combinations from just four ingredients.

A no-bake treat that's child's play to make. No really, it's great to make with kids, for kids - or even for kids to make for you! (Thinking more Mother's day and Father's day, here, not child labour!)

For 10-12 large ones (Dessertspoon) or 18-20 small ones (Teaspoon) you'll need:

50g Walnuts (Loosely broken up)
50g Dried Apricots (quartered)
75g Mini-Marshmallows (or large ones quartered)
100g Dark Chocolate

Mix up the nuts or fruit - Peanuts/Pecans and Cranberries/Raisins work a treat. Allergic to nuts? Swap them out for broken biscuits.

Avocado Chicken & Satay Sauce

26/5/2015

Delicious, simple to make and sure to impress: Chicken stuffed with fresh avocado, wrapped in Italian Ham, oven baked and then served with a homemade crunchy and mildly spicy Satay Sauce. Heavenly! The third recipe from my Cook Look Book.

For the Avocado Chicken you'll need:

1 boneless, skinless chicken thigh per person
1/4 Avocado per person
1-2 slices smoked Ham per portion (Serrano or Parma are perfect for this)

For the Satay Sauce (makes enough for four, with seconds! Which you'll definitely want for your veggies!):

400g Coconut Cream (or Milk)
200g Peanut Butter (Crunchy)
40g Dark Brown Sugar
3 tbsp Soy Sauce
1 Lime (juice only)
1 tsp Curry Powder
1 tsp Ginger
1 tsp Turmeric

Goes great with simple veg and my Hasselback Potatoes

Lime & Coconut Cake

24/5/2015

Everyone needs a go-to cake recipe up their sleeve that can be flung together and always turn out a great result. This is it! It's not a simple Victoria sponge - it's even easier than that... and far tastier!

For one 2ilb/900g Loaf you'll need:

55g desiccated coconut
250g condensed milk
175g Butter (soft)
175g Self-raising flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
3 Eggs
2 Limes
100g Icing sugar

Hasselback Potatoes

20/5/2015

A simple side dish that helps that once boring potato lift any meal to 'special' status. These featured as a side dish in my recent Cook Look Book too.

You'll need:

3-4 New Potatoes per person (Charlotte Potatoes are ideal for this)
45g Butter
5-6 Tbsp Vegetable Oil
Some coarse salt

Millionaire Shortbread

16/5/2015

Chocolate, Caramel and Crunch all in one perfectly combined dish - this is what the word 'treat' was created to describe, and one of my all time favourites. I'm sure you'll love it too!

To make a 20cm x 20cm slab of this gorgeous treat you'll need:

250g Shortbread (Shop bought? I know!)
150g Dark Brown Sugar
397g Condensed Milk (that's usually one tin)
60g Butter (For the base)
150g Butter (For the caramel layer)
200g Dark Chocolate
60g White Chocolate

Nutty Seed Loaf

14/5/2015

Full of seeds, nuts and crunch! This loaf is filling but only with good stuff (okay, I added in some dried cranberries too which do have some sugar in them - but if you left those out it would literally be CaveMan/Paleo diet proof!)

For one 2ilb loaf you'll need:

100g Poppy Seeds
100g Sesame Seeds
100g Linseeds
100g Sunflower Seeds
100g Pumpkin Seeds
100g Almonds
100g Walnuts
100g Dried Cranberries (Optional)
90ml Vegetable Oil
90ml Water
5 Eggs
2 tsp Salt

Vietnamese Rolls

10/5/2015

Packed with sweet & sour marinaded prawns and fresh flavours and textures.

These Vietnamese Rolls don't need frying, baking or any cooking to produce a delicious healthy starter or light lunch - which is how I served them in my Cook Look Book.

To make 4 rolls (Starters/Light lunch for 2) you'll need:
Marinade/Dipping Sauce

2 Tbsp Fish Sauce
1 Tbsp Soy Sauce
2 Tbsp Lime Juice
1 Tbsp Ginger root (finely chopped)
1 Red Chilli Pepper (finely chopped)
1 Garlic clove (finely chopped)
7-8 Prawns (or Shrimp) per roll

Rolls:

4 Rice Paper Pancakes (2 per person)
Grated Carrot
Chopped Lettuce
Mint leaves
Coriander leaves
Rice Noodles - cooked (around a handful)

NOTES IF MAKING MORE: You can increase the prawns, rolls and fillings to make at least 12 rolls before you'll need to even think about increasing the marinade ingredients. And you could easily halve this if making far fewer (but you'll need a decent volume to actually coat the prawns effectively).

Cook Look Book | Spring 2015

9/5/2015

Okay, I'm not the most fashionable but I like the way fashionistas launch their Look Books.

So here's mine ... for a delicious three course meal.

I'm sharing mine with Becky (TalkBeckyTalk), Holly (Holly Sheeran) and Minion ('he who cannot be named') and I'll show you (over the coming weeks) how I make each of the dishes including:

So... pull up a chair, join us for dinner and something uniquely and Totally Sacha!

Like the music? It's 'My Tendency' by Clipper.
More on them here: http://www.reverbnation.com/clipper2

Cereal Bars

4/5/2015

It's the most important meal of the day, they say. But do 'they' have more hours in their day than we do?? Apparently so!

For those who skip this most important meal of the day - these little fellas are packed full of filling seeds, nuts and fruit to help give you a breakfast you can munch on the go... they're sweetened by the condensed milk and dried fruit, without excesses of added sugar!

For around 16 bars you'll need:

250g Rolled Oats
125g Mixed Seeds - I've used Sunflower Seeds, Hemp Seeds, Linseeds and Poppy Seeds.
75g Shredded Coconut
125g Pistachio nuts
100g Dried Cranberries
1 tin/397g Condensed Milk
75g Chocolate drops (optional)

MIX IT UP: you can use whichever seeds, dried fruit or nuts you like - just keep the measurements the same and it should work out just fine.