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26/03/2022

Another quick and easy meal. Pasta with garlic prawns. Sweated some spring onion, green capsicum and mushrooms. Added the bought fresh garlic and parsley prawns and tossed them through the sweated veg with some added lemon juice. Tossed through Pasta and another squeeze of lemon juice and another sprinkle of fresh parsley. Delicious!

11/03/2022

Here's another quick meal. Home grown roma tomatoes, basil and oregano. Chop the tomatoes into bite size pieces. Add ripped basil and oregano and some chopped spring onion. Put it in a bowl and marinade in olive oil. Add any kind of cheese you like, give it a toss and let it sit while you cook some pasta. Toss hot pasta through bowl of goodies and away you go. If you are having special guests around you can wow them with this meal by using brie or any creamy cheese such as goats cheese or even blue cheese. Its so easy to prepare as you only have to cook the pasta. If you are vegan you could use soft vegan cheese and vegan pasta.

11/03/2022

Home grown eggplant, lemon and bay leaf kebabs. Delicious. Just marinade the diced lemons and eggplant in garlic oil and whatever spice you like eg cumin, smoked paprika. Arrange them on water soaked skewers with bay leaves in between and grill them or cook them on the bbq. This meal was served on bed of pilaf rice
The rice was warmed in garlic and rosemary oil with garlic and cumin and then cooked in water.Great for a quick and easy Friday night dinner. The bay leaves turn into crisps that can be eaten. They were yummy.

09/12/2021

Its like winter again today. Cold and raining. Time to make some soup. Leek and potato made with last nights leftover mushroom warm salad. Delicious!

08/12/2021

Quick warm salad with ingredients from fridge. Onion garlic lettuce beans broccoli and mushrooms with a mere suggestion of cream and mustard.

04/12/2021

Thankyou to all of you who have liked this page and follow it. We have been missing in action for a while due to everyday life circumstances for quite a while but are grateful for your support. Will be back soon. Xx Promise!

15/10/2021

Special end of week dinner. Linguine with prawns and lemon sauce. So delicious. Also has parmesan, garlic and basil.

30/09/2021

Home made ricotta cheese using lemon juice. Divine and creamy.

12/11/2020

08/11/2020

Do you like to make healthy meals and snacks for your family and friends? Are you tired of getting out a large piece of equipment just to make a quick meal? Do you wish you had an easier way to make a colourful garnish or a quick snack? Well, help is on its way.

12/10/2020

If you haven't spoiled yourself with a Julienne Peeler yet, click on the Learn More button above and join us in the world of pickled vegetables.

12/10/2020

Hi there, here we have been missing in action here at Homepassionlife but back now. How's your pickled vegetable journey going? Tonight we just needed something quick and healthy which was leftover spinach and mushroom quiche with salad and pickled veg. Horror! The pickled veg supply was almost finished. One thing we have discovered here is that you can reuse the pickling liquid. When the jar is empty of veg just quickly use your Julienne peeler to make some more and put them in the jar of pickling liquid. It's like an old wine just gets better with age.

26/09/2020

Hmmm a comforting dessert. Tarte au Citron our favourite. Click on
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24/09/2020

Pickled vegetables. Good for you and taste great.

24/09/2020

Quote of the day:
A recipe has no soul. You as the cook must bring soul to the recipe. — Thomas Keller, renowned chef
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06/09/2020

So I needed to have a quick snack before tackling the gardening and came up with this idea on another way to use my pickled vegetables. Rice paper rolls.
Lay your rice paper on a board and spray it with cold water on both side. Let it sit for about two minutes to soften. Add some mixed salad leaves and some pickled vegetable noodles. Roll it up, slice it in half and dip it in some soy sauce. It will take you about five minutes to make this healthy snack. Enjoy!

29/08/2020

Looking for a special Sunday Brunch? Well, this is what I had for Saturday Breakfast. Goats cheese, Avocado, tomato basil and of course Pickled vegetables. I think I have found toastie nirvana.

27/08/2020

Ok. so now i'm obsessed by pickled vegetables. Wednesday morning had a bit of a late start and needed breakfast before I tackled numerous Zoom meetings. So here's what i did. Zizzed up the traditional toasted sandwich. This is a game breaker and will keep you going for hours.

Now I know you are waiting for the result.

Ham, Cheese and pickled vegetable Toastie. OMG. So good. Stay tuned to HomePassionLife for more ideas about getting the most out of your pickled vegetables.

24/08/2020

Pickled vegetables. HomePassionLife.com.au

22/08/2020

Dinner for One.
This was a quick and easy Friday night dinner.
Chicken and veg stir-fry. Here's a tip. When buying chicken from the supermarket buy it from the deli. Got three chicken thighs for under $4. excellent bargain. Used one in this meal and have two in the freezer.
1 chicken thigh - skin removed, chop meat from bone.
Julienne vegetables of carrot, zucchini and capsicum.
Zest garlic and ginger.
Half an onion chopped finely.
Chopped veg from the fridge that needs to be used.
Soy sauce.
Mixed seed and nut paste or tahini or peanut butter.

In a fry pan or wok add some oil. Toss onion, garlic ginger and spices like cumin, turmeric or smoked paprika. Whatever your preference is. Cook for a minute or two, you don't want the spices to burn. Add chicken and cook for two minutes. If you have included veg like or beans etc., put them in at the same time as the chicken . Add soy sauce, tahini etc and Julienne vegetables. Toss for a few minutes until all is ready to go. I like rice noodles with stir-fry but you can serve it with rice or just have it as is. If you are vegetarian, leave out the chicken or maybe add some haloumi or tofu. whatever, enjoy.

22/08/2020

Cold, windy rainy day so I decided to rearrange the pantry cupboard. One job leads to another. Empty jars need to be used so decided to make some pickled vegetables. Julienned some carrots, zucchini and capsicum,. Doesn't take long and hey presto pickled vegetables that can be used after an hour or so but better after a few days.
Use your julienne peeler to make zucchini, carrot and red and green capsicum slices.
This is what I do for pickling;
1 cup Vinegar
1 tbls sugar per 1 cup of vinegar
1 cup of water
1 teaspoon salt
Pickling spices; fennel, white peppercorns, black peppercorns, bay leaves etc whatever you have or you can just buy pickling spices from the supermarket.

If you want to make several jars of pickled vegetables just double or triple the ingredients above .

Heat vinegar, salt, sugar and pickle spices on low heat in pan. Stir it until sugar has dissolved. Take off heat and add cold water. This lowers the heat of the pickling juice. I sterilise my jars with boiling water for just a few minutes. When jars have cooled, lightly pack veges into jar. Don't want to have them too tightly packed as you need the pickling juice to be able to cover all the contents of the jar. Then pour the pickling juice over the veg. Put the lid on give them a bit of a shake and a roll to make sure all veg are soaking up the pickling juice. And there you go. Pop them in the fridge overnight is best, and fresh pickled vegetables to use in meals, sandwiches, , salads or just as a side dish or with cheese and biscuits. Having a plain green salad, add your home pickled vegetables for the wow factor. Oh well, back to reorganising the pantry now.
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20/04/2020

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01/04/2020

Because it's Hump day 💞

27/03/2020

So sweet!

Social isolation doesn't apply to us so we can hug and hug and hug. Ner ner. ;-)