Seniors Food and Wine

Welcome to the YOURLifeChoices Seniors Food and Wine page.
Enjoy our recipes, updated weekly and don't forget to check out our Wine Search page! Our Main Meals page has the largest selection of food with categories such as Beef, Chicken, Lamb, Pork, Seafood, Meat-Free Food and Other meats.

If you are looking for something a bit Sweet, our Cakes and Desserts page features a Chocolate Pudding to die for! The Noodles and Pasta page has some great noodle dishes, and features a delicious Tuscan Potato Gnocchi. If your looking to host a party or just have a couple of friends around, our Party Foods page has a large variety of recipes ranging from Salt and Pepper Calamari to Bruschetta with Tomato and Basil.

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Todd’s Tuscan Vegetable Soup

Nothing beats a bowl of steaming hot soup on a cold winter’s day and Todd’s Tuscan Vegetable Soup will hit the spot.

Ingredients
1 can (400g) cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large onion, diced
2 carrots, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
1 large zucchini, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 litre of chicken broth
1 can (400g) diced tomatoes
2 cups chopped baby spinach leaves
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
2 teaspoons chopped fresh sage leaves

Method
Heat the oil in a large soup pot over medium-high heat
Add the onion, carrots, celery, zucchini, garlic, thyme, sage, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper
Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are tender
Add the broth and tomatoes with the juice and bring to a boil.
Add the beans, half the Parmesan cheese and the spinach leaves
Cook until the spinach is wilted
Serve topped with Parmesan.

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Bob’s Blueberry Cake

Blueberries may not yet be in season but frozen berries work just fine making Bob’s Blueberry Cake a year-round treat.

Ingredients

1 cup plain flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 & 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup milk
2 cups blueberries

Topping
1/4 cup plain flour
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup butter (melted)

Methods
1. Mix the flours, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
2. Cream the butter and sugars and mix in maple syrup
3. Mix the egg and vanilla into the butter mixture.
4. Mix the flour mixture and milk into the butter mixture.
5. Fold in the blueberries.
6. Pour the batter into a greased 10 inch spring form pan.
7. Mix the flours, sugars, cinnamon, maple syrup and butter in a bowl until crumbs form.
8. Sprinkle the crumbs on top of the cake.
7. Bake in a preheated 180C oven until a toothpick pushed into the centre comes out clean, about 60-70 minutes.

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Food for singles

Cooking for one can be fun and doesn’t need to involve making a large batch of your favourite food and freezing – although this can be cost effective. YOURLifeChoices has ten recipes just for one.
Bruschetta with Bacon
Spinach, Bacon and Cheese Omelette
Salmon and Herb Butter
French Fried Chicken Breasts
Tortilla Pizza
Sun dried Tomato and Feta Stuffed Chicken Breast
Asian-Style Grilled Bream
Singles Steak Salad
Easy Chocolate Cake
Ginger Ice Cream

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Improve your kitchen skills

Youtube’s policy of uploading any kind of media has allowed it to become one of the most superior centres of information sharing on the planet. And when it comes to cooking, sometimes learning by reading is not enough. So, putting these two hands together, we at YOURLifeChoices have found three fantastic youtube videos that will drastically improve your cooking skills in a matter of minutes.

How to fillet a fish

(This is the first in a series, if you need more information, click the ‘next in series’ box on the top right after you have finished the first video)

How to de-bone a chicken

How to chop garlic

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Tax-time Teacake

Ingredients
60g butter
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup SR flour
1/3 cup milk
15g melted butter
1 tablespoon castor sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Method
Grease a round cake tin and line it with greaseproof paper.
Beat the butter and vanilla together until white and creamy, add the sugar and continue beating.
Add the egg and beat a bit longer.
Add half the flour and half the milk, mix well, then beat in remainder. Don’t over beat.
Spoon the mixture into the cake tin and bake in a moderate oven for about 25 minutes or til golden (cake should shrink slightly from sides of pan. If you’re not sure – poke a skewer into the middle and it should come out dry).
Turn cake out onto serving plate. Brush the top immediately with the melted butter and sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar.

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