Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Tasty Tuesday

Man has it been a busy week or two (ten?!?) I've been living the busy life. So much so that I've been unable to blog about it! I have been making some scrummy food to share with you though. Two pretty good recipes today and one totally naught (Read: delicious) one.

Let's start with the naughty but delicious number. For my birthday I ate cake! And because I made this exception to have a treat I had to make the best cake ever, and I think I nailed it! I googled the phrase 'best chocolate cake ever' and this link from 'Add a pinch' was the first hit. Man it delivered. Yum! I even made it with relatively healthy ingredients (bar the TWO cups of sugar), substituting white flour for wholemeal and using coconut oil. Was very decadent.

Next, a sweet treat that you can eat pretty much every day based on it's low calorie count and with a good balanced diet it's a great snack. My husband LOVES these muffins.

And last but not least a super yummy lunch meal that is so super easy to make. My friends from university and I catch up every school holidays. We each bring a plate (or two) of food and have a wee korero. This slice is often bought by another friend and I just have to share the recipe because it is just that good. We love lunch cake!

Courgette Slice (Lunch cake!)
1T Olive oil
1 onion finely diced
2 rashers of bacon
5 cups of grated courgette (around 4 medium sized ones)
1/2 cup cheese (tasty is good)
3/4 cup self raising flour
4 eggs
1/2 cup plain oil
Salt and pepper to taste

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celcius and line a 25x17cm baking dish.

2. Heat the olive oil in a pan and saute the onion and bacon until the onions are golden and the bacon is crispy.

3. Squeeze any excess moisture from the courgettes.

4. In a large bowl combine the courgettes, cheese and flour.

5. In a separate bowl beat together the eggs , oil and seasoning.

6. Combine all 3 mixtures and mix together well.

7. Spoon into baking dish and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until golden and set. Set aside to cool for 10 minutes before cutting.

1 comment:

Elizabeth @ Bowl of Delicious! said...

Thanks so much for linking to my muffin recipe!