Recipe - Mushroom and Brie Strudel

I love mushrooms, they are one of my favourite ingredients and I love brie cheese so putting them together in a recipe is just deliciousness on a plate for me! I have always been a huge fan of brie cheese, it was a very long nine months both pregnancies with no brie! When I first tasted the Maleny Cheese's brie I fell in love..
They have really created a stunning cheese here, it is creamy and full of texture and flavour.
This is a really easy recipe that will impress dinner guests or is perfect for a picnic or a quick, tasty and special family meal,.

Mushroom Strudel

Using beautiful fresh local mushrooms and the gorgeous Maleny Brie cheese, an absolute winner at any dinner table. Perfect for entertaining.

Ingredients
• 500grams fresh local mushrooms
• 1 x Maleny Cheese Brie cheese
• 1 RawGanix FreeRange Egg
• 2 medium sized leeks
• 4 teaspoons Gourmet Garden garlic
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• ¼ cup Quinoa flakes
• 2 sheets shortcrust pastry (or gluten free puff pastry see notes)
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley

Method
• Pre heat oven to 180ç.
• De-frost pastry sheets.
• Chop and sauté leeks, garlic and turmeric together until leeks are wilted.
• Slice and add in mushrooms, stir together well.
• Remove from heat.
• Chop brie cheese into chunks.
• Finely chop the fresh parsley.
• Mix brie and parsley into mushroom and leek mixture.
• Lay one sheet of pastry on a greased or lined baking tray.
• Fold 1 cm of the edges in on itself along all 4 edges.
• Top with the mushroom mixture, leaving a small space along all edges.
• Cover with the second sheet of pastry, you can optionally cut patterns into the top piece.
• Pinch all sides together to seal.
• Whisk the egg in a small bowl and brush folded edges lay one sheet of pastry on a baking tray
• Bake in the oven until pastry is nice and golden.

Notes
• This is a simple yet beautiful dish that is perfect for entertaining or a dinner that feels a bit special.
• The combination of fresh local mushrooms with the delicious local brie is stunning.
• Use The Pastry Pantry Gluten free puff pastry to make gluten free or use your own homemade pastry.

Toddler Tips
• This is such a great dish for kids because pastry is always so popular and the flavours of this one appeal to them.

You can collect this recipe card and all the ingredients including the delicious Maleny Brie Cheese from the Maleny Supa IGA . Created for their Local Product Local Recipe - recipe cards, promoting Sunshine Coast producers and Sunshine Coast food!

EASY Broccoli, carrot and mushroom stir fry the kiddies will love

This is so quick and easy and kids do love it.

To be honest I am not a big fan of a pile of flavourless steamed or boiled veg thrown on the side of the plate with insistence that you have to eat it- kids I probably wouldnt eat it either!

Food should be fun, joyous and most of all delicous!

I believe if we are forced to eat something we could be put off it for life and really the exact same ingredient with some fun and funky thinking can be eaten most willingly without any prompting!

5 TIPS To Get Kiddies To want To Eat Their Veg

• Colour. Kids love colour. Just look at any day care centre, childrens hospital ward, toy section in a store. Colour means something to children, especially young children.
  And fortunately there is an array of gorgeous coloured veg out there! From bright orange carrots, pumpkin and sweet potato, to red tomatoes, capsicums and deep red beetroot, to bright green snow peas, spinach and celery to purple capsicums, carrots, cabbage, even broccoli and so on and so on.
  Next time you want to serve up veg make it bright and colourful!
• Grow. Kids and gardens just go together. They really do. Inspire your children about the wonderful world of vegetables by starting growing some together at home. There is something so exciting about children growing up icking and eating fresh snow peas, cherry tomatoes, herbs and spinach leaves, strawberries and capsicums straight from the garden!
• Cook together. Let them help source the veggies (garden, shop or market), help choose a recipe and then helpt to make - trust the appeal factor of that meal has just gone sky high!

This is a recipe my two girls (both under 7) just love.

Easy Broccoli, Carrot and Mushroom Stir Fry

Ingredients

• 1 cup broccoli
• 1 carot
• 125 grams mushrooms
• 1/4 cup red capsicum  (optional)
• 2 cups glass noodles  prepared according to packet ( these are super cheap and found in the asian section of your supermarket)
• 1 tablespoon ABC Kepac Manis Sweet Soy Sauce
• 1 tabelspoon honey

Method

• Cut the broccoli into small, cute little florets
• Cut carrot into thin circles
• Cut the capsicum into little squares or long thin strips
• Lightly fry the carrot in a little olive oil until slightly soft, add in the broccoli and capsicum, honey and soy
• Stir and cook until vegies are penetratable with a fork, add mushrooms and a littl extra soy or honey if need
• When cooked stir prepared noodles through, mix together well
• Sevre on plates with an optional sprinkling of cashews

Notes

• You can fry some chicken or tufu before the carrot, making sure it is cooked and then follow the rest of the recipe.
• Add some garlic for an extra boost of flavour and goodness.
• Through some fresh baby spinach leaves in with the mushroom, even better if the kids can pick these from the garden. They can also be very finely chopped and put in too.
• Through some fresh snow pea sprouts through just before serving
• Use three different coloured capsicums cut into ling thin strips for a diferent effect.
• For older kids make it a really fun experience with a well set themed table, hot green tea and use chop sticks!

Toddler Tips

• Cut the noodles up with clean, kitchen scissors before putting through veggies to make it easier to eat

Enjoy!
Stay tuned for the release of my new upcoming e-cookbook packed FULL of fun and exciting recipes for kids (and mum)
Coming Soon!!
Rebecca xx