Sri Lankan Food & Healthy food recipes Peckish Me

Olive oil & grape cake – healthy and sugar-free!

Jayani SenanayakeDecember 11, 2015

I love shopping for ingredients. Nothing excites me more than going through the market isles looking for the freshest, juiciest most unusual ingredients to work with. The thought of a market visit alone is enough to brighten up my day. On a bad day w... Read More...

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Chocolate fudge for Christmas

Jayani SenanayakeDecember 6, 2015

‘Tis not only the season to be jolly, ‘tis the season of utter and absolute decadence as well! Decided to go with yet another sweet treat for the Christmas table. Chocolate fudge. We won’t be celebrating in the usual shamelessly ostentatious manne... Read More...

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Sri Lankan chili paste

Jayani SenanayakeNovember 27, 2015

Are you, like me, appalled by the sheer volume of prawn heads thrown away every time you bring home some prawns? Well, save them next time – because today, we are going to make chili paste with them. Yes THAT chili paste. The one you like to eat w... Read More...

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Seafood Fettuccine

Jayani SenanayakeNovember 21, 2015

I have developed a craving towards seafood as of late. And pasta. And everything creamy. It’s normal, I have these cravings from time to time. I think seafood and creamy sauces go exceptionally well. And then I come across these lovely baby clams the... Read More...

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Echo at Cinnamon Grand – Italian restaurants in Colombo

Jayani SenanayakeNovember 19, 2015

On a day out with myself, it was on a whim that I decided to revisit the Echo Restaurant at Cinnamon Grand, one of the more popular Italian restaurants in Colombo just a few weeks back. It was on the spur of the moment decision that was made out of c... Read More...

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Mushroom in cream sauce

Jayani SenanayakeNovember 14, 2015

Mushroom are mysterious things. They sprout from the ground for no apparent reason, round, soft and spongy, smelling of wet earth, burnt clay, grass and all sorts of undiscovered things. I don’t consider them as plants – they certainly don’t taste ... Read More...

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Healthy brownies – Vegan, gluten-free, no butter, no sugar!

Jayani SenanayakeNovember 6, 2015

What if I told you that there are decadently satiating, ooey gooey brownies that are actually good for you? No don’t shake your head in disbelief. This magic recipe is made up of kidney beans, dates, raw chocolate and oats. It’s completely guilt-f... Read More...

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Cafe Francais by Pourcel – Park Street

Jayani SenanayakeNovember 5, 2015

Café Francais by Pourcel has been “coming soon” for quite some time adjacent Park Street Mews and I have held my curiosity for well over a year. When it finally opened, it was creating such a stir in the foodie scene, and stirring up controversial re... Read More...

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Pumpkin spiced cake

Jayani SenanayakeOctober 31, 2015

It’s Halloween today and if I don’t post up a pumpkin recipe, it would definitely be out of character. Especially since I’ve been busy making a few things with it for the past few weeks. I like all things pumpkin – the Sri Lanka pumpkin curry bein... Read More...

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Santore – Italian restaurant

Jayani SenanayakeOctober 27, 2015

The Darling was craving pizza and there was absolutely no way around it. I however is not a huge pizza fan (I have my moods when it comes to pizza and other ‘junk food’ in general’ and that day was not one of those days). So we did our research. We w... Read More...

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Sesame tofu stir fry

Jayani SenanayakeOctober 23, 2015

We are dedicated carnivores and have been for years on end. Having a meal that is entirely vegetarian is completely alien to us – there is at least an egg present in every meal, if not a kind of meat or fish. This however changes on poya days (full m... Read More...

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No sugar, no butter healthy oatmeal cookies

Jayani SenanayakeOctober 21, 2015

With so much of junk food around playing the devil with our senses with temptation, it’s takes an extra effort to stay healthy these days. Although trying to stick to a healthy diet, the occasional slice (or half the entire thing) of pizza, a stray h... Read More...

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Shepherds Pie for the season

Jayani SenanayakeOctober 17, 2015

Apologize for the long silence, but I've been quite occupied as of late. The reason being me taking up fitness training, more so as a method of getting my family involved in it. Too much food (and God knows there's so much of it around in my place) w... Read More...

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Delicious creamy lime squares

Jayani SenanayakeOctober 10, 2015

My aunt has a large lime tree which at a certain time of the year, bears so much fruit that she doesn’t know what to do with, when you are fed up with the lime juice, the pickle and the lime cakes and your teeth are protesting at the slightest mentio... Read More...

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