Families Leeds Magazine: Featuring My Childrens Party Food Recipe (GF)
Families Leeds magazine approached me to create a recipe that would coincide with Coeliac Awareness Week which runs this year from 9th-15th May. As the name suggests, this magazine is an essential guide to family life, what's on for kids and fun days out in Leeds packed with local features covering a wide range of parental concerns and interests, what’s on listings, plus listings of local contacts.
The childrens recipe I decided to develop is ideal for parties or lunch boxes as ...
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Seared Steak with Pink Grapefruit Salad (GF)
Serves: 2
As pink grapefruit is still in season and coeliac awareness week is underway, 9th-15th May, I decided to make this light lunch using locally sourced sirloin steak and serve it with a zingy dressing. A refreshing alternative salad packed with plenty of punch and peppery flavours!
Ingredients:
½ bag watercress, trimmed
10 little gem lettuce leaves
170g / 6oz rump or sirloin steak, at least 1 inch thick, at room temperature
Dash sesame oil
1 pink grapefruit, remove skin ...
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Cauliflower and Ham Hock Soup (GF)
Serves: 4
As the weather continues to be variable, I am not quite ready to swap soups for spring salads, so if you love cauliflower cheese, then this gluten-free soup recipe is for you...it is my most favourite soup that I have made to date!
Ingredients:
250g / 9oz ham hock
1 small onion, finely sliced
50g / 2oz butter
½ leek, finely sliced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 cauliflower, roughly chopped
1 medium potato, cubed
1ltr / 35fl oz vegetable stock
1 teaspoon gluten-f...
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My Portuguese Inspired Burgers (GF)
Makes: 9 patties, (8cm-10cm)
Burgers are always a barbecue staple where ever you might be in the world, so I decided to make these Portuguese inspired burgers whilst visiting the south of Portugal. Using a local cheese known as 'Queijo Da Serra', this sheep's milk soft cheese is traditionally bound in cloth and created by artisanal producers. The second Portugeuse influence came from a good splash of Port. Piri-Piri sauce would also work well as an alternative.
Ingredients:
750g / ...
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Vibrant Vegetable Rice Rolls (GF)
Makes: 8 Rice Rolls
Delicious finger food crammed full of a wide variety of seasonal vegetables. Either eat them on their own or pair them with gluten-free soy sauce or sweet chilli dipping sauce. They are teaming with vegetables and make a refreshingly healthy change to the fried variety and have become a family favourite in our household!
Ingredients:
50g / 2oz iceberg lettuce, finely sliced
1 small carrot, peeled and grated
½ spring onion, finely sliced
5cm / 2” ...
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Sweet Potato, Chilli and Chorizo Soup (GF)
Makes: 6-8 Portions
This robust soup is packed with lots of flavour and a hint of chilli too and can be adapted to use butternut squash instead of sweet potato if you prefer. Stock up the freezer by distributing into individual containers, perfect for a meal in minutes over the next few chilly months!
Ingredients:
2 medium carrots, sliced
1 medium onion, diced
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 cloves of garlic, minced
1 red chilli, finely chopped
2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and ...
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