The Healthy Snack Thread

DJK said:
Ha!!! :D I want, I want - give me!!!!!

Havent had a proper roti since the last time I went shopping at Hyper By The Sea in Durbs. Some Indian lady has been there for years outside the exit selling her tasty litle treats, and she has become quite famous for them.

Yours homemade? Ask Mr Blu if I can come over for dinner? :D
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The mince curry = homemade
The roti = not!

Too hard to make IMO.

Maybe if I was brought up in a house where my mum made roti and maybe if she told me that, in order for me to be eligible on the matrimonial market, I MUST be able to make roti, then I would have learnt it :D

However, since I only acquired this cuisine a few years ago, I'd rather buy some @ Bismillah's in Fordsburg and freeze them. Much easier.
 
Krypto said:
Whats wrong with unhealthy snacks. Aren't snacks unhealthy by definition? And don't tell me vegetables are snacks cause they are not, they are like.....well, food.
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I dont want unhealthy snacks anymore. I want to eat completely healthy, without sacrificing my snacking time! Veg crisps are snacks and are delicious - try them and then get back to me. Cut them as thin as possible - try a potato peeler, little olive oil, salt, pepper, bake! Eat!
 
Figured out an awesome healthy snack that I've been eating a lot of lately but requires prep work so it's not a spur of the moment type of recipe:

Cherry tomatoes, chopped in half and the insides scooped out. Mix the tomato pulp with worcester sauce, garlic, pepper, tomato sauce, basil, water and a little sugar. Cook on a medium heat until reduced by about a quarter. Place in muslin cloth and strain all the juices out, discard the solids. Add fresh chopped basil and gelatin. Pour the mixture back into the halved cherry tomatoes, add a shaving of parmesan cheese into each half and set in the fridge. Just before they're set, you'll be able to put the two halves back together again without spilling the juices - looks like an ordinary cherry tomato, but the favour is amazing. Well worth the effort in making them, if you like cooking that is...

I'm going to start experimenting with this recipe as well. Next I'm going to make a vinaigrette, add some gelatin and use the tomato mixture in one half and the vinaigrette in the other. Put them back together just before they're set properly and they will remain separated but bond together again. Serve on a lettuce leaf and you've got yourself a complete salad pretty much...
 
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blunomore said:
The mince curry = homemade
The roti = not!

Too hard to make IMO.

Maybe if I was brought up in a house where my mum made roti and maybe if she told me that, in order for me to be eligible on the matrimonial market, I MUST be able to make roti, then I would have learnt it :D

However, since I only acquired this cuisine a few years ago, I'd rather buy some @ Bismillah's in Fordsburg and freeze them. Much easier.
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It's not too difficult to make (if the person eating it doesn't mind a funny shape :o) and homemade tastes better.
 
Time for a resurrection:

My new favourite is:

Grated parmesan
Sliced mushrooms
Basil
Smoked parika
Smoked salt
Pepper
Olive Oil

On your healthy bread of choice - under the grill for 5 minutes max. It is awesome...
 
:mad: I don't have any of those ingredients in ...... you bastid :o Sounds very nice though :)

(also, I've never heard of smoked salt ..... wow)
 
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Mephisto_Helix said:
:mad: I don't have any of those ingredients in ...... you bastid :o Sounds very nice though :)

(also, I've never heard of smoke salt ..... wow)
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Had it brought over to me from the UK.

I just tried something new and it works like a bomb - take a slice of bread and cut the crust off (save for breadcrumbs) - take the crustless bread and roll it with a rolling pin until squashed into a doughy texture - now you have mini pizza base. Pop into pizza oven/oven with toppings - it's thin and goes really crispy - a little heavier than pizza bases but still good...
 
Red pepper sliced into quaters and grilled both sides. During grilling add some dijon mustard seeds in the hollow and grill some more. Remove and add a dash of honey. Usually do them on the braai and they are farking nice to snack on.
 
DJ... said:
Time for a resurrection:

My new favourite is:

Grated parmesan
Sliced mushrooms
Basil
Smoked parika
Smoked salt
Pepper
Olive Oil

On your healthy bread of choice - under the grill for 5 minutes max. It is awesome...
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Neither parmesan nor olive oil is particularly healthy, but in your defense, I presume you are eating it in fairly small quantities if it is part of a sandwich.

I also use olive oil in my cooking and the catch 22 is that, although it is much better for the heart than e.g. sunflower oil, it is apparently fattening. As an alternative I use Flora Cooking Liquid.
 
DJ... said:
Had it brought over to me from the UK.

I just tried something new and it works like a bomb - take a slice of bread and cut the crust off (save for breadcrumbs) - take the crustless bread and roll it with a rolling pin until squashed into a doughy texture - now you have mini pizza base. Pop into pizza oven/oven with toppings - it's thin and goes really crispy - a little heavier than pizza bases but still good...
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You can get Today mini pizza's from P&P.
Way easier.

You have a pizza oven at home?
 
Avocado on brown bread, also Avocado plus chili makes a wonderful dip when mashed very fine...
 
DJ... said:
I have the exact same one at home - looks almost orange-brown - like bad baby ****. Works OK but I want a proper pizza oven built into this place soon...



Do they come in a cone shape?
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bwana said:
I do - ugly little sunbeam thing but it works really well.
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How is a pizza oven better than a regular oven?

Nope, If you want cone shaped, you'll have to use your rolling pin.
 
alf101 said:
How is a pizza oven better than a regular oven?

Nope, If you want cone shaped, you'll have to use your rolling pin.
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The actual cooking surface is what's important.
 
alf101 said:
How is a pizza oven better than a regular oven?
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It gets hotter (marginally) and heats up far quicker. But the important bit is the base which gets far hotter than your oven. You could just buy a piece of ceramic (I think that's what they use) and put that in your oven - but the pizza oven makes life easier...
 
DJ... said:
It gets hotter (marginally) and heats up far quicker. But the important bit is the base which gets far hotter than your oven. You could just buy a piece of ceramic (I think that's what they use) and put that in your oven - but the pizza oven makes life easier...
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I've got one of those Salton mini ovens, and I can't find a decent tray to make a pizza on.
Using a quiche pan for that.:(

Clicks used to sell a tray with holes in it that worked well, but I cannot find them anywhere.
 
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