Festive Antipasto platter, easy plate for all those functions ! Includes a spicy carrot dip :)
This platter means you can nibble all night without breaking a sweat ! You could bother to chargrill all your vegetables, but it takes too much time for me, oven
One-pot Cacciatore with zucchini spaghetti, not a cauliflower in sight !
Amongst all the Xmas prep that is about to commence, this is a great little one pot quickie. Probably more a cross between a ratatouille and a cacciatore, doesn’t matter,
Vegetable Manchurian … Indo-Chinese heaven !
A bit of a spicy bend on the Opti Cook hash browns, uses same recipe but in balls with a spicy Indo-Chinese sauce. For all the Manchurian lovers out there,
Vietnamese noodle salad = fragrant, easy, tasty
Went back down to the “big smoke” yesterday and was reminded of the Vietnamese noodle salads I would get all the time. Here’s the Opti version, certainly not my creation
Green soup for Halloween ! Quick & easy creamy asparagus & spinach soup … so nutritious too !
This soup is super easy- a great combination of greens, a good way to get this most essential colour in our diet as well. So super low in cal and
Super quick & crispy veggie shards = chunky chips !
Easy peasy chips technique, I’ve done carrot and zucchini, could be used with others. They were great, give a go when you have the oven on for something else. The
Nachos ! The last of the flat bread recipes for a while … addictive is the word !
Not one for a mid week meal from scratch, definitely a weekend meal when you have time to go back and forth to the kitchen, to slowly cook and eat.
One pot coconut curry noodles … for when you ain’t got no time for ‘dat !
I ain’t got no time for ‘dat ! Done and dusted in 40 mins including 30 mins cooking time. A one pot wonder, no foffing or fussing around, just chuck it
Creamy asparagus, mushroom & broccoli crepes … Yum yum
Made of three parts, this is one for a lazy Sunday arvo to make it in one go, but well worth the effort. Veggies inside and sauce can be pre-cooked,
Spicing it up … Imam Bayildi (stuffed eggplant)
Felt like a bit of something spicy after a few “plainer” delights the past week or so. Called the poor man’s meat, more like a filling optifaster’s heaven ! Slow
