Chocolate and Spinach Cupcakes

Hello Everybody,

Today I have a recipe for Chocolate and Spinach Cupcakes.

I found this recipe online and the link to it is here

Ingredients: 

100g spinach, wilted, cooled and puréed or finely chopped. Using your hands squeeze out the excess water.

150g unsalted butter, 150g caster sugar, 2 large eggs, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 2 tbsp cocoa powder, 100g chocolate chips/melts, 200g self-raising flour, 1 tsp baking powder.

Method:

Pre-heat the oven to 180°C. Fill a 12-hole muffin tin with muffin cases. Cream together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs and vanilla extract and beat. Stir in the spinach. Sift in the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder. Fill the muffin cases 3/4 full. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 15-18 minutes until well risen and firm to the touch. Cool completely on a wire rack.

It is optional to add frosting but I didn't have any time to. 

Before:   

After:  

These were surprisingly good. You can't even taste the spinach and it is good for you so it is a win win situation.

I hope you try this out for yourself.

Talk to you later,

Online Food Girl :)

Potato and Leek Soup

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Today I have a recipe for Potato and Leek Soup. This is super easy and super yummy :)

I got this recipe off my Dad.

Ingredients: 

1 small Leek, 2 medium Potatoes, 1 tablespoon Flour, 3 cloves of Garlic, Knob of Butter, Pinch of Nutmeg, Pinch of Salt, Handful of Marjoram  1/4 of a small Onion, 3 cups of Vegetable or Chicken Stock, Some Cream and Sour Cream.

Method

Put Butter in a pot and heat up. Cut Onion into small dices. Repeat with Leeks. Sweat onion in pot until onion is glassy. Add the small diced leeks. Finley dice potatoes. Add to the pot. Add the Garlic, Nutmeg, Salt and Marjoram. Fill up with the Vegetable or Chicken Stock. Stir it. Once ready add the cream and sour cream. Once mixed all together, pour into bowls and serve.

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This soup was so good to eat and fills you up.

I hope you try this recipe out for yourself!

Talk to you later,

Online Food Girl :)

Spinach And Cheese Muffins

Hi Everyone,

Todays blogpost is a recipe for Spinach And Cheese Muffins.

I got this recipe off of my dad.

Ingredients:

300g Flour, 25g Baking Powder, Pinch of Salt, Pinch of Nutmeg, Pinch of Pepper, One Egg, 200mls Milk, 90mls Oil, Spinach, Herbs (Optional), 50g Cheese (I used Cheddar), 1/2 of an Onion.

Method:

First off, heat the oven to 160º at normal bake or fan bake. Then you want to cook the onion and the spinach in a pan. When it is ready, combine all dry ingredients together in a bowl. Combine all wet ingredients in another bowl. Once all combined put the bowl, with the wet ingredients, into the bowl, with the dry ingredients, and combine all together. When all mixed together, spoon into muffin cases, put on a tray and then put them in the oven. Let it cook for about 15 minutes, or until it is cooked inside. Once they are cooked, take them out of the oven and let it cool for 5 minutes. When they are cooled, put them on a plate and serve.

Here are some images:

The Mixture: 

 

The Finished Result:

These were so so so yummy and a nice snack to have. They were simple to make and I definitely suggest to make them yourself. 

Talk to you later,

Online Food Girl :)

Roasted Vegetables

Hi Everyone,

Today I am going to do a blog post on Roasted Vegetables.

I was very lucky because my Dad was given some incredibly Fresh Vegetables. I wanted to do something simple with them, so I roasted them, as a side dish for dinner. Here is what we did:

Ingredients: The vegetables I used was: Orange Baby Carrots, Purple Baby Carrots, Beetroot and Turnips.

Method: Firstly, I peeled the Carrots. I then cut the Vegetables and placed them in a tray, with baking paper underneath. I then heated the oven to 180º. I put some olive oil and salt on top of the Vegetables and put them in the oven for about ten minutes. I took them out once cooked, and served. 

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These were really good and so so so simple to make. They were great to have as a side dish for Dinner!!

Talk to you later,

Online Food Girl :)

Spinach Burritos

Hello Everybody,

Todays blogpost is a recipe for Spinach Burritos :)

*Disclaimer* I found a recipe of this on the website Yummly. I used it as inspiration.

Makes 3 Burritos

Ingredients: 

3 eggs, Spinach, Cheese (Preferably Mozzarella), Olive Oil, Tortillas (I used wrap bases). 

Method: 

Whisk Eggs in a bowl. Heat a pan to medium heat. Once heated add Olive Oil to coat the bottom. Add the Eggs to the pan and stir occasionally until the Eggs are cooked. Put aside on a plate. Once the Eggs are on the plate, pour some more Olive Oil (about a teaspoon) into the pan and put the Spinach into the pan. Stir often until the Spinach is wilted (meaning, becoming limp). Put the Spinach onto a different plate once it it cooked. Get out your Tortillas or Wrap Bases (I did three wrap bases). Put the Eggs, Spinach and Cheese (preferably Mozzarella) onto the Tortillas or Wrap Bases, using the ingredients evenly. Wrap tightly. Heat the oven to about 180º. Put the Burritos onto a oven tray (with baking paper underneath so you don't have to clean the Cheese off the tray incase the Cheese melts onto the tray). Put into the oven for about ten minutes or until it is warm. Take out of the oven once warm. Place on plate, cut in half and serve. 

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These were sooooooo good and are very simple to make. 

Talk to you later,

Online Food Girl :)

Spinach And Strawberry Smoothie Recipe

Hello Everybody,

Today I am going to be doing a Spinach and Strawberry Smoothie Recipe. I know it doesn't sound very nice, but it tastes very good. You can hardly taste the Spinach :)

Ingredients: Spinach, Strawberries, Blackcurrant Juice, Water.

Method: First off wash the Spinach and Strawberries. Get your blender and put your Spinach in. Cut your Strawberries and put into the blender. Pour a little bit of Blackcurrant Juice and Water. You can also add ice to make it colder. Put the lid on the blender and blend together. Pour into a glass and serve.

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This tasted really good and is a good option for breakfast.

Thank you for reading,

Talk to you later,

Online Food Girl :)

Savoury Scones Recipe

Hello Everybody,

Today I am going to blog about a Savoury Scone Recipe I made with my Dad (who is a Chef) 

(I used an Edmonds Cookery Book Recipe about Scones as a guideline.)

This recipe makes about 6 Scones.

Ingredients: 1 cup of Flour, 1/12 teaspoons of Baking Powder, a pinch of Salt, 50 grams of Butter, 50 grams of Cheese, approximately 80ml of Milk (you might not need to use all the milk) and Herbs. (I am growing all of these) I used Chives, Parsley, Mint and Lovage.

Method:

Sift dry ingredients together in a bowl. Add the Butter and Cheese. Start rubbing and mixing it all together in the bowl. Mix to a light dough with the Milk. Once all combined, turn on to a floured board, knead, and roll out. Cut with a scone cutter and put on an oven tray. I put the heat at 180°c and baked for about 10 minutes. Once finished, served.

Here is a photo of what they turned out like :) 

I hope you enjoyed this recipe.

Please leave comments, I love to read them!

Thank you for reading,

Online Food Girl :)