BEETROOT CHIPS WITH FETA AND MINT

Preheat your oven to 180 deg C
Line 2 oven trays with baking paper .
The ingredients you need are ......

 

Place in a bowl

4 beetroots , peeled and thinly sliced

1 tbs of coconut oil melted and 1 tsp of sea salt tossed with the sliced beetroot .

Spread the beetroot out over the trays .

Bake for 20 minutes .

Then remove the baking paper and rotate the racks in the oven and bake for a further 10 minutes .

Remove the chips as they lighten .

 

Place the chips on a cooling rack cool.
Serve with mint and feta ....

 

 

COCONUT POLENTA WITH BAKED PUMPKIN

These are the ingredients you will need ......

Pumpkin, coconut milk , tamari , garlic , polenta , coconut oil  and parsley .

 

Preheat your oven to 200deg C.

Slice the  pumpkin into wedges , remove the seeds and leave the skin on .

Prick the pumpkin with a skewer .

In a separate bowl whisk together 2 tbs of tamari , 1 tbs of melted coconut oil ,4  tbs of water and 1 tbs of minced garlic .

Massage this mixture into the pumpkin

Place pumpkin pieces in a sprayed baking pan.

Cover with a sheet of baking paper and roast for 40 minutes or until tender but not mushy .

 

Bring 200ml of water mixed 800ml  ( 2 cans )of coconut milk to the boil .
Reduce to a simmer and pour in 180gm of polenta , stirring constantly until the polenta thickens .
Sprinkle with parsley and serve with the baked pumpkin .

 

 

FENNEL AND SMOKED SALMON SALAD

For this light but filling salad you will need ........coconut cream, feta cheese , dried dill leaves , capers , lemon , fennel bulb and smoked salmon .

 

Whisk together 50gm of coconut cream with juice of a lemon and a tsp of dried dill . Set aside .

Slice the fennel bulb very thinly and arrange on serving plates .

Follow with 200gm  smoked salmon , tearing them into large pieces and then follow with the thinly sliced feta cheese .

Drizzle the salad dressing over the salad

Scatter 1 tsp of capers on top.

 

 

DEVILLED STEAK

Everything old is new again .
For this hum dinger of a meal you will need to combine 1 and 1/2 tbs of plain flour with 1 and 1/2 tbs of brown sugar , 1 tsp of salt , 1/2 tsp of ground mixed spice , 1/2 tsp of ground ginger , 1/2 tsp of mustard powder , 1/2 tsp of curry powder .
Mix all the ingredients together to make a coating mix .

I used 4 slices of gravy beef and coated each slice with the seasoned coating mix

These are  now to be covered and refrigerated over night .

 

Next day place the dry marinated steaks in your tajine or  casserole , or cassolette , or slow cooker , or the original orange crock pot  ( I have my mother`s ).........seriously what`s in a name ?

 

In a jug combine the juice of 1 lemon , 1/3 of a cup of med- dry cherry , 1/2 cup of tomato sauce , 1 tbs of Worcestershire sauce .

Now add enough vegetable stock to just cover the meat , you won`t need much .

Cover with a lid and cook in a preheated oven for 2 and 1/2 hours on 180 deg C

At the 1 and 1/2 hour of the cook add the grated zest of 1 lemon , 2 chopped bacon rashers and 12 chopped and pitted prunes .

Continue to cook , serve with rice or pasta .

 

FRIDAY NIGHT

 

I hate sausages because of the casings ....so you can pick any gourmet sausage  available in the meat section of supermarket and  extract ball shape sized rounds from the casings. .I selected camembert , onion and pork sausages

 

 Soften onion slices along with garlic cloves in coconut oil , add 1 x tin of  diced tomato , a good pinch of cracked pepper .

 Add sliced mushrooms .

 Add 1 packet of fresh spinach leaves .

This was a filling and tasty meal .
 

ZIGGY IS THE BEST

Nana`s  Ziggy ...we have had  some rocky periods , she loves sleeping in the car , and having someone with her all the time . I love her to pieces ....

WHERE ARE THE BUTCHERS ?

I spend a lot of time looking at what is on offer in the meat sections of the big supermarkets ...
Things have changed
Everything comes from a  processing plant in outer Melbourne .
Tasman Meats is no different , they purchase the whole animal in wholesale pieces and employ butchers to process the meat to the popular cuts .
How times have changed under our  nose ....