Pregnancy Dinner Ideas

May 12, 2020May 12, 20202 Comments

I’ve recently been gifted the HelloFresh food boxes and really enjoyed the variety it provided. It however takes me longer to make one of these meals, and estimated 40-50 minutes, compared to when I cook my own meals, only 30 minutes. I’ve decided not to continue using the food boxes but to rather make my own little weekly menu of things that I like and that I can make.

SInce I am pregnant I do crave a lot of things, sometimes unhealthy foods like the donuts or chocolate I have once or more a week. These meals are just things that I either know how to make or that I’ve discovered online….today 🙂

Let me know what you think of my selection

Broccoli and Blue Cheese Frittata

Obviously I’ll change the blue cheese for Edam cheese, since that’s what I have at home

Recipe from www.kidspot.com.au

Strip Steak with Lemon Mashed Potato

The idea of these mashed potatoes with lemon makes my mouth water

Recipe from Countryliving.com

Thai Pork Stir-Fry

Doesn’t it look yummy

Recipe From Kraft Canada

Roasted Veggie Pasta Salad

I first tried this at the first house I stayed at in New Zealand. The lady I lived with use to make it all the time and I loved it. I also didn’t know what Chorizo was, I just know its something that Coco’s dad choked on in the movie COCO 😛

Recipe from A Saucy Kitchen

Shepherds pie

Recipe from The Wholesome Dish

South African Style Braai

We’re planning to have a South African style Braai on the weekend with either potato salad or garlic bread but if it rains then we’ll just have sausage rolls

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Image from Adelaide’s Outdoor Kitchen

What are your dinner plans for this week?

DIY Mandarin Sugar Scrub

September 21, 2017Leave a comment

Since its getting colder and colder I’ve been eating a lot of citrus type fruits recently and I just love the smell of oranges and mandarins so I thought that a mandarin sugar scrub would be a great way to prepare my skin for the dry weather that’s on the way. Its also a great handmade gift for a special friend. You can read how to make your own essential oils from my previous post.

Mandarin essential oils have some great benefits. For centuries its been produced in Brazil, Spain and Italy. It has also been used to relieve stomach aches and cramps in children.

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On the 7th day of Christmas-Nutella no-bake Chocolate Cookies.

December 7, 2016December 2, 20165 Comments

Today’s recipe is the Nutella no-bake chocolate cookies. What can be better than a smooth melt in your melt, mix of butter and chocolate. This is a lovely and easy recipe that you can make within minutes and its a fun recipe that you can do with your kids. The longest part is waiting for it to cool but with the winter weather you can already dig into the cookies minutes after you put them on the baking sheet. They do however taste better after they’ve been chilled. This recipe has originally been prepared by Jocelyn and you can find it on insidebrucrewlife.com

INGREDIENTS

8 Tablespoons butter
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon vanilla
1 cup Nutella spread
2 cups quick oats
3 cups sweetened shredded coconut

This recipe was really easy to make and you can freeze it until a later date or keep it in the fridge if you want to eat something sweet everyday. It is a little bit rich but that doesn’t matter if you only eat one or two at a time

Recipe rating 8/10

On the second day of Christmas – The Basic Cookie

December 2, 2016December 17, 20161 Comment

While I was not in the mood to wait 3 hours for dough to chill, I rather picked a simpler and easier dough- the basic cookie dough.

All you need is the ingredients below and 25 minutes of your time

INGREDIENTS

225g butter, softened
110g caster sugar
275g plain flour

Recipe is from Allrecipes.co.uk

This recipe was extremely easy and the cookies baked very fast. If you don’t watch them however they can burn easily. I really liked this recipe because it only requires 3 ingredients and it’s something you can whip up in a few minutes.

Recipe Rating 7/10

Basic Soda Bread

November 29, 2016December 1, 20164 Comments

Soda bread is a bread that you can make within minutes. You don’t have to wait for the yeast to activate and the dough to rise, because you’re not using yeast. Instead of yeast you will use baking soda. Soda bread tastes a little different than normal bread, its kind of like a big scone but its great with jams and soups.

Recipe – Paul Hallywood

INGREDIENTS

500g plain white flour, plus extra for dusting
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp salt
400ml buttermilk

Substitutes.

Buttermilk = 1 tablespoon lemon juice and 400ml Milk mixed together adn left for 5 minutes before adding to ingredients.

Directions

First you have to preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Mix all the dry ingredients and then add the buttermilk. Turn the dough over on a floured baking tray and form a ball. Then cut the dough into 4 quarters, but not all the way to the bottom. Dust with some flour and bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Place on a wire rack to cool.