Dye your hard boiled eggs.

Any food that will stain your clothes will probably make a good dye for eggs. 
With that in mind, we ransacked our cupboard, spice cabinet and 
fridge for stain-worthy dyes. 
Here's what we pulled out:
  • turmeric (also used in the Food Network Magazine feature)
  • blueberries (ditto)
  • pomegranate juice
  • instant espresso powder
  • Sriracha
  • canned beets
  • sherry vinegar
  • cherry and sour-apple Dum-Dum lollipops. (Full disclosure and to clear our names: We grabbed these at the grocery store expressly for this experiment. Dum-Dums are not a pantry staple at our house.)
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Mandarin Chicken Salad with a Sweet and Sour Vinaigrette


Dressing
1 Tbsp. Rice vinegar
Juice from 1 lime
½ Tsp. Tamarind pulp
¼ Tsp. Sriracha sauce
1 Tsp. Sesame oil
1 Tbsp. Soy sauce
½ Tsp. Dark brown sugar
1 garlic clove, minced
¼ Tsp. red pepper flakes
1 Tsp. Freshly grated ginger

Salad
1 Boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into bite size pieces
1 Tbsp. Sweet Chilli Thai Sauce
1 Tsp. sesame oil
1 cup lettuce
¼ cup edamame beans, cooked and shelled
½ Red bell pepper, cut into thin strips
1 Medium carrot, cut into matchsticks
¼ cup snow peas
2 mandarins
1 Tsp. Cilantro
1 green onion, diced
1 Tbsp. ground peanuts
1 Tsp. sesame seeds

In a small bowl whisk together all ingredients for the dressing. Set aside.
In a small bowl combine diced chicken with sweet chilli Thai sauce. 
Over medium high heat pour sesame oil into a medium frying pan and 
sauté chicken until tender; about 5 minutes. Set aside.
In a large salad bowl combine lettuce, edamame, bell peppers, 
carrots, snow peas, and mandarins with reserved salad dressing.
Divide salad between two bowls and top with cilantro, green onions,
reserved chicken, ground peanuts and sesame seeds. 
Enjoy! 

...xxx...
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Peanut Butter with melted dark chocolate !



6 ounces lightly salted peanuts
2 tablespoons oil (peanut, canola, vegetable)
4 ounces dark chocolate chips, melted

Pour peanuts into a food processor. Process nuts 5-7 minutes, adding oil 1/2 tablespoon at a time until smooth (more or less oil may be needed). Add melted chocolate and process until fully incorporated.
Yields: 1 pint (serving size: 2 tablespoons)

Nutrition Facts
Amount per serving
Calories 210Calories from fat 160
% Daily Value
Total Fat 17.8g27%
Saturated Fat 3.4g17%
Cholesterol 0mg0%
Sodium 96mg4%
Total Carbs 9.8g3%
Dietary Fiber 2.0g8%
Sugars 4.8g
Protein 7.6g
Vitamin A 0%Vitamin C 6%
Calcium 4%Iron 19%   
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How to chop an onion.

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Aubergine & Feta Bruschetta drizzled with Balsamic Vinegar...


                                 Aubergine & Feta Bruschetta drizzled with Balsamic Vinegar

This recipe was my own take on
the good old Bruschetta and to
be honest, it came out pretty good !!

What you will need:

- 1 loaf of Muesli Bread
- 1 Large Aubergine, Brinjal or eggplant
(whatever you may call it)
- Feta (your choice, I chose the black pepper feta)
- Fresh wild rocket
- 1 garlic clove
- Olive Oil to drizzle
- Balsamic Vinegar to drizzle
Step 1:

- Cut the loaf of bread at an angle, to achieve
slices tah are approx. 2-3 cm thick

- Toast the bread (the muesli bread
I used toasted really quickly-so I ended
up throwing away half the loaf because it was burnt)

Step 2:


- Cut the aubergine into cubes
and fry them up, in a hot pan
with a smiggen of olive oil.

Step 3:

- When the bread is toasted, take your garlic
clove and brush over the bread as though
you were spreading butter.

- Place your rocket leaves on top of the bread.

- Stack you cooked and softened aubergines on the bed
of rocket, top with crumbed feta.

- Drizzle a tiny amount of olive oil over the Bruschettas
and finish with a splash of balsamic vinegar...

en voile....

can be served as a snack, starter or canape at a dinner party




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Sorbet of Basil and sweet mango...so easy and so divine !


What You will need:


- 4 Big, ripe mangoes
-  Half a cup of basil syprup (method shown below)
- 4 tbsp lemon zest
- Pinch of salt

To make 1 cup or 250ml of BASIL SYRUP:
- 1 cup of white sugar
- 1 cup of water
- 1/4 packed basil leaves, finely chopped

Bring sugar and water to a boil in a saucepan, then add
the chopped basil leaves and let it simmer for 5 minutes.

Then pour this mixture into acup and place in the fridge
until it is cool.
Dont worry about the floating
basil leaves, do not drain these !

For the SORBET:

Step 1:

- Chill your sorbet container in the freezer before use.
- Dice up the ripe mango into small squares

Step 2:

- Make the basil syrup.
You will only need half of the
basil syrup you made.

Step 3:

- Combine all your ingredients except the zest and
blend until smooth. If you
want the sorbet to be sweeter-add more basil syrup !

Step 4:

- Stir the lemon zest into the blended mixture.

Step 5:

- Pour mixture into your chilled container and
pop in the freezer.

- Stir 5-6 times every hour. **NB

- Allow to freeze overnight or minimum 6 hours
until the sorbet is firm- although the sorbet will be soft.

Enjoy
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Condensed milk/ caramel ICE CREAM.........................YUM ! !


Condensed milk/ caramel ICE CREAM.........................YUM ! !

380 ml Condensed Milk (boil for 1-2 hrs)
2 cups full cream milk
1 cup cream
1/8 vanilla extract
1/2 bar dark chocolate

Step 1:

- Boil the condensed milk for one or two hours
This will allow the condensed milk
to lose water and start
to turn to caramel.

Step 2:

- Bring the milk and cream to
a boil over medium heat. As it starts to boil
remove from heat and
whisk in the vanilla
and the condensed milk.

Step 3:

- Place a metal bowl over
ice to quick chill.

- Stir continuously

Step 4:

- Put in the freezer
and stir as often as possible.
(This is of course, if you dont have a ice cream maker)

Your delicious ice cream should be ready in a
couple hours- it just needs to freeze now....

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