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Avocado and sliced tomato toast

Serves: 2

1 avocado

4 slices of bread of choice

2 small tomatoes

Pinch of salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Toast bread in toaster for 1 - 2 minutes each side or until golden brown.

2. Slice avocado and tomato into thin slices.

3. When bread has been toasted evenly place avocado slices on one side and spread out using a fork, then evenly place tomato on top of avocado.

4. Add a pinch of salt and pepper, then serve immediately.

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Chicken and salad wraps (toasted)

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

2 chicken breasts

4 tortilla wraps

1 teaspoon minced garlic

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Pinch of salt and pepper

1/2 teaspoon chopped basil

3 cups shredded lettuce

1 cup diced tomato

1 cup diced tomato

1/2 cup shredded baby spinach

1 avocado

1 cup grated cheese

Sour cream 

1 tablespoon olive oil

Directions:

1. Mix together lemon juice, garlic, basil, and salt and pepper. Rub over chicken until covered, then cut chicken into small cubes.

2. Heat oil in a medium sized pan over medium heat and cook for 10 - 15 minutes, or until golden brown on all sides and thoroughly cooked through.

3. While chicken cooks, cut up vegetables (except for avocado) for salad and mix together. Cut avocado in thin slices and set aside.

4. Place tortilla wraps on plates and spread a layer on sour cream, (leaving an empty space at the bottom to fold over wrap), then sprinkle cheese over the top. 

5. Preheat sandwich toaster on medium heat.

6. When chicken is cooked, evenly place it on top of cheese, add vegetables, then evenly spread out the avocado slices. You can add another layer of sour cream and/or cheese for extra flavour. 

7. Fold wraps and place on sandwich toaster for 2 minutes each side, or until golden brown. Serve immediately.

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Coconut and strawberry smoothie

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

1 cup strawberries

1 banana

2 tablespoons coconut milk

1 teaspoon lemon juice

3/4 cup water

Directions:

1. Dice strawberries and slice banana.

2. Blend all ingredients together in a blender for 1 - 2 minutes or until smooth.

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Carbonated orange juice

Serves: 1

Ingredients:

1 orange

1 cup cold soda water/carbonated water

Ice cubes (optional)

Directions:

1. Cut orange in half and juice then pour juice into a tall glass. (If you have a sweet tooth, add 1 teaspoon of white sugar and stir until dissolved.)

2. Pour soda water into the glass and mix well, then add ice cubes if desired. 

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Cheesey vegetable omelette

Serves: 1

Ingredients: 

4 eggs

1 tablespoon milk

1/3 tomato

1/4 cup baby spinach

1/2 mushroom

1/2 cup of cheese

2 bacon rashers

A pinch of Italian dried herbs mix

A pinch of salt and pepper

1 tablespoon olive oil

Directions:

1. Heat oil in medium sized frypan over medium heat.

2. Whisk eggs in a bowl until combined, add milk, herbs and salt and pepper, then stir again.

3. Dice bacon and tomatoes, slice mushrooms, and chop spinach. 

4. Pour egg mixture into frypan, covering the entire bottom. Sprinkle on half of the cheese, then tomatoes, mushrooms, and spinach. Cook for 5 minutes or until the bottom is solid, then fold one half over other half. Cook for another 3 minutes, gently prodding so the uncooked middle spills out the edges. Cook until golden brown both sides.

5. Transfer to large plate and sprinkle left over cheese on top, more salt and pepper if desired, then serve.

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Pan fried chicken and mushroom

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

2 chicken breasts

2 large mushrooms

1 tablespoon olive oil

Directions:

1. Slice chicken breasts into 3 - 5 cm x 1 cm slices.

2. Heat oil in a medium sized frypan over medium heat. When oil is hot, add chicken pieces. Turn every few minutes. 

3. Slice mushrooms into thin slices, then once chicken has cooked for 10 minutes, add mushrooms into pan. Cook for a further 5 minutes, or until chicken is thoroughly cooked and golden brown on all sides.

4. Transfer from frypan to plate and serve immediately.

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Sweet fruit salad topped with cream or custard

Serves: 8 - 10

Ingredients:

2 bananas

2 cups strawberries

1 cup blueberries 

1 cup raspberries

1 cup peaches

1/2 cup cherries

1 cup thick cream/vanilla custard

Directions:

1. Slice bananas, peaches and strawberries into small pieces.

2. Combine all fruits into a large bowl. Pour a thick layer of desired topping over fruit, then mix through thoroughly.

3. Either spoon mixture into large glasses or leave it all in the bowl, and serve immediately.

(You can mix and match the fruits for different textures and flavours.) 

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Garlic and herb meatballs and pasta

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

500 grams mince

1 teaspoon minced garlic

1 egg

2 - 3 tablespoons tomato sauce

2 - 3 tablespoons BBQ sauce

Pinch of salt and pepper

1/2 teaspoon dried mixed Italian herbs

1 - 2 tablespoons flour

1 - 2 cups tomato pasta sauce

1 cup of grated cheese

Olive oil

3 servings of cooked pasta (cook according to packaging)

Directions:

1. Combined mince, eggs, sauces, flour, salt and pepper, herbs, and garlic. Roll into small, bite-sized balls.

2. Heat olive oil in large frypan over medium heat. When oil is hot, transfer balls to frypan. Cook for 15 - 20 minutes, cooking each side until crispy. If pasta is being added to this dish it's good to start cooking that now.)

3. Once pasta has been thoroughly cooked and drained, serve into 4 bowls. Add desired amount of pasta sauce on top then add cooked meatballs, topping with cheese and more sauce if desired. 

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Homemade Hawaiian pizza

Serves: 4

Ingredients: 

1 large pizza base

Tomato/BBQ pizza base topping

Grated mozzarella cheese 

Diced bacon

Shredded ham

Pineapple pieces

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 220 degrees. Line a circular pizza tray with baking paper.  

2. Place pizza on tray, then spread base sauce generously to cover the surface.

3. Add a layer of cheese, then bacon, ham and pineapple. Add more cheese on top if desired. 

4. Bake for 15 - 20 minutes, checking every 10 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and base is crispy/golden brown.

5. Once cooked fully, cut into 8 pieces and serve. 

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Fried eggs on toast

Serves: 1

Ingredients:

2 eggs

2 slices of bread of choice

Butter/margarine

1 tablespoon olive oil

Salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Heat oil in small frypan over medium heat.

2. Crack eggs into fry pan and leave to cook for 3 minutes. While eggs are cooking, toast bread in a toaster for 2 - 3 minutes or until golden brown. 

3. Flip egg gently, making sure the yolk isn't cracked. Leave for 30 seconds - 1 minute, then butter bread slices while the second side of the egg cooks. 

4. Transfer egg immediately from frypan to toast, sprinkle with salt and pepper then serve. 

(Optional toppings include tomato/BBQ sauce, mayonaise, Italian herb mix, baby spinach leaves, or fresh parsley.)

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Egg battered basa fillets (pan fried)

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

2 fresh basa fillets

1 egg

1 cup of flour 

1 lemon 

1/2 cup chopped baby spinach

1 tablespoon olive oil

Directions:

1. Heat olive oil in large frypan over medium heat.

2. Dip basa fillets in egg making sure to full cover each side, then dip into flour making sure to shake off any extra), and immediately transfer to hot frypan. (You can also cook pre-made oven baked chips to add to this meal to make it more satisfying.)

3. Cook basa fillets for 3 - 4 minutes each side, or until completely white. Place on plate and top with lemon juice and chopped spinach. 

(Optional toppings include tartare sauce, lime juice, salt and pepper, or fresh parsley.)

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Egg, bacon and hash brown wrap (toasted)

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

2 frozen hash browns

4 eggs

4 bacon rashers

2 large wraps

1 tablespoon milk

1 teaspoon olive oil

Pinch of salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Cook hash browns in a grill or oven for 7 minutes each side, or until golden brown.

2. While hash browns are cooking, heat olive oil in medium sized frypan over medium heat.

3. In a small bowl whisk together eggs milk until combined. Pour into frypan and leave for 1 minute. Gently push mixture around with a spatula to separate egg into pieces, pushing to one side of the pan. On the other side place the bacon rashers. Cook both for 5 - 8 minutes.

4. Preheat sandwich toaster on medium/high.

5. Place a tortilla wrap on a large plate. Leave 5 cm free space at the bottom and 3 cm each side, load up the middle with the hash brown, then bacon and egg, then add a pinch of salt.

6. Toast wrap for 2 - 3 minutes each side, or until golden brown. Serve immediately.

(Optional toppings include tomato/BBQ sauce, fried egg instead of scrambled, Italian herb mix to the egg mixture.) 

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Baked apple and cinnamon slices

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

2 fuji apples

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 

2 tablespoons white sugar

3/4 cup of ice cream or whipped cream, or 2 table spoons maple syrup

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees and line a deep tray with baking paper.

2. Cut apples into 1 cm thick slices and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.

3. Cook for 5 minutes or until soft inside.

4. Serve with a side of vanilla ice cream, whipped cream or maple syrup.

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Chocolate balls

Serves: 6

Ingredients:

1 pack of arrowroot biscuits

1 can of condensed milk

1/4 cup of cocoa powder

1 cup of desiccated coconut 

Directions:

1. Finely crush biscuits with a rolling pin.

2. In a medium sized bowl combine crushed biscuits, cocoa powder and condensed milk.

3. Roll small balls out of the mixture and dip in coconut until completely covered.

4. Place balls on tray and refrigerate for an hour then serve.

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Cheesy nachos with avocado dip and sour cream

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

1 packet of original Doritos

2 cups grated cheese

1 avocado

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon minced garlic

Pinch of salt and pepper

1 cup sour cream

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees, then cover a large tray in baking paper.

2. Spread Doritos out on tray and generously sprinkle cheese on top.

3. Place in oven and cook for 7 minutes, or until cheese has melted completely. 

4. Prepare avocado dip by mashing avocado in a small bowl, then add lemon juice, minced garlic and salt and pepper, then mix well.

5. When cooked, split between two plates and add a desired amount of sour cream and avocado dip. 

(To make this even quicker, you can buy pre-made salsa and guacamole. Optional toppings include cooked mince, sliced olives, diced capsicum,diced tomato, sliced mushroom, or cooked corn.) 

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Fruit infused water - raspberry, blackberry and lemon

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

1/2 cup raspberries

1/2 blackberries

1 lemon

1 litre of water

Ice cubes

Directions: 

1. Juice the lemon and pour into large jug/jar.

2. Add raspberries and blackberries and add to lemon juice. Gently press down berries so the juices are released.

3. Pour in water and stir. Add ice cubes if desired, and serve.

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Cinnamon sugar french toast

Serves: 3

Ingredients:

6 slices of white bread

1 cup of milk

2 eggs

1/4 cup caster sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon coconut oil

3 tablespoons icing sugar

A pinch of salt

Butter/margarine

Directions: 1.  In a medium sized bowl combine milk, sugar, eggs, cinnamon, and salt and mix until all ingredients are combined.

2. Cut bread slices into halves.

3. Dip bread in milk/egg mixture long enough to soak through.

4. Heat coconut oil in a large frypan over medium heat.

5. Cook pieces for 3 minutes each side or until golden brown.

6. Butter pieces then sprinkle with icing sugar. Serve immediately.

(Optional toppings include vanilla ice cream, maple syrup, or plain butter.)