Mexican Courgettes

A savoury recipe for Sunday...after rooting through my fridge I found a courgette and some Buffalo cheese that I picked up at a farmers’ market yesterday, it has garlic mixed in and has the consistency of feta.

I decided to try this recipe as it looked a bit different, I love most Mexican things and it used up my ingredients. The original recipe served 6 and as inviting 5 friends round for dinner at the last minute wasn’t going to happen I adapted it, and added a couple of extra ingredients – if you want to see the actual recipe, buy the book here.  

Mexican Courgettes

A Week of Cake - DAY 2 - Chilli and Feta Cake

After a small meltdown last night when I wondered what on earth I was doing, I was slightly dreading breakfast this morning. However, after a tasty blueberry muffin and a small Welsh cake (they taste better, and don't fall apart when cooled) I was ready to start the day. 

One of the things that has kept me going so far is a feta cheese and chilli cake which I adapted from a savoury cake on the BBC Good Food website.

Chilli and Feta Cake

Ingredients

200g white flour (I used gluten-free as the original recipe suggests, but any plain flour would be fine)

1 tsp salt

3 level tsp baking powder

300ml buttermilk or milk with a squeeze of lemon juice (I used about 100ml buttermilk with 200ml semi-skimmed milk and 1 squeeze of lemon juice)

3 eggs

1 tbsp tomato pureé

1 fresh red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped

2 tbsp olive oil

100g feta cheese, chopped into cubes

50g mixed seeds