DELICIOUS BAKED MAC AND CHEESE

delicious mac and cheese

Hey guys,

I hope you had a fabulous weekend. My weekend was full of spring cleaning, cooking and lots of playing with my son which is practically what happens every other weekend. My son really loves pasta and anything you can throw into pasta he will be up for it. I decided to make mac and cheese because his milk allergy has started going away and I was excited that he can at least start eating some cheese and desserts which he missed out on when he was younger. If you missed my Gousto trial, do find it here. This is my delicious baked mac and cheese recipe and I hope you love it as much as we did.

delicious baked mac and cheese

INGREDIENTS

  • 250gms Macaroni pasta
  • 175gms Pancetta
  • 4 Spring onions
  • 100gms Grated Cheddar cheese
  • 50gms Stilton cheese
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • 1 Tablespoon of Butter
  • 2½ Tablespoons of flour
  • 2 cups of Milk
  • 50gms breadcrumbs
  • Nutmeg
  • Paprika
  • Mustard powder
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MY THREE DAY GOUSTO TRIAL

my three day gousto trial

Hi everyone, I hope you’re having a lovely week. Last week, I got a chance to try out Gousto and wanted to come here and tell you my thoughts on it. To be honest, I didn’t know what I would expect since I had never tried any service like Gousto before, and only hoped for the best and believe me, I was impressed. This is my three day Gousto trial, before I continue let me first tell you what it is.

my three day gousto trial

Gousto is a service that offers recipe kit boxes which include fresh ingredients and step-by-step chef-designed recipes. It’s not only mega convenient but it delivers straight to your door-step. Their mission is to enable you to

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KICKING IT SHISH KEBAB STYLE

kicking it shish kebab style

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Yes people I am totally kicking it shish kebab style and love the outcome. This week I wanted to experiment a bit more and move away from my cliché meals of pasta and rice. To be honest, this was totally accidental because I wanted to make meatballs but since meatballs go with pasta, I didn’t want to even go there and just before I forget, go here to check out my best pasta sauce. So my direction changed and I ended up with these bad boys. If you would like to introduce something new to your menu, here is how you can make them.

Disclaimer: I am not a professional in making shish kebabs, in fact I didn’t use skewers because I forgot that I didn’t get any on my last shopping trip and lastly, I was really aiming for them to look like Croatian çevapis hence the shape. Now let’s go ahead and show you what you need.

kicking it shish kebab style

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MY EASY PIZZA DOUGH RECIPE

my easy pizza dough recipe

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I am coming here today with another recipe, hoping you checked out my other ones and got to try them. This one is a really simple one and if you love pizza as much as I do then making it just got even easier. This is my easy pizza dough recipe.

my easy pizza dough recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 sachet of dried yeast
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  •  1/2 teaspoon salt
  •  1/4 teaspoon sugar
  • 3/4 cup Lukewarm water
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MY TASTY ROASTED CHICKEN RECIPE

my tasty roasted chicken recipe

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I hope everyone is having a great start of the week, as for my post today it’s all about chicken. Who doesn’t love a good chicken roast? I know I do. When I used to make roasted chicken, it used to have a mind of its own and either overcook or just turn out wrong but after multiple tries, I finally found my way of making the tastiest chicken and the best part is, the oven does all the work for you. This is my tasty roasted chicken recipe.

my tasty roasted chicken recipe

Ingredients

  • A whole chicken
  • 2 lemons
  • Fresh rosemary
  • Garlic
  • 1 tablespoons of softened butter
  • Salt
  • Black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon of tandoori powder/curry powder
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DAIRY FREE ZUCCHINI VANILLA CUPCAKE RECIPE

dairy free zucchini vanilla cupcake recipe

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I hope your week is going on just fine. This week I decided to revisit a recipe I used to make but then kind of neglected it for a while. As I had said before in my other post here, my son is allergic to milk and we thought it would have disappeared once he turned 2 then three and now he is almost four but clearly it’s just chilling on the side lines saying “Am still here” and will not disappear anytime soon. I found this recipe that my son loves from the cook yourself thin book and just in case I forgot to mention, it’s not only dairy free but fat free too. So if you need a low calorie treat, then this recipe is for you. This is a dairy free zucchini vanilla cupcake recipe. (Updated pictures)

DAIRY FREE ZUCCHINI VANILLA CUPCAKE RECIPE

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THE BEST PASTA SAUCE RECIPE

THE BEST PASTA SAUCE RECIPE

So, who doesn’t love pasta?

Hi guys,  I am so excited to be able to share with you this recipe. I have been making this pasta sauce for quite some time now and after lots of tweaking, it’s a keeper. The best part of this recipe is that I use an array of spices which makes it rich and tasty and you can use it in so many other dishes, lasagna, sloppy joes, chilli and it’s also good to freeze. I call it the best pasta sauce because once you taste it, you will definitely agree with me. So let’s get started, this is the best pasta sauce recipe.

The best pasta sauce recipe

 

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SIMPLE PORK STIR-FRY RECIPE

simple pork stir fry recipe

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I hope you all had a lovely weekend and got to plan for your week ahead. As for me, It was yet another trip to the grocery store and finally got to change my menu, which I normally do after two weeks or switch up some meals once they have become too much for my picky little eater. My son loves noodles and I mean really loves them and so every week, it has to be on the menu and it’s the only meal that never changes.

I usually change the meat we eat it with once in a while but so long as it’s noodles, my little boy is happy. My husband is more of the seafood and no sweet sauces type of man, and when I make my son’s meal, I change few things when finalising the meal to make it a bit different. So today was pork stir-fry which really went well and it’s very simple, so if you need to whip up a fast stir-fry meal, then this recipe is for you. Here is my simple pork stir-fry recipe.

simple pork stir-fry recipe

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MY BEEF PILAU RECIPE

MY BEEF PILAU RECIPE

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Pilau is what is on my mind today, I love pilau and always brings back great memories. I try to put it on my menu all the time until my family starts asking for something different then I know it’s time to give it a break. Known for being an Indian or Middle Eastern dish, I got to try my first pilau when I was younger and I’m guessing that was the Kenyan version which I learnt to make and still do the same way I saw back then. I used beef instead of chicken in my pilau but it can also be made into a veggie version. For my beef pilau recipe, you will need;

MY BEEF PILAU RECIPE

my beef pilau recipe
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CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA RECIPE

chicken tikka masala recipe

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This week I forgot to specify what kind of meal I was going to cook since my menu only said a rice dish, this is due to my son being a picky eater and loving one thing today and hating it the next day, very normal by the way. So the only meat I had was chicken and decided to make chicken tikka masala. This was sort of me trying out Lorraine Pascale’s recipe minus the spring onions because I had none so I went ahead and just used white onions instead and still had a great result.To make this meal the way I did, you will need,

chicken tikka masala recipe

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