Cat Barker, Author at Le Famished Cat

Dairy Free, Sweets & Snacks, Vegan
Easy Vegan Mango Sorbet
Today’s self-isolation recipe is an easy Vegan Mango Sorbet and you don’t need an ice cream maker, just a blender or food processor. In terms of ingredients – all you need is two large ripe mangoes, some maple syrup or honey and 1 lime or lemon. Make sure that your mangoes are very ripe when you freeze them as that will ensure that the sorbet has a good sweetness. If you prefer a sweeter sorbet, use limes and if a tarter taste is preferred, then use lemon. If you are feeling adventurous, you could even add a tablespoon of tequila or a pinch of chilli flakes. This is my go-to treat…
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Sweets & Snacks
3 Ingredient Banana Bread
A recipe for 3 Ingredient Banana Bread, which uses Self Raising Flour, Condensed Milk and Bananas. The recipe is from Foodies of SA, the only modification I made was that I didn’t have self-raising flour, so I added three teaspoons of Baking Powder. The trick is to ensure that you don’t overmix the batter, as that can result in a wet bread. I have included the recipe below, and here are some pictures of how mine turned out. Enjoy Baking this 3 Ingredient Banana Bread! If you’d prefer Gluten-Free Banana Bread, try this version. 3 Ingredient Banana Bread Serves 10 INGREDIENTS 5 medium overripe bananas + 1 ripe banana to…
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Mains
Make Butter Cauliflower in an Instant Pot
A recipe to make Butter Cauliflower in an Instant Pot, that tastes just like a Butter Chicken, but with Cauliflower and Potato instead. This recipe can be made in your Instant Pot in under 15 minutes. (5 minutes for rice and 10 minutes for the veggies). To make this Butter Cauliflower recipe, I used Basmati Rice, Baby Potatoes, cauliflower, spices, canned tomato, vegetable stock and coconut cream. What is an Instant Pot? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you must have heard of the Instant Pot. My Instagram and Pinterest timeline has almost always got somebody raving over this pot and how it changed their lives in the kitchen.…
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Lifestyle, Sweets & Snacks
Make Marshmallow Easter Egg Bunnies
Today’s recipe is fun DIY that is very easy to do with the kids – How-to make Marshmallow Easter Egg Bunnies with Cadbury Fluffies. All you need are Cadbury Fluffies, two Cadbury Dairy Milk Slabs, sprinkles, white fondant, some icing sugar and toothpicks. DIY: Marshmallow Easter Egg Bunnies Easter is one of the most anticipated long weekends of the calendar year and is a great time to enjoy downtime with family, friends and create memories with the kids. With that in mind, I created this simple DIY for you to do with the family this Easter. Make Marshmallow Easter Egg Bunnies Today’s recipe is fun DIY that is very easy to…
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Gluten Free, Mains
Pantry Recipe: Egg Fried Rice
Today’s recipe is this warm and comforting Pantry Recipe of Egg Fried Rice, cooked with veggies, egg, chilli flakes and tamari. With all the current COVID-19 drama, for the next few weeks, my recipe content will centre around easy pantry food recipes during self-isolation and this is my second offering – Egg Fried Rice. For me, Pantry Recipes mean lunches or dinner ideas that can be thrown together with some staples most of us have in pantry or freezer. That means less going out to the shops. Pantry Recipe: Egg Fried Rice This concoction may not look super gourmet, but it’s surprisingly satisfying. It is also very practical because you only…
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