Homemade Boursin Cheese

October 17, 2020 / Lyn Jones / 0 Comments

A soft, creamy cheese for dip or spread – serve with vegetables & crackers, add into salads, pastas, chicken recipes or even bake with it. This herb-filled, flavourful cheese teams with most things.
16 serves

Ingredients
500g cream cheese room temperature (can be non-fat cream cheese)
250g butter unsalted, room temperature
½ teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon garlic powder
3 Tab Parmesan cheese grated (try yeast flakes instead)
1 teaspoon dried dill weed
½ teaspoon dried marjoram
½ teaspoon dried basil
½ teaspoon dried chives
½ teaspoon black pepper freshly ground
¼ teaspoon dried thyme
1 tablespoon dried parsley

1.  In the bowl of a mixer combine cream cheese & butter, mix well.
2.  Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Season to taste.
3.  Store refrigerated in an airtight container just large enough to hold the cheese. Squeeze out as much air as possible.
4.  Serve room temperature as a dip, or add to favourite savoury recipes.  Enjoy!

NOTES:  This can be frozen after making or keep in fridge a week to week and a half.
Use with Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breast

Tempeh Burgers

June 8, 2020 / Lyn Jones / 0 Comments

serves 4 people

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces marinated 8 ounces = 227 grams
  • 2 cups onion
  • 4 Tbsp coconut oil
  • 1 1/2 cup mushrooms
  • 1 tsp each dried basil, rosemary, and marjoram
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 5 Tbsp flax meal
  • 2 Tab nutritional yeast
  • 5 Tab water
  • 1/4 cup sesame seeds

Instructions

1. Marinade the tempeh as per the recipe.
2. Crumble the marinated tempeh into a bowl.
3. Now mix in the flax meal, water, and herbs in with the tempeh.
4. Chop the onion finely and chop the mushrooms into small chunks.
5. Sauté the onions in a pan in coconut oil for 3 minutes.
6. Then add the mushrooms and sauté them for 3 more minutes.
7. Mix the onions and mushrooms in with the tempeh.
8. Form into patties using your hands. Will make approximately twelve patties.
9. Press each patty on both sides with few sesame seeds. Oil frypan or oven tray
10. Cook in preheated oven 400 degrees F. or else in a frying pan.

11. Bake for 10 minutes in oven, then flip and bake the other side another 10 minutes.

If frying them, cook for 5-7 minutes on each side. Enjoy!

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