Author Archives: Dean Brennan

Healthy chocolate milkshake yes their is such thing. made with just 5 ingredients. You won’t believe the secret ingredient that makes it so creamy. INGREDIENTS 1 large sweet potato, peeled and diced (about 2 cups) – steamed and frozen 2 tablespoons cacao powder 2 tablespoons mini chocolate chips 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup 1 1/4Continue reading “Healthy Chocolate Milkshake 😲”

It kid you not this takes 15 minutes to make so no excuses not to try. We are also introducing 2 new ingredients in this recipe for those who aren’t familiar. Tahini is the base of hummus and Seasame oil is one of my personal favourite ingredients. Ingredients For the dressing 3 tbsp Tahini 1 1/2 tbsp Peanut ButterContinue reading “Noddle Salad with Peanut and Sesame dressing”

This is nothing fancy its simple easy cooking excuse the pun, its excellent to get the kids involved and plus it is a crowd pleaser in our house because it involves pastry. The only tricky bit is the roux or in a fancier French cooking terms a Bechamel which is basically butter, flour, and milk.Continue reading “Chicken and Mushroom Pot Pie”

We are twisting this Italian classic. Every restaurant I went to i Rome without fail would have a tomato and mozzarella plate for starters,and the way the Italians do their business in terms of fresh products. I was in one restaurant where I saw them being delivered and 5 minutes they where on my plateContinue reading “Tomato, Avocado and Mozzarella salad with Balsamic Dressing.”

A quick and easy way to start the day. You can any coffee and any milk you prefer. Ingredients 1 cup cold brewed coffee 1/4 cup rolled oats 1 banana 1/2 cup milk 1 scoop vanilla yogurt 1/2 tablespoon cocoa powder 1 pinch cinnamon Instructions Put all the ingredients in a high-speed blender and blend under desired consistency. Enjoy immediately

Traditionally, a mille-feuille of course comes from France. Now a popular pastry all over the world. We have plenty of requests to do these so here we go. Please keep in kind it’s a french pastry so we need to be percise on our mesurements. Hope you try these. Ingredients 250g-300g ready-to-roll puff pastry250ml cream1-2tbsp icingContinue reading “Coffee Slices”

While we are on the subject of grilling it wont get any easier than this. You can do the I’m the oven on a BBQ or on a grill pan your choice. Best of all they are a healthy snack or dinner. Ingredients 3 x 120g skinless chicken breasts 2 red onions 3 medium-sized beetrootContinue reading “Beetroot, Tumeric and Chicken kebabs”

This is quick and simple, great for putting on the BBQ or you can do it in oven also. For this recipe I just used a simple grill pan. The buttermilk breaks down the muscles in the chicken and softens the chicken so when it cooks it just melts in your mouth. Ingredients 4 ChickenContinue reading “Buttermilk Grilled Chicken”

How do you pronounce that you ask? You don’t need to worry about that however it’s a must try. Which leads me to today’s final dish I empty my fridge at the end of my shopping week with not a lot going to waste. shakshuka comes from Israel and it basically eggs poached in tomatoes,Continue reading “Shakshouka”

All in Spinach Salad with a Lemon and Garlic Dressing.Recipe number 2 for todays theme is really an all in salad I looked in my fridge and I took out what goes into a salad and put it all together with a very simple dressing, That’s the great thing about salads they can be anythingContinue reading “All in Spinach Salad with lemon and garlic dressing.”