Forking Foodie: July 2023

Saturday 22 July 2023

Easy Peri-peri Spiced Cashew Nuts

Great as a snack, or with drinks, and so very easy to make!

These were made after a visit to a certain chicken restaurant, where we were given them as a complimentary starter, albeit mixed nuts, as it was my birthday!

I really enjoyed them, so I tried to replicate them (but just with the cashew nuts, to try and avoid further visits to the dentists). Now they're one of my favourite home-made snacks!

Just like your favourite chain brand of peri-peri salt, but at a fraction of the price!

I ran out of the peri-peri salt I'd been buying, so being quite a resourceful person, with (I think!) a fairly good palate, I went to the kitchen and tinkered about with the ingredients that were on the jar, comparing the flavour to the last few grains of peri-peri salt I had left...

I had looked online for a peri-peri recipe, but they all seemed to have additional ingredients to what I was trying to create.

About me...

I am a 38 year old mother of two, and I have been cooking for over twenty years, since being inspired by attending an International Cuisine cookery course at a college aged 15. My children are 10 and 11 and they love cooking with me, and there is a ‘Mr Andrea’ who loves eating my experiments and is a great ‘sous chef’ (that's me being cheeky - he cooks too!) and an inspiration to me every day. I work in a school with primary aged children mostly helping those with special education needs, as well as those in the gifted and talented bracket. I paint in oils, predominately painting canvases as gifts for my friends related to their interests (I've only kept one of my paintings!). I also play the piano (occasionally paid!) and I have post box red hair (long story) and a cheeky sense of humour and a lot of patience. Oh, and I’m obsessed with food, I think…

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Saturday 22 July 2023

Easy Peri-peri Spiced Cashew Nuts

Great as a snack, or with drinks, and so very easy to make!

Easy Peri-Peri Salt Recipe

Just like your favourite chain brand of peri-peri salt, but at a fraction of the price!

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