Just Add Yoghurt

No more are kids birthday parties filled with chips, chocolates and lollies. Now they are a culinary adventure, taking the chocolate mud cake birthday favourite to a two-tiered, fondant covered, super-hero themed cake. Kids birthday parties have certainly gone up a notch.  However for a friend's two year old birthday party, I bought out a party favourite...mini pizzas. This recipe is quick and delicious.  Ingredients: Pizza sauce:  500ml tomato passata 1 garlic clove 1 teaspoon dried oregano ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon sugar ¼ teaspoon pepper 1 tablespoon olive oil Pizza dough: 2 cups self-raising flour, sifted 1 cup yoghurt ½ teaspoon salt Toppings: Grated cheese Ham Sundried tomato Tomato Olives Fresh basil Dried oregano Roasted capsicum Method: To make the sauce, put a tablespoon of olive oil in a pan on medium heat Add the garlic and oregano and cook until fragrant  Add passata, sa...

Here is an enigma for you - I don't like capsicum (bell peppers) but I love chilli and even like dips with roast capsicum. So when it comes to harissa, I love its bite without the bitterness of raw capsicum. Harissa is a Tunisian hot chilli paste and is incredibly versatile.  Ingredients: Chicken: 600g chicken, cubed 3 teaspoons harissa – heaped 3 teaspoons yoghurt – heaped 1 teaspoon lemon Salad: 1 teaspoon harissa 2 teaspoons yoghurt ½ teaspoon honey ½ teaspoon lemon ½ cup quinoa, cooked and cooled ¾ cup brown rice, cooked and cooled 1 cup baby spinach 1 tomato 1 cup of stale bread, chopped into cubes (1cm) and baked with salt, pepper and olive oil (croutons) 150g haloumi Honey carrots: 1 carrot ½ teaspoon honey 1 teaspoon butter Pinch salt Method: Chicken: Combine the yoghurt, harissa, lemon and pour over the chicken Let the chicken marinate for 30 minutes Grill the chicken on high until cooke...