Oven Roasted Potatoes

These potatoes are an amazing, quick, (gluten free) healthy lunch! And they taste so good :)

Ingredients:
1Tbsp olive oil
1 packet bacon
10 medium sized potatoes, peeled
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup cheese, grated
salt & pepper
fresh parsley

Directions:
1. Boil peeled potatoes until fork tender
2. Chop bacon into squares and cook until almost done, on a hot skillet in a little bit of water (don't use any oil, the water will help the bacon to not stick initially then the bacon will produce it's own fat)

3. Cover bacon and leave potatoes to cool slightly
4. prepare a baking sheet with olive oil, place the cut up potatoes on the sheet and sprinkle with salt & pepper. Cook at 200*C for 30-40 minutes, turning half way

5. Reduce oven temperature to 180*C and add the bacon, garlic and cheese

6. Cook for another 15-20 minutes until potatoes are crispy and cheese is all meted, sprinkle fresh cut parsley and serve straight away...Enjoy!

*Best served with either fresh tomatoes or tomato relish*

Yum!

Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Filled Cookies

My first recipe is one I recently came across and is incredible! I was put off at first by the chickpeas but believe me you can't even taste them, but they do give the mixture a great texture.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups canned chickpeas (well rinsed and dried)
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups + 2 tbsp Peanut Butter
1/4 cup honey
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Directions:
1. Pre-heat oven to 175* C, combine all the ingredients except for chocolate chips in a food processor and process until very smooth.
2. Put in the chocolate chips and stir, the mixture should be thick and sticky.
3. If mixture is thick enough wet hands and form into balls and place on greased tray, if mixture is too sticky use teaspoon and spoon onto tray (evenly spaced).
4. Bake for approx. 10 mins. or until golden brown.

These cookies aren't the crunchy kind, so don't expect crisp cookies, if you do prefer your cookies to be crunchy then try doing less honey and instead adding sugar...Enjoy!