Entries by john

Mixed Berry Chia & Oat Pot

My Mom gave me this recipe and as she is so much more organised than me she gives correct measurements. Ingredients: 1 tablespoon of Oat bran 1 tablespoon of oats 1 tsp of Chia ½ tsp of Acai powder 1 ½ tablespoon of Mixed Berries 100 ml of Oat milk 1 tsp of honey or […]

Mango Chia and Oat breakfast pot

If I have ripe mangos, this is the recipe I use them for. One of the things I least like doing is weighing out ingredients for most/ all of my savoury dishes I only weight the items if I’m sharing the recipe, for the rest of the time I do it by eye. As for […]

Spinach and Mushroom Lasagne

Ingredients: 1 packet 350g of Lasagne Sheets   For the filling: Oil for frying 300g of sliced Mushrooms 2 cloves of Garlic sliced 450-550g of Spinach washed 250g of white cheddar grated ½ tsp of grated Nutmeg Bunch of fresh torn Basil Salt & Pepper 40 g Parmesan cheese   Béchamel Sauce 100g of Butter […]

Scented Geranium lemonade

Sweet or Scented Geraniums are in my opinion one of the nicest plants to have in your garden. The flowers they produced (although they only have a few) are edible and they make a pretty garnish for salads, desserts etc. The leaves are used for their fragrance and flavour. Different species of sweet geraniums differ […]

Beef Meatballs W panko and kefir

This recipe came about one evening when I had nothing else left in the fridge and my dry stores were pretty low also. Its absolutely delicious and the meatballs freeze perfectly. Ingredients: Preheat oven to 180 500g beef mince 1 small onion diced 2 Garlic cloves crushed 50 g of panko bread crumbs 40g of […]

Sorrel Leaf Pesto

Sorrel leaf Pesto: Sorrel is a rich tangy tasting green leafy herb, it grows very well in the wild and comes into season in the spring, I generally feel it tastes better around May. It has a wide variety of uses such as sauces, soups, pesto’s, salads etc etc It works really well with eggs […]