We only did three meals from this cookbook, so will probably return to it later on as well. Dave spent the week in Queensland, at the annual Microsoft Conference, so it was just me and the girls.
This is one of Pete Evans Paleo cookbooks. I used his base recipes, but did substitute some of his "Paleo" ingredients for their more carb infested equivalents.
So, here were some of the dishes we tried:
Beef and Broccoli Stir FryScore: 7
Comments - I substituted the kelp noodles for normal singapore noodles, and added some corn as well. I also left out the mushrooms as Jassy isn't a huge fan of cooked mushrroms.
Score: 8.25
Comments- I used hamburger buns instead of huge portabello mushrooms. Always nice to have a great burger with everything on it. We did add the pineapple which wasn't in his recipe. The burger patty was delicious included some mustard, chilli, parsley, oregano and hamalayan sea salt, so very tasty. It was a job to fit it in our mouths though!
Score: 6
Comments - we found it a little sweet, the recipe included kelp noodles which we once again substitutes for pad thai noodles instead. Would have liked it a little more saucier as well.
Overall Score for this cookbook: 7.08
We also had a BBQ on Sunday to catch up with friends. Amazingly these little babies were on special this week:
So I bought three punnets and made this Raspberry Ripple Semi-Freddo:
Highly recommend this recipe which was from Donna Hays "Seasons" cookbook - the summer section. I would probably give it a 10/10. Absolutely fabulous, and not very difficult to make!
I also tried one of Matt Preston's salads out of his "Cook Book" cookbook, it was a potato salad. Very tasty as well. The bacon is crisped up and maple syrup added to it to make it sticky. The corn kernels also give it a nice sweet flavour and texture.
See you next time!
Di :-)
