Passport to Delicious and Simple Holiday Eating

By Diana Johnson

This book helps those holiday makers-whether at home, at the holiday home, or overseas-to produce nutritious, relatively inexpensive, and quickly cooked meals. It is especially for those who want to spend less time over a hot stove and more time enjoying the area, the fun, and the company.

Whether you choose to holiday at home, at the seaside or in the mountains, each area will have special ingredients that you would love to make the most of.

With this book, Diana has also indcluded to help you take advantage of these. Much local produce is great on its own-for example, top wines, tree ripened stone fruit in the summer, not to mention the trout in the streams and lakes. She has included recipes for breakfast cereal, suggestions and recipes for picnics and platters, salads and pastas, trout, desserts for summer and winter, and drinks and also included some handy tips for holidaying in an extreme climate, including staying safe on the roads and on the water. Winter or summer, you will find she has included delicious foods, and whenever possible, she has tried to avoid weighing ingredients. She hopes you will enjoy this book and your holidays with lots of happy memories.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris NZ
• Release date: Feb 29, 2016
• ISBN: 9781499098082

Diana Johnson

Diana Johnson is a mother and grandmother who has spent twenty-five years as manager of three Timeshare Resorts in an exciting New Zealand holiday area, highly prized as a winter ski resort and also a lakeside summer and holiday destination. Most of the units at the resorts sleep eight, and many owners or guests would share their holiday with eight people with the result that the matriarch of the group would leave very stressed at the end of their holiday. Diana understood and wanted to make life less stressful for those great women (or men) who often went skiing or exploring or waterskiing with the family but always had to find that extra energy to cook or prepare food for the hungry group at the end of the day. Diana lives in a beautiful area surrounded by mountains and lakes with extreme temperatures and lovely seasons, from springtime blossoms; hot, dry summers; colorful trees in the autumn, and snowcapped mountains in the winter. She has been collecting, collating, and adapting these recipes over the years and hopes that others will enjoy them too. Diana Johnson is also the author of 'Delicious Gluten Free Recipes which she has collected, collated, adapted and created to help those intolerant to gluten, like herself, to enjoy their food.

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Copyright © 2016 by Diana Johnson.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2016901197

ISBN:                Hardcover        978-1-4990-9810-5

                          Softcover          978-1-4990-9809-9

                          eBook              978-1-4990-9808-2

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Contents

Preface

Breakfasts

Traditional Muesli

Dips And Starters

Guacamole

Nectarine Salsa

Breads

Mafia Bread

No-Knead Bread

Pikelets

Entrées And Lunches

Prawn Or Seafood Cocktail

Antipasto

Feta And Chilli

Pickled Mushrooms

Spicy Nuts

Prawn Tartlets And Spicy Mango Chutney With Coriander

Cocktail Sausages

Smoked Salmon With Mandarins

Simple Sorbet

Ploughman’s Lunch

Spicy Thai Patties

Frittata

Self-Crusting Pie

Pizza Base With Toppings

Mushroom Risotto

Homestyle Baked Beans

How To Cook Perfect Rice Every Time

Corn Arepas With Chicken And Mayonnaise Filling

The Main Course

Stir-Fried Beef And Pak Choi In Sauce

Beef Stroganoff

Tuscan Beef With Pasta

Chilli Con Carne

Chicken Schnitzel

Chicken Goulash

Stir-Fried Chicken And Cashew Nuts With Noodles

Sweet-And-Sour Stir-Fried Chicken

Tandoori Chicken Kebabs With Couscous And Tzatziki

Spaghetti With Meatballs

Meat Loaf

Spanish Paella

Thai Chicken Curry

Sweet-And-Sour Pork

Pasta

Fettuccine With Chicken And Bacon

Honey-And-Mustard-Chicken Pasta Salad

Fish Dishes

Prawn Salad

Prawn Omelettes

Chilli-And-Prawn Chow Mein

Fish Tagine With Herb Couscous

Seafood Marinara

Spanish Squid And Chorizo

Smoked-Salmon Salad

Sweet-And-Sour Fish

Trout With Spinach And Hollandaise Sauce

Prawn Biryani

Hot-Salmon-And-Broccoli Salad With Chive-And-Mustard Dressing

Creamy Salmon And Sugar Snap Peas With Pasta

Salads And Vegetable Dishes

Smoked-Chicken Salad With Apricots Or Mandarins

Smoked-Chicken-And-Rocket Salad

Warm-Honey-And-Lamb Salad

Bean Salad

Caprese Salad

Pear, Date, Blue Cheese, And Walnut Salad With Rocket-And-Pinot-Noir Dressing

Coleslaw

Italian Pasta Salad

Peppered Peach Or Nectarine Salad With Chicken

Dressings

French Dressing

Mayonnaise

Lemon Aioli

Desserts

Pressed Peaches Or Nectarines

Chocolate Mousse

Cherry Clafoutis

Banana Ice Cream

Passion-Fruit-And-Coconut Pudding

Swedish Platter Pancakes

Crème Caramel

Microwave Steamed Pudding With Dates Or Mixed Dried Fruit

Christmas Pudding

Pancakes

Cakes

Frangipane Tarts

Lime Syrup Cupcakes

Cakes And Biscuits To Take With You

Sultana And Cherry Cake

Nutty Fruit Cake

Biscotti

Picnics And Barbeques

Spiced Lamb Skewers With Harissa Yogurt

Winter Soups

Mushroom Soup With Blue Cheese

Minestrone Soup

Mulligatawny Soup

Mushroom Soup

Seafood Chowder

Drinks

Iced Coffee

Citrus Cordial

Coffee Or Chocolate Almond Milk

Refreshing Lunchtime Drink

PREFACE

Here are some quick, easy, and delicious recipes for everyone to have fun with on holidays, whether at home, at the holiday house, or further afield.

I have included lots of delicious dishes that will take as little time as possible to prepare with limited ingredients and few utensils, especially for holiday eating.

Perhaps the family have brought you a trout that you don’t know what to do with, or maybe the area that you are visiting is abundant with fresh fruit, wine, seafood, or fresh vegetables, which you’d love to make the most of.

I have included dishes that make the best out of some of those fresh ingredients.

I have also tried, wherever possible, not to need to weigh ingredients.

I have also set up these recipes in a passport form to help keep your passport safe.

If you are in a position where you are asked