Recipe: Baked Layer Fusili

This is my all-time favourite pasta! It is a winner with kids, young and old-er...(haha!) It is fun to make and you can make them in large quantities for parties; hassle free. This recipe serves 2. Enjoy!

Ingredients:
1 clove garlic, minced

1 tsp olive oil
2 cups Fusili, boiled with ½ tbsp salt and olive oil
½ can of small Cream of Mushroom, boil with ¼ can water
½ can of button Mushrooms, thinly sliced
1 tomato (Organic, if possible cos it's sweeter), cut into 8
1 small bottle of spaghetti sauce (Use your favourite brand as it's going to be the base for your pasta)
200g minced Australian beef, thawed
1 small packet of Low Fat Shredded Mozzarella
½ tbsp mixed Italian Herbs
Salt and Black pepper to taste

Method:
1. Saute garlic in olive oil until fragrant (abt 1 min).
2. Add salt & black pepper (as much/little as you like) into your minced beef and mixed them thoroughly.
3. Add beef and Italian Herbs into the pan on medium low heat, keep stirring until 80% cooked.
4. Now, mix in sliced button mushroom and tomato.
5. Then, add spaghetti sauce. Stir and bring to a boil. Remove from heat.

Assemble:
1. Pre-heat oven 180℃.
2. Using a loaf pan (or any pan you like), pour half the fusili into the pan. Spread them out nicely.
3. Spread a layer of the sauce you made earlier ensuring every inch is covered.
4. Pour half cream of mushroom over the spaghetti sauce.
5. Repeat steps 2-4 to form another layer.
6. Finish the top with some Mozzarella Cheese.
7. Pop it into the oven for 30 mins or until golden brown. Serve while it's hot.

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Health Benefits: Raisins vs. Grapes

It's good to know what we are eating and why we choose certain ingredients in our food. But first of all, let's understand the health benefits of Raisins vs. Grapes.

Raisins are simply dried grapes. They make great alternatives to processed sugar and can help weight loss objectives. The vitamin C content is low, but they are rich in powerful antioxidants that can reduce signs of aging and prevent cancer, amount other benefits. (1)

Summary of benefits:

1. Rich in Antioxidants that are crucial to prevention of diseases
2. Has an exceptional ability to reduce signs of aging
3. It is nature's natural healthy sugar that digests easily in our body
4. Cholesterol and Fat Free
5. Prevent cavities and protect against tooth decays
6. Contains Vitamin K, C, E, B and mineral Boron which helps promote bone health and prevent osteoporosis. Boron helps the body better process estrogen and vitamin D. (2)
7. Prevents constipation due to its fibrous nature.

Now, the major difference between grapes and raisins. Since raisins are dried grapes, the concentration of all benefits above triple with raisins. Why? Simply because they are dried and takes less space. If you were to consume 100g of grapes vs. 100g of raisins, you have have tripled the amount of antioxidants in your body. However, the natural sugar content triples as well.

Therefore, in our Hershey's Chocolate Cake, we chose Golden Raisins over normal brown raisins because they are not as sweet and have a better bite and flavour to it. And with the presence of raisins, sugar was significantly reduce for a healthier cake.

References:
(1) http://www.benefitsoflife.org/benefits_of_raisins.html
(2) http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/the-nutrition-of-raisins.html

Hershey's Chocolate Cake with Golden Raisins

This cake is absolutely delicious! When you bite into these, they just melt in your mouth. The toasted hazelnut topping adds the necessary crunch this cake needs to the whole experience of eating this cake. It is a really light cake that can be eaten any time of the day.

And to give it more bite, we added golden raisins from USA. Yummmmmm!


Ingredients: Semisweet Hershey's Chocolate, Plain Flour, Bicarbonate of Soda, Salt, Anchor Unsalted Butter, Caster Sugar, NutriPlus Low Cholesterol Eggs, Vanilla Extract, Farmhouse Low Fat High Calcium Omega Milk, Nescafe, Lemon Juice, Golden Raisins & Hazelnuts (Both from USA).

Optional: Add Rum with Raisins