Recipes: Quick and Easy Dinners

Pantry Meals: Meals to make with Kidney Beans

Comments 0 March 19, 2014 Get Organized
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I regularly keep kidney beans in the pantry because they are so versatile. Kidney beans are thought to have originated in Peru thousands of years ago and are called ”kidney” beans because of their shape! Kidney beans are used all over the world in a range of sweet and savoury dishes. I’m sharing a few […]

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What’s for dinner: Leftover Chicken

Comments 0 March 12, 2014 Get Organized

This month I popped in to visit ABC 612 Brisbane’s Tim Cox for a chat on what to do to Revamp your leftover chicken.  Why you may ask?  Well did you know chicken is one of the most commonly eaten meats in Australia – ahead of beef, pork and lamb?  Chances are you’ve got some chicken […]

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Meal Planning: What’s for Dinner on Meatless Monday in March

Comments 0 March 3, 2014 Meal Planning

Regardless of when you plan, on the first Monday of every month I’ll be sharing what’s in season as well as a few recipes to help get you inspired to add a Meatless Monday into your life every week! One thing that I always recommend is to have vegetarian meals at least once a week […]

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Pizza bases: Home Made ideas to make

Comments 0 February 19, 2014 Recipes: Quick and Easy Dinners

I love pizza.  I grew up eating it as a yummy healthy meal because it was either made from scratch or the toppings were all made from scratch.  In this post I wanted to share a variety of options with you – including Gluten Free and Gluten and Grain Free too! These are only just […]

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Zucchini Pasta with Salsa Verde

Comments 0 February 12, 2014 Recipes: Quick and Easy Dinners

This recipe is a great example of when you’re too busy to cook and you have only a few ingredients you can create something amazing!  Plus as an added bonus it is gluten free, grain free, can be made paleo and dairy free too!  It is SO versatile!!! The only equipment you need to make […]

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Meal Planning: What’s for Dinner on Meatless Monday in February

Comments 0 February 3, 2014 Meal Planning

Regardless of when you plan, on the first Monday of every month I’ll be sharing what’s in season as well as a few recipes to help get you inspired to add a Meatless Monday into your life every week! One thing that I always recommend is to have vegetarian meals at least once a week […]

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Meal Planning: What’s for Dinner on Meatless Mondays in January

Comments 0 January 6, 2014 Meal Planning

One thing that I always recommend is to have vegetarian meals at least once a week to make sure you’re getting in loads of antioxidants and fibre to keep you regular! Depending on your Meal Planning Personality you’ll plan your meals at different times – either a month or a week in advance or on […]

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Chicken and Cheese Open Pie

Comments 0 January 2, 2014 Recipes: Quick and Easy Dinners
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This Chicken and Cheese Open Pie is a super easy recipe and a great example of the Revamps philosophy – using leftover chicken. When you Revamp your leftovers, you need to look at varying one or more of the Revamp principles.  In this example we varied:  texture (cooking the chopped/ shredded chicken in an egg […]

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Failsafe Pasta Sauce

Comments 0 December 11, 2013 Recipes: Quick and Easy Dinners
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I’m so excited to share this wonderful creation – my Red Lentil and Beetroot Pasta Sauce! As is always the way – this recipe was inspired by my favourite Sri Lankan Red Lentil curry and Cooking 4 K’s Tomatoless Spaghetti Bolognese (click here).  I took principles from both and made sure they were suitable for […]

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Multi-tasking Meals: Get your dinner working FOR YOU!

Comments 1 October 16, 2013 Get Organized

Are you always battling against the clock when it comes to meal time?  The only time I approve of multi-tasking is when you’re cooking!  This is because research shows multi-tasking isn’t actually effective – it wastes even more time! Cooking is a different story! Get the dinner to multi-task – not you! When you can […]

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