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Cherry Tomatoes Stuffed with Guacamole

18 May

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These are great for canapes, a picnic, side salad or tasty snack.  The colour combination of the red tomato and green guacamole are bright and pleasing to the eye, let alone the flavour combination being pleasing to the taste buds.  I used cherry tomatoes as the balance between the amount of guacamole and tomato seemed to balance for my tastes but you could use large tomatoes.  To me, these were the perfect vessels for guacamole…I love the stuff and could eat it by itself with a big spoon!  This way feels a bit more elegant although they can be messy stuffing the tomatoes, but that might just be me….. Yummy, tell me more Diva…

Walnut Baked Camembert Cheese

4 Mar

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I had a baked camembert last December and loved the gooey, cheesy gorgeousness of it.  However, despite the hot, oozy cheese I felt that it lacked a little something.  So I had a play and added ground nuts with some low carb/gluten free bread crumbs to it..and…voila!  Now, this was a cooked cheese that we growled over like a pack of hungry dogs…it is truly delicious with crudities and toasted pieces of almond bread…well, I could eat it by itself in all honesty!  There are no photos of it cut as it was so gooey and I wanted to dive it..so use your imagination or try it yourself to see it in all it’s hot action! Yummy! Tell me more Diva…

Garlic and Pesto “Dough” Balls (Gluten Free and Low Carb)

22 Dec
Smoother with garlic butter...mmmm

Smoother with garlic butter…mmmm

I used to love garlic dough balls so had a play around with a low carb breadstick recipe and voila, low carb and gluten free alternative to dough balls.  Slathered with some garlic butter and yum!  Yummy, tell me more Diva…

Spinach and Parmesan Balls

10 Aug

These are just as delicious cold as they are hot.   I ended up having some of these with a salad for my packed lunch and thoroughly enjoyed them cold.    The balls flattened out a bit during cooking but still held their shape fairly well.  For the breadcrumbs I used a gluten free bread roll from the supermarket and grated it.  Normally I would have made breadcrumbs from my own bread but had not baked any that week.  These are great on their own as an appetizer or perhaps with a side of salad.  Yummy, tell me more Diva…

Asparagus and Feta Fritters

25 Jul

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This is a different way to use asparagus and make a change from steaming/grilling/roasting it!  It’s a nice light summery fritter and could be nice as a starter or fabulous with a salad.  It does seem a bit strange grating the asparagus but it works as well as courgette (zucchini) in a fritter!  I used just dill for the herb flavour but you could play around with this…mint might be interesting.. Yummy, tell me more Diva…

Savoury Garlic Cheese Crackers

5 Jul

These are a nice quick cracker full of fibre and could be flavoured to your own taste.  I used dried Oregano and garlic powder but you could use something else…perhaps chilli and cheese? Yum.. As ever, the wonderful coconut flour is used here keeping it low carb, gluten free and full of fibre!  Yummy, tell me more Diva…

Rosemary and Parmesan Biscuits

6 Jun

These savoury biscuits are just lovely.  Rosemary and Parmesan are a great flavour combination and the Parmesan give this biscuit a slight chewy texture but they also melt in your mouth.   You could use this biscuit mixture as a base and play around with the flavourings, but try this first as it is yummy! Yummy, tell me more Diva…

Grilled Cheese Sandwich (Coconut Flour)

15 May

This is just so delicious and made out of coconut flour.  A low carb and Gluten Free tasty sandwich!  All of the taste and none of the guilt!  Huzzah!  The naming of the sandwich being grilled amuses me, being British, as for us it is fried.  To our friends across the pond, it is grilled.  I love the differences in a common language!   I don’t care what it’s is called, it is still a lovely low carb sandwich type meal that is fried in butter! Yummy, tell me more Diva…

Kale Crisps

25 Apr

These are just so moreish, but if you told many people what this is they will run as Kale does not wet a lot of appetites.  Just put a dish of this out, and watch it disappear within minutes once people taste it.    Kale is just so good for you too….it’s full of calcium, lutein, iron, vitamin A, C, E and K.  It is also full of beta-carotene, antioxidants and fibre.   I think it tastes a bit like crispy seaweed, which I also love.

Yummy, tell me more Diva…

Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Artichoke Bottoms

12 Apr

This makes a great alternative to stuffed mushrooms and is a lovely starter.    I purchased artichoke bottoms from a supermarket in a tin and got about 4 large ones.   You may be able to buy these from the deli counter too.   You could stuff them with your filling of choice…use the same ingredients as you would a mushroom! Yummy, tell me more Diva…

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