Things To Try Thursday – 21/04/12

I haven’t posted one of these in a long time, but I thought I’d bring back this little weekly feature where I point you in the direction of some delicious recipes on other blogs that I’ve been liking the look of! If you see any recipes that you think should be part of my “Things To Try Thursday” please let me know.

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♠  Well if you insist, I suppose I would have these: Hot Cross Pancakes

♠ This Wholemeal Chocolate Blueberry Cake sounds super delicious and super interesting (who would have thought you can put Balsamic Vinegar in a cake?)

♠ I’m totally down for a: Intensely Chocolatey Sables

♠ Cake for Breakfast? I’m totally down: Cranberry Buttermilk Breakfast Cake

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♠ Don’t you just love Sweet Potatoes? And Burgers? And Roasted Garlic? And Avocado? You’re welcome: Smoky Sweet Potato Burgers with Roasted Garlic Cream and Avocado

♠ Same blog, another delicious sounding burger: Easy Double Bean Burgers with Avocado Basil Cream

♠ I’ve actually tried these, you should too, they’re divine: Spinach and Artichoke Stuffed Shells

♠ Nom Nom Nom: Pasta and White Beans with Garlic-Rosemary Oil

♠ How elegant: Cauliflower-Feta Fritters with Pomegranate

♠ Also very elegant, would be beautiful at a dinner party: Stuffed Mushrooms Green Bean Casserole Style

♠ Talking about dinner partys, if you’re having one, you should also serve these: Grilled Zucchini with Parmesan Pesto

Things to Try Thursday, 5th of January 2012

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1. Fruit has fruit sugar in it, which means that roasting will lead to caramelization, i.e. goodness: Roasted Banana Muffins

2. Always up for a cheeky cheesecake. Again especially when it involves caramel: Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars

3. Fleur de Sel can be more than interesting as well! Dark Chocolate Shortbread with Fleur de Sel

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1. Since it’s the new year, and we’re all trying to shift that weight we gained from the christmas holidays… Why not do it in such a delicious way: All Green Grilled Zucchini Tacos

2. Staying on the healthy track: Spinach, Feta and Blood Orange Salad

3. Pretty standard: Black Bean and Quinoa Burger

4. I love the idea of having little salsas and dips around to make every dish this little bit more interesting. This shall be one of them in the near future: Spicy Lemon Date Spread

5. Not so healthy but HELLOOOOO! Olive and Goat Cheese Turnovers (I’d probably replace goat cheese with feta cheese though)

6. These just look too pretty and delightful to be a thing. But I think they might be. Bite-sized baked brie

 

RECIPE: Smoothie with Mango and Spinach

I don’t think I could ever do it, but I once was quite into the whole raw food thing, so I looked at some recipes. A lot of them looked nice, but since previously mentioned Mr Tomato sauce has a nut allergy, I couldn’t try a lot of things so far, because obviously a lot of them have some sort of nut or almond in. This one I tried during exams, because of how healthy it sounded. I was surprised to find that it actually tasted really really good. I don’t really know how to describe the taste, so you should probably just try it! Trust me, the spinach really mainly adds to the health aspect, it doesn’t make it taste savoury at all.

(The recipe didn’t mention the oats, but as I said before, I have sort of been conditioned into putting oats into everything, yes you know who you are)

1) Liquidize 1 ripe Mango and 2 handfuls of fresh (baby) spinach with 1 small glass of water.

2) Add 1-2 tablespoons of (porridge) oats, a little bit of honey and the juice of one lemon.

3) Let cool in the fridge for at least 1 hour