Hot paleo Thai Fish Cakes

  Be warned: these hot paleo Thai Fish Cakes are not for the faint hearted… However, if you enjoy hot Thai food, you’ll love this recipe!   Ingredients: 4  medium Bonito fillets, mashed 1 red onion, minced 1/2  medium eggplant, minced 2  carrots, julienned 2  zucchinis, julienned 1  bunch coriander leaf, minced 8 cloves of garlic, minced 2...
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Paleo Chicken recipe with Chilli, Lime & Thai Greens

  This paleo chicken recipe gives the traditional BBQ chicken a bit of a Thai spin!   Chicken 4 chicken breast or 8 thighs fillets 1/4 cup of lime juice 1/4 cup oil 1/4 cup cilantro leaf and stalks cut 1 tsp chilli powder 1 jalapeño (or equivalent volume/heat of other chilli) 1 tsp coriander seeds whole Beat chicken pieces so they are an even 15mm thick...
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BBQ Rump Steak, Roast Beets & Pumpkin with Salad

I’m beginning to get convinced that anything you throw on that BBQ comes out delicious… The roast beets and pumpkin were leftovers from last night and we just heated them up in the oven. They came out just as tasty, if not even more so. Maybe a good argument for cooking a whole bunch at once and heating up for lunches and sides the next few days?   Recipe for Roast...
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Roast Beetroot & Sautéed Stems

Roast beetroot and sautéed stems served with roast pumpkin and a BBQ steak   As far as veggies on the side goes, I don’t think it gets much better than roast beetroot… they take a bit of time to make, but it’s so worth it! Remember not to throw away the stems – they contain much of the nutrients and are very tasty on the...
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Giant BBQ T-bone Steak with Salad

BBQ truly makes everything better. This steak was slightly indulgent size-wise (read: the size of my head) but the dinner was of celebratory nature and it was rather...
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Lemon & Herb Grilled Chicken with Fennel, Orange & Chilli Salad

  This chicken cooked on the BBQ was absolutely amazing!   The recipe is from Delish Dinners and worked a treat. This is possibly the best chicken I’ve ever eaten! Mind you… flame grilling it on the BBQ probably helped too… Recipe on Delish...
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BBQ kingfish steaks with parsnip puree and roast tomato sauce

  This dinner was simply amazing. The kingfish steaks were just cooked on the BBQ and the salad was simple with just added fennel.   Parsnip puree recipe: The parsnip puree was the star of the meal though! I boiled the parsnip in small cubes, and pureed it with an egg beater, mixing in a tad of macadamia butter, a good slosh of olive oil and adding water...
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Eating in NZ: Three takes on the kiwi ‘Meat & Three Veg’

At it’s best, NZ food was fresh, simple and utterly delicious. Also, looking back, I think just about every meal we ate was cooked on the BBQ and stacked with beautiful fresh veggies. Our typical meal during the trip looked something like this: BBQ steak with kumera chips roasted nice and crispy and steamed broccoli and carrots. Or maybe BBQ steak with roast pumpkin, steamed spinach and...
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BBQ Chicken with Roast Veggies

Sunday is a great day to fire up the Webber and roast a chook or two! This time we served the BBQ chicken with a stack of delicious roast veggies that we cooked simultaneously in the...
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