Muesli Biscuits

These Biscuits are great to make with the kids my 3 year old J loves helping me cook and espeically loved getting his hands dirty rolling these into balls.
They are really sweet so cut back on the sugar if you aren't much of a sweet tooth and make sure you let them cool completely before eating, they taste much nicer once cooled.

*1/2 Cup Unsweetened Apple Sauce
*1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
*1/2 Cup Honey
*1/2 Cup Rolled Oats
*1/2 Cup Pepitas (green pumpkin seeds)
*11/4 Cup Rice Bubbles
*1/2 Cup Sultanas
*1 Cup S R Flour

Place pepitas,oats,rice bubbles,sultanas and flour into mixing bowl.

Place apple sauce, honey and brown sugar in a saucepan and gently heat until runny.

Pour honey mixture into dry mixture and stir until well combined.

Roll tablespoons of mixture into balls. Place about 5cm apart on tray lined with baking paper.

Cook in a moderate oven (180) for about 15mins, or until golden brown. Remove from oven and cool on baking tray.

These biscuits are a great alternative to muesli bars and are perfect foe lunch boxes or as an afternoon snack.
Any dried fruit can be used - try dried apricots, sweetened dried cranberries or dried mixed fruit.

Weekly Skinny Jeans Tip

Hi Everyone, so I was having a word to a good friend of mine who is a marketing guru about how to get more people interested in my blog and the first thing she suggested was getting a bit of structure into my Blog, So I thought as it's a Monday and most people including myself tend to overindulge on the weekend and the fact my skinny jeans are feeling rather snug right now that as of today every Monday I'm going to post a skinny tip of the week and hopefully it will keep us all motivated for the week.

Skinny Jeans Tip of the week - Drink Two liters of water everyday, not only does it help flush the toxins out of the body it's great for the skin and helps us to not pick at food, a lot of the time we aren't hungry we are actually thirsty so have some water first wait 10 Min's and if your still hungry then eat a piece of fruit.

I will also be posting some recipes today. Have a great week, keep focused and drink your two liters everyday you'll feel better for it.  

Flat Mushrooms Stuffed with Pesto Mash

*4 Large Flat Mushrooms
*1/2 Red Onion Diced
*6 Medium Potatoes Peeled
*1 Tbs Soy Milk
*1 Tbs Water
*4 Cubes of Pesto (see walnut pesto recipe)
*1/4 Cup Bread Crumbs

First take 4 pesto cubes out of the freezer, and leave to defrost.

Boil 6 potatoes until soft, chop the stems of the mushrooms and dice, in a fry pan use the water to fry  the red onion and mushroom stems until soft.

In another bowl mash potatoes, then mix in soy milk, pesto, cooked onion and mushroom stems.

Evenly spoon the mash mixture into each mushroom cup then cover with bread crumbs.

Bake on a oven tray lined with baking paper at 180 or 160 fan forced for 20- 25 minutes or until mushrooms are soft.

Serve with your favorite veg or salad.

Walnut Pesto

Pesto is great to keep in the freezer for a quick meal with pasta. I always make a batch then put it into a ice cube tray so I can just pop a couple of cubes out if I can't be bothered to cook and there is so many different types of pesto you can make.

1 Cup Firmly Packed Basil Leaves
1/3 Cup Toasted Walnuts
1 Garlic Clove, Crushed
2 Tbs Lemon Juice
2 Tsp EVOO
1 Tbs Boiling Water

Place Basil Leaves, Walnuts and Garlic in food processor and blend, then while processing slowly add Oil, Water and Lemon Juice until Smooth.

Place in a Ice Cube tray and freeze use when needed.

Red Lentil and Sweet Potato Lasagna

Red Sauce
*400g Sweet Potato, Peeled and Chopped
*1/2 Red Capsicum
*1  Brown Onion
*2 Cloves Garlic
*1 Tbsp Water
*1 1/2 Cups Red Lentils, Rinsed and Drained
*2 x 400g Tins Crushed Tomato
*2 Cups Vegetable Stock
*1 Handful Fresh Torn Basil

White Sauce
* 1 Whole Cauliflower
* 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
* 1/4 Cup Light Soy Milk

*1 Box of Dried Wholemeal Lasagna Sheets

Preheat oven to 200 or 180 fan forced. Place sweet potato on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake for 15-20 min or until tender

Meanwhile chop Cauliflower into pieces and steam.

In another saucepan place chopped onion, chopped capsicum and garlic with the Tbsp of water and fry for around 5 mins until onion is clear. Add Lentils and cook for 30 secs. Add tomatoes and stock and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 20 mins or until lentils are tender. Add sweet potato to lentil mixture.

Once cauliflower is soft puree with hand held blender or food processor then add soy milk and nutmeg puree again until it resembles a cheese sauce.

Reduce oven to 180 or 160 fan forced. Spray large oven proof dish with a little EVOO spray and lay lasagna sheets down then red sauce then white sauce then another lasagna layer and keep going until you have reached the top. Sprinkle with ground black pepper and cook for 40-45 mins. Serve with nice crusty bread and salad.

Chickpea Burger with Zucchini Fries

Chickpea Burger

*410g Can Chickpeas, Drained and Rinsed

*410g Can Red Kidney Beans, Drained and Rinsed

*1 Carrot, Trimmed, Peeled and Grated

*1 Small Onion

*50g Pepitas or Sunflower Seeds

*2 Tbsp Tahini, Drained of any oil before measuring

*1 Garlic Clove, Peeled and Chopped

*1 Handful of Chopped Coriander

*1 Tbsp Vegetable Stock

Preheat oven to 180 or 160 fan forced and line tray with baking paper.

Place all ingredients in a food processor or with a hand-held blender and blend until all ingredients are well blended together.

Wet your hands and roll into burger size balls then place on tray and press down slightly with the back of a spoon to flatten.

Bake for 15-18 mins or until golden, take out of oven and alow to rest.

Use Wholemeal or Multi-Grain burger bun adding, lettuce,beetroot,avocado,grated carrot,red onion, tomato, or any salads you want.

Zucchini Fries

Slice zucchini into chip like strips,  coat with 1 egg replacer and then roll in bread crumbs.

Place them on a tray lined with baking paper and bake at 180 for 20-25 mins until they are soft in the middle and crunchy on the outside.

They are really nice with sweet chilli sauce.

ENJOY  

chickpea patties are based on Dr Jillian Mc Keiths recipe.

Nori Crisps

These are really easy and yum if you are a sushi lover.

6-8 sheets of Nori Paper
Cut into what ever size you like, place on tray lined with baking paper and bake at 160 for about 10 mins at or until the crisps are crunchy, just watch you don't burn them.