Manxgirl living and crafting down under.
Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Mid Month Check in.
Friday, 10 January 2025
My First Recipe for 2025.
I feel like I'm bringing zucchini in from the garden almost every day at the moment and I have found a lot of ways to use them. They are great in salads, I have a spiral cutter and make zoodles to add to salads or serve with stir fry. One recipe that gets the tick of approval from both Tony and myself is is...
Keto Chocolate Zucchini Bread.
Thursday, 9 January 2025
Welcome to 2025.
I've had very little time to stitch or craft so far this year, we are nine days in and I only had two days off work. I didn't get to do any stitching or sewing on those days as one was Tony's birthday, we had a houseful for people to entertain, but first a lot of preparations. Then the following day we had the tidy up and took down all of the Christmas decorations.
There has been work in the gardens and green houses to keep me busy also. I feel like I am picking a courgette/zucchini every day and we are eating just as many. Though I did manage to give one away yesterday. LOL I discovered a new to me recipe for using them up too. More about that in another post.
It hasn't all been work, parties and gardens though. I did manage to make time to prepare for my Chookshed #6 project and everything I need to make a start on my Secret ornaments is nestled in to a project box and is sat here by my arm chair. And yesterday before an extra shift at work I played in my room for a while. I was supposed to be having a tidy up, but found myself adding to a list of things to make and do. Which led to me investigating a wee tin that held a collection of left overs. And a squirrel was born but some scraps were used.
Tuesday, 31 December 2024
My last new recipe for 2024...
Baked Zucchini 'Mac' and Cheese.
2 large zucchini spiralised or grated.
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
1/2 cup heavy cream
115 g butter
1 cup grated Mozzerella
125 g cream cheese
2 cloves garlic crushed
1 teaspoon mustard
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup grated parmesan.
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Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F
Place the zucchini in a colander over a bowl and sprinkle with salt.
Melt the butter and cream cheese in a large pan over a medium heat, add the cream. and stir together.
Add the cheddar cheese and mozzarella, garlic, mustard and salt and pepper. Stir well until the sauce is smooth.
Squeeze the water out of the zucchini with paper towels or a clean tea towel and stir them gently in to the sauce.
Pour the whole lot in to a greased baking dish, sprinkle over the parmesan and bake for 20 mins until the top is golden.
Notes
We found this very greasy, in future we would half or even omit the butter.
I have used a very similar cheese sauce recipe (No butter) over cauli and broccoli.
Sometimes I add mixed herbs or diced crispy bacon, or left over sausage.
Yum!