Gina’s Weight Watcher Recipes Servings: 8 • Serving Size: 1 stuffed breast • Old Points: 4 pts • Points+: 5 pts Calories: 194.7 • Fat: 7 g • Protein: 24.2 g • Carb: 7.2 g • Fiber: 1.5 g Ingredients: 8 thin chicken cutlets, 3 oz each 1/2 cup whole wheat ItalianContinue reading “Chicken Rollatini with Spinach alla Parmigiana”
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Topdeck Pudding
This dessert is a combination of two of South Africa’s most popular puddings – milk tart and malva pudding. It consists of a moist malva pudding base with a creamy milk tart topping. It is to die for!
Chocolate Babka aka Zebra Bread
Chocolate Babka is made from sweet dough, a versatile dough that can be used to make a variety of sweet treats like Here are a few: Bee-sting Pastries, Home-made Doughnuts, Hungarian Bubble Loaf, Panettone, German Stollen, Yugoslavian Nut Roll, Chocolate Babka, etc. Sweet dough is an enriched dough which means it has ingredients like eggs,Continue reading “Chocolate Babka aka Zebra Bread”
Coq Au Vin (French Chicken Stew)
Coq au vin is one of the most well known and popular French chicken dishes. It consists of chicken braised with wine, bacon and mushrooms. Although red wine is typically used, white wine can also be used to make Coq Au Vin Blanc. It can be prepared a day or more before serving, which willContinue reading “Coq Au Vin (French Chicken Stew)”
Mussels in White Wine Sauce
Serve this flavourful soup with lots of crusty bread to mop up the sauce.
Prawn Stuffed Calamari Tubes With Rosé Sauce
A recipe that will certainly win compliments – if not prizes! Serve as a starter with crispy bread and salad or as a main meal with rice and lightly cooked vegetables. Note: Select large calamari tubes for a quick and neat to make dish!
Irish Coffee Dessert
Traditional Irish coffee is a cocktail consisting of hot coffee, Irish whiskey, and sugar, stirred, and topped with thick cream. The coffee is drunk through the cream. This variation has similar ingredients, but it is in the form of a set dessert. Definitely worth a try! The popular alcoholic drink, Irish Coffee, was created inContinue reading “Irish Coffee Dessert”
Lamb Biryani
The word ‘biryani’ is derived from a Persian word, birian, which means fried before cooking. When making biryani, meat and/or vegetables and rice are cooked separately before being layered and cooked together.
Buttermilk & Herb Lamb Roast
Anyone who is hesitate about marinating meat is bound to become an enthusiast after tasting the results of this recipe. For maximum flavour and melting tenderness, marinet the leg in the fridge for at least 12 or for up to 48 hours.
Orange Recipes
Got oranges? With the abundance of oranges at the moment, it would be a crime not to make the best of this flavourful citrus fruit while it is in season. An orange is such a versatile ingredient: it can be eaten as-is, squeezed for juice or zested. It can be used to flavour marinades, spiceContinue reading “Orange Recipes”
Dark Chocolate & Orange Mousse
This decadent chocolate mousse is quick and easy to whip up. You only need three ingredients!
Olive Oil & Orange Ice Cream
Olive oil is not exactly an ingredient that one usually finds in ice cream, but this recipe is definitely worth a try! You can taste the olive oil without it being overpowering and it is complimented very well with the flavour of the orange. This ice cream is neither too rich or too sweet.
Chocolate Soufflé With Grand Marnier Orange Sauce
The combination of chocolate and orange is truely magical. It is a classic flavour combination, used and enjoyed in a variety of recipes by foodies across the world. In this souffle recipe, quality dark chocolate is combined with orange flavours to take it to a whole new level. According to Lindt Maître Chocolatier Thomas Schnetzler,Continue reading “Chocolate Soufflé With Grand Marnier Orange Sauce”
Duck Breast With Orange Sauce
If you crave Duck à l’Orange, but you don’t feel up to roasting a whole duck, try this version with pan-fried duck breasts instead. Be sure to try my recipe for Duck à l’Orange as well!
Duck à l’Orange
Duck à l’orange, aka Canard a la Bigarade, is a classic French dish consisting of whole roasted duck with orange sauce. It is probably one of the most well known of all the duck dishes. It is said that it was the American chef, Julia Child, who made Duck à l’Orange famous with her popular recipeContinue reading “Duck à l’Orange”
Orange Sorbet
Sorbet is a frozen desert made from sweetened water flavored by fruit, wine or liquor, frozen into ice and the scraped so that small ice shards. Although sorbet is usually served as a palate cleanser between courses, it can also be eaten as a dessert. Although many people think that sorbet and sherbet is the sameContinue reading “Orange Sorbet”
Baked Ricotta Cheesecake
This citrussy cake is not only crustless, it is also flourless! It is also quick and easy to make.
Peppermint Crisp Tart
This popular South African dessert is to die for! You only need four ingredients, so make it today!
Home-made Hot Cross Buns
Easter won’t be Easter without Hot Cross Buns. I decided to bake the buns in these cute square foil containers for a different look. This version has a combination of raisins and chocolate chips and less spiced than usual (by special request from my kids).
Chicken Liver Pâté With Bacon & Port
Pâté is a mixture of cooked ground meat and fat minced into a spreadable paste. Common additions include vegetables, herbs, spices, and either wine, brandy or cognac. Pâté can be served either hot or cold with crackers or crudité. It can be served as an appetizer at a dinner party, or as a light lunch. It takes lessContinue reading “Chicken Liver Pâté With Bacon & Port”