This Chocolate Pavlova Cake is not a chocolate pavlova that looks like a cake. It’s a chocolate cake with a pavlova baked on top. The name is a bit confusing. Sorry, but I do promise you that it’s very tasty.
When we ate this cake the kids and I played a little prank on my husband. He hates eggplant (although will eat it in my fav casserole; pretty sure it’s a mind over matter dislike) so we…
Celebrate award season with a pasta dish that gives a nod to one of our favorite nominees.
Hidden Fennel
Ingredients
1 box rigatoni
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 cup yellow onion, thinly sliced
1 cup fennel, thinly sliced, reserving fennel fronds
1 pound ground turkey
3 cups Tuscan kale*, cut into ½ inch strips
sea salt and black pepper to taste
8 each fennel fronds
Low-fat Alfredo
4 teaspoons butter
1 teaspoon garlic, chopped
1 teaspoon orange zest, grated
3 tablespoons flour
2 ½ cups nonfat milk
½ cup Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, grated
Directions
1. To make low-fat Alfredo sauce, melt butter in saucepan over medium-low heat
2. In another saucepan bring milk to a simmer over medium heat
3. Add garlic and orange zest to butter and sauté for 30 seconds. Add flour and stir for one minute
4. Slowly whisk hot milk into butter and flour mixture and continue to cook for 6 minutes until Alfredo sauce is thickened, keep warm over low heat
5. Cook pasta according to package directions; drain, reserving ½ cup pasta water. Return pasta to the saucepan
6. Heat olive oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add turkey and allow to brown. Remove from skillet with slotted spoon
7. Add yellow onion and fennel to skillet and sauté until soft. Add kale to skillet and allow to wilt
8. Add turkey, kale mixture, reserved pasta water and Alfredo to pasta and toss over medium heat for 2-3 minutes until warmed through
9. Season with salt and pepper to taste
10. Garnish with fennel fronds before serving
Homemade Pizza #recipe This is a really easy recipe and perfect for doing with kids. Trust me if they make it - they eat it and you can even hide vegetables #healthyeating #feedingkids #parenting #mummyblogger #femblogger #foodporn
Last week the temperature soared in London and all of the plans I had for dinner suddenly didn’t seem right so it was time to open up the fridge and come up with a new plan. Pizza on the BBQ – why not?! I needed an activity for the littles as well and I always find making their dinner really gets them engaged with eating it! This is a great thing to do with your little ones as even toddlers…
Homemade Pizza #recipe This is a really easy recipe and perfect for doing with kids. Trust me if they make it - they eat it and you can even hide vegetables #healthyeating #feedingkids #parenting #mummyblogger #femblogger #foodporn
Last week the temperature soared in London and all of the plans I had for dinner suddenly didn’t seem right so it was time to open up the fridge and come up with a new plan. Pizza on the BBQ – why not?! I needed an activity for the littles as well and I always find making their dinner really gets them engaged with eating it! This is a great thing to do with your little ones as even toddlers…