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Steak Night with Tefal Optigrill
Being part of the Tefal Innovation Panel means that i get to test and enjoy Tefal latest products.For me a bit of a fanatic when it comes to cooking and gadgets is like heaven on earth really. I love easy and fast cooking and with the Tefal Optigrill this is what you will get. With it’s 6 automatic programmes you can cook burgers, chicken,steak, fish or bacon so it can be easier then this don’t you think? However when it came to decide what to have my hubby choose a medium rare steak which was ready in minutes: Hubby was really impressed with how fast the steak was done ,…
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Fresh Week Challenge
I am very happy to tell you that i am one of the lucky bloggers chosen by Tefal to be one of their Innovation Panel. I am very excited because it is the first time i am part of such a project and because i know so well their products. I remember my mum making me eggs in the Tefal pan. Good memories. Now as being one of the innovaters i am commiting to giving up processed food for a week – 13th to 19th of May. I think it is a great idea and families around UK and world should join in too. Anybody can join really. All you…
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Pasta with chicken and broccoli
These days is quite hard to include vegetables in my daughters diet. She suddenly became a bit fussy when it comes to eating. But she loves pasta so a couple of days ago I came up with this recipe: Ingredients: – brown pasta boiled aldente- I used about 200 gr. of spiral one but you can use whichever pasta you like and enough for your family; – chicken breast cut in small pieces and cooked in a frying pan a I cooked until golden; -1 piece broccoli boiled and cut in small prices; – ham cut I small pieces as well; – cream cheese – I used Sainsbury’s own…
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Olive bread and giveaway
I’m not a baking expert at all but I love it all together. I do well when I bake things like muffins or cookies but when it comes to bread it another story. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong as I’m trying to follow the recipe. Anyway I will keep trying until I will get better at it! This week i have for you a bread recipe. I baked an olive bread following a recipe from Baking Mad website. This recipe is a Valentine’s day recipe anf of course it can be found under the Valentine’s Day category. I wish I was brave enough to try other recipes too…
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Wholegrain Goodness Challenge
I’m happy to let you all know that I’m taking part in the “Wholegrain Goodness Challenge” hosted by Mumsnet. Here is what the team at Wholegrain Goodness have to say about this challenge:”Most of us know it’s important to eat at least five portions of fruit and veg every day, but what many of us don’t know is that we should be eating more wholegrain to keep us healthy too. Nutritionists around the world encourage eating at least three servings of wholegrain a day. But despite the nutritional benefits, national surveys show that 95% of UK adults fail to reach three servings a day. In fact, on average, most of us…
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Dahl recipe
In a request to try and eat more healthy hubby and I decided to try and cook without meat as much as possible. This is why I cooked this Dahl. Ingredients: 1 cup red lentils 3 cups water 2 Tbsp oil 2 onions, chopped 2 cloves garlic 2 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp ground tumeric 2 tsp grated root ginger 1 tsp garam masala 1 tsp salt Cooking: So start by boiling the lentils in water until tender and mushy. In another pan heat oil and cook the onion, garlic, cumin seeds, ground tumeric and ginger. Fry until onion is tender. When the onion is soft, stir in garam masala…
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Italian chicken with nature potatoes
A couple of weeks ago i went out to Jamie’s Italian restaurant in Westfield with some of my fellow bloggers. While there I ate some chicken with olives and tomatoes and it was superb. Last week I was really keen to try and replicate the dish just by using my “head” and hint the actual ingredients. I could’ve just look for the recipe but I settled myself a challenge and opted not too. I have to say I was scared but in a way trusted my “cooking skills”and went for it! You can read below what I came out with! First I did call the recipe “Italian” but really…
