Peanut Satay Chicken Wings I have a love affair with satay! How good are those flavours?? We quite often have satay stir fries or noodles for dinner. I was inspired by a recipe at Taste and decided to try my hand at making a peanut sauce marinade on some chicken wings for a budget and kid…
Moroccan Chicken Salad
I conjured up this salad one hot summer night and the family loved it. The spicy chicken with the creamy dressing and the pops of freshness from the pomegranate worked so well together. I hope you all enjoy it too. Moroccan Chicken Salad Vital Stats: Gluten Free, Egg Free, Nut Free,…
10 Nourishing Winter Dinners
One great thing about winter is the food! A chance to tuck into warming, hearty dishes! Your slow cooker is your best friend in winter time. Load it up with meat, veges, flavourings and a little bone broth in the mornings and you will come home to a nutritious meal. Make a huge batch…
3 Easy Ways to Jazz up Chicken
We eat a lot of chicken. It’s one of the cheaper meats to buy organically and it’s a kid pleaser. We are lucky enough to have a local farmer who has beautiful organic, free range, pasture-fed chicken at a great price. If you are not so lucky, Woolworths and Coles usually have organic chicken. Please,…
Nourishing Nuggets
Today I am welcoming the gorgeous Sarah Groom from Homemade, Healthy, Happy to the blog. She is sharing with us her fabulous Nourishing Nuggets recipe. Sarah cooks allergy-friendly, wholefoods in her thermomix. Check out her blog and Facebook page. I have followed Sonia’s Just Say No to Nuggets campaign with great interest. Chicken nuggets are…
A (Mostly) Healthy BBQ for 12
Last weekend, I had all my family at my house for my Mum’s 60th birthday. I decided to go with a healthy BBQ with a bit of a gourmet twist and a few treats thrown in. Most of it was homemade, but there were a few shortcuts. Hey, a girl has to be realistic! We decorated…
Super Vege Chicken Nuggets
Just say NO to nuggets. But, not home-made healthy ones with real chicken!! You can say YES to those. This Super Vege Chicken Nuggets recipe is from the lovely Vanessa at Superfoods for Kidz. I have a confession to make though. As I was making it, I was also instructing the Natural New Age Girl on how to make…
Quinoa and Dukkah Crumbed Chicken
Welcome to yet another recipe in my Just say NO to nuggets campaign! I have been making this one for a while now and was pretty chuffed that Australian Healthy Food Guide published it in 2010 as a reader recipe. This recipe is gluten-free, egg-free and contains protein-packed quinoa and lots of yummy spices. Okay, so this…
Rice Cracker Chicken – two ways to make healthy chicken nuggets
If you haven’t heard of my JUST SAY NO TO NUGGETS campaign, then I will fill you in! Commercial chicken nuggets are one of my pet hates. They contain so many artificial ingredients, chemicals and questionable bits of the chicken! Nuggets are such a favourite with kids and a quick, easy standby for mums. BUT, in less than half…
The BEST home-made chicken ‘nugget’ recipes from bloggers!
As part of my campaign – Just say NO to nuggets! – I wanted to share with you some of my favourite ‘nugget’ recipes from some of my favourite blogs! Vegie Smugglers – Baked Chicken Nuggets Wendy from Vegie Smugglers makes these yummy nuggets by marinating them first and then tossing in the crumb mixture and baking in…