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{Recipe} Bacon and Cheese Strata

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I love this bacon and cheese strata recipe because you can easily add and alter the ingredients to suit your personal tastes and the kids love helping to make it!!

Bacon and Cheese Strata

The kids can do most of this by themselves with just supervision and some directions.

Ingredients:

½ cup milk

½ cup cream

6 slices of bread

1 cup of grated cheese (I use mozzarella)

4 bacon rashors

8 eggs

Shallots

Salt and Pepper

*Additional/alternative ingredients can include: mushrooms, tomato, spinach, other vegetables, etc.

 Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
  2. Grease tray/muffin tins (we use tray at home and muffin tins for school lunches)
  3. Crack eggs into bowl. Add milk, cream, salt and pepper. Whisk together.
  4. Cut shallots and slice bacon into strips. Add to egg mix.
  1. Tear bread into pieces.
  2. Add bread and cheese to mix. Soak the bread in the egg.
  3. Pour mix into tray/muffin tins and add a sprinkle of cheese over the top.
  1. Bake for approx. 30 minutes or until egg is cooked. *Every oven is different to please adjust accordingly.
  2. Sit strata for 5 minutes and then enjoy!!

 

Delicious and Easy School Lunches + IGA GIVEAWAY

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With school starting back this week it’s time to start thinking about getting organised and getting a head start on lunches. I like to have a stock pile of goodies in the freezer ready for the boys lunches and having a range of options already prepared makes lunch different and exciting each day. I started doing this so I didn’t have to put too much thought (or effort) into packing the kids lunches during the week and having the options in the freezer means I only have to add the basics to their lunchboxes. There are lots of great options that are suitable for morning tea, lunches and even afternoon tea.

I make sure there are always a few staples ready to go and these are usually chocolate chip cookies, banana muffins and double chocolate chip muffins (shown below). What I love about these recipes is that are easily adjustable to suit your taste and nutritional needs. Your local IGA caters to most dietary needs which I found out when my sister was diagnosed with a gluten intolerance. IGA has a huge range of gluten free, lactose free and even culture specific foods which can be used as alternate ingredients in my recipes. Click over to their facebook and Instagram pages to check out local stories, inspiration and ideas. I am also running a giveaway for IGA Australia to help you get organised for getting back to routine which you can enter here!

Dietary Specific Food

I want to share with you my personal favourite Double Chocolate Chip Muffin recipe so you too can get a head start on keeping the kids’ lunches exciting and delicious with minimal effort required. I love this recipe because it is so easy to make and the muffins are always moist and delicious!

Delicious Double Chocolate Chip Muffins

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Serves 18
Prep time 5 minutes
Cook time 15 minutes
Total time 20 minutes
Meal type Dessert, Lunch, Snack
Misc Child Friendly, Freezable, Pre-preparable
Occasion Birthday Party, Casual Party, Christmas, Easter, Valentines day
Website Mad Mummas
These muffins are so moist, so chocolatey and so damn delicious! You will have to hide them from the kids if you want to have any. Great for school lunches, can be frozen, great all rounder!
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Now is the time to get organised and the kids can even help with this recipe. Don’t forget to enter the IGA GIVEAWAY here!

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post but all opinions are my own.

Zucchini Slice Recipe – Easy and Delicious

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Zucchini Slice Recipe. There are so many to choose from but this recipe is such a simple one to make that even the most kitchen challenged person could make it. It is absolutely delicious and as an added bonus it hides all the vegetables from fussy eaters!!
It can be easily altered to add shallots, herbs, etc. however it is tasty enough on its own.

Zucchini Slice Recipe

Ingredients
1 cup self raising flour (sifted)
5 eggs
1 zucchini (grated)
1 carrot (grated)
4 middle rashers bacon (chopped)
1 onion (diced)
1 cup grated cheese
60ml vegetable oil
Method
1.    Preheat oven to 170°C.
2.    Add eggs to flour and beat until smooth and well mixed.
3.    Add zucchini, carrot, bacon, onion, oil and cheese to mix.
4.    Stir until combined.
5.    Pour into baking tray/pan and bake in oven for 30 minutes or until cooked.

Enjoy your Zucchini Slice!

This zucchini slice recipe is perfect for morning tea, lunch, kids lunch, dinner, side dish, etc. It is very versatile and very tasty.

Have you tried my zucchini slice recipe? What did you think?

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Garlic Herb Meatballs with Sundried Tomato Couscous

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Garlic Herb Meatballs with Sundried Tomato Couscous. This garlic herb meatball recipe is full of flavour and will make the most ordinary cook look like they know what they are doing. 

Garlic Herb Meatballs on Sundried Tomato Couscous

Ingredients
1 onion – diced (½ for mince & ½ for the couscous)
500g mince
5 bacon rashers – thinly sliced (½ for mince & ½ for sauce)
Fresh herbs *thyme, rosemary, etc – finely chopped. Enough to your liking. Dried mixed herbs work just as well.
1 tbs minced garlic
2 eggs
Breadcrumbs – just enough to make the mince mix hold together.
Sundried tomatoes – finely sliced
2 cups couscous
500ml chicken stock
Tomato pasta sauce – homemade or jar is fine. We use Dolmio Basil
1 tsp sugar – *this prevents tomato based meals from going bitter!
1tbs butter
Salt and pepper – to taste
Method
Meatballs & Sauce
1.    Add mince, onion, herbs, bacon, garlic and eggs into a bowl.
2.     Mix together and add breadcrumbs to combine.
3.    Roll them into desired size balls.
4.    Brown off the balls in a pan, add the rest of the bacon, sauce and sugar.
5.    Turn down to a simmer.
6.    Add a little water to sauce to thin it out a little.
Couscous
Add 2 cups chicken stock into pot and bring to the boil.
1.    Remove from heat – add the couscous, onion, sundried tomatoes to the stock.
2.    Cover and stand for 3 minutes.
3.    Add 1 tbs butter and heat on low for a further 3 minutes whilst stirring.
SERVE & ENJOY!

Italian Beef Pasta Recipe

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Italian Beef Pasta Recipe.
This delicious Italian beef pasta recipe recipe is great for kids, families and the budget! Oh yeah and it is so quick and easy too which is an added bonus.

Italian Beef Pasta Recipe

Ingredients
500g beef mince
1 onion, chopped
1 tomato, chopped
1 tsp curry powder
1.5 tbs mixed herbs
1/3 cup mixed vegetables
1 tin tomato soup
250g pasta (whichever you prefer)
Method
1.    Brown the mince in large saucepan. Add in the rest of the ingredients (except the pasta).
2.    Simmer gently until mince and vegetables are cooked through.
3.    While the mince is cooking, cook the pasta until just cooked. Drain.
4.    Serve mince mix over pasta.
You can add some cheese to finish it off or eat as it is.
ENJOY!!
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