Thursday, March 19, 2020

NAN'S YEAST FREE BREAD

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3 cups of self raising flour (nan used wholemeal)
75g butter
Pinch of salt
2tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cups of milk (nan used soy)
(You can add grains or make savory bread from these base ingredients)
Combine flour, salt and baking powder without sifting
Add the milk and butter and combine well
(Dough should be moist but not sticky and dont over work it)
Transfer to a lined loaf pan or form a circle, oval or different shape on a lined tray (my nan often made a heart shape pull apart bread by rolling into circles and making the heart shape with the rolls
Cook in an oven at 200°c for about 40 mins
Enjoy!

Saturday, March 30, 2019

Little Salmon Quiches

These little Salmon Quiches from 4 Ingredients on Facebook


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6 eggs
210g can pink salmon
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
3 sheets puff pastry, quartered


Do This -

  • Preheat oven to 180°C
  • Lightly grease 12 patty-cake trays with cooking spray or melted butter.
  • In a bowl, whisk the eggs, then add salmon and cheese, and season with sea salt and cracked pepper and mix to combine.
  • Using an egg ring, cut circles out of the defrosted puff pastry and place into the greased patty cake trays.
  • Evenly spoon the mixture across the pastry cases.
  • Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Monday, March 25, 2019

Easy Potato Bake



Serves 4

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4 potatoes, peeled and sliced
125g diced bacon
1 onion, diced
300ml cream
1 cup grated cheese

Do This - 

  1. Preheat oven to 180C.
  2. Spread half of the potatoes in a layer in the base of a greased ovenproof dish. Add half the onion, bacon, cream and cheese. Repeat with a layer of potatoes, then the remaining onion, bacon, cream and cheese. Finish the last top layer with cheese.
  3. Bake in the oven until potatoes are tender and top is browned. (about 30-40 minutes)

Saturday, March 16, 2019

Zucchini Slice




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6 eggs
2 large zucchinis, grated
1 cup self-raising flour
1 onion, finely chopped
200g bacon, diced
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
salt & pepper to taste

Do This -
  1. Preheat oven to 170°C. Line a 20 x 30cm baking tray with baking paper.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, add the flour and combine well.
  3. Add all other ingredients and mix.
  4. Pour the contents into the prepared tray and bake for 30 minutes or until brown.
  5. Allow to cool slightly, then slice.

Friday, March 8, 2019

Easy Homemade Stir-Fry Sauce

Makes 2 cups



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1/2 cup soy sauce
1 cup chicken stock
1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
2 tablespoons cornflour mixed with 2 tablespoons water


Do This -
  1. Adding all the ingredients (except the cornstarch mixture) into a saucepan.
  2. Whisk together and bring to a boil.
  3. Pour in the cornstarch mixture slowly, whisking to combine and then let simmer over medium heat for 3-4 minutes.

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Easy Butter Chicken

This recipe is from Taste.com.au

Serves 4

From Taste.com.au

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1/2 cup Greek yogurt
2 garlic cloves, crushed
3cm piece ginger, peeled, finely grated
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons ground coriander
1 teaspoon garam masala
1/4 teaspoon chilli powder
600g chicken thigh fillets, trimmed, cut into 3cm pieces
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
20g butter
1 brown onion, halved, thickly sliced
410g can tomato puree
1/2 cup Massel chicken style liquid stock
1/2 cup thickened cream
Basmati rice, to serve
Coriander leaves, to serve


Do This -
  1. Place yogurt, garlic, ginger, cumin, coriander, garam masala and chilli powder in a glass or ceramic dish. Add chicken. Stir to coat. Cover. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
  2. Heat oil and butter in a heavy-based saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 to 4 minutes or until softened. Add chicken mixture to pan. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until chicken just starts to change colour. Add tomato puree and stock. Cover. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until chicken is tender and mixture has thickened slightly.
  3. Stir in cream. Simmer for a further 5 minutes or until heated through. Serve with steamed rice and coriander leaves.

Sunday, January 7, 2018

"4 Ingredients" LITTLE LEMON CHEESECAKES

I found this recipe on Facebook on the 4 Ingredients page



Makes 8

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250g cream cheese, softened
280g jar lemon butter (lemon curd)
8 round crunchy cookie (In OZ, I used Butternut Snaps)
ANY CRUNCHY SWEET BISCUIT WILL BE SUITABLE

Do This -

  • Line 8 holes of a muffin tray with paper muffin shells and place a Buttersnap cookie flat side up in each.
  • Using an electric mixer, beat cheese until creamy, then add all the lemon butter, mixing until nice and creamy.
  • Spoon mixture onto biscuits and freeze for 2 to 3 hours or until firm. 5 minutes before serving, remove paper and sit. Serve garnished with fresh seasonal fruit.

Add berries, nutella, whatever flavour you like. 
Because this recipe doesn't have any nasty gelatin you must freeze not refrigerate and take out 5 mins before serving. In this weather possibly just one minute before serving.
Note:
You can freeze these in an airtight container for up to 3 weeks.

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Sun dried tomato and mushroom pasta in a garlic and basil sauce

I found this recipe here but copied it into metric because it was too hard to follow in American measurements. 

Serves 4



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2 tablespoons olive oil
200g mushrooms, sliced
3 garlic cloves, minced
100g sun-dried tomatoes, diced
2 chicken stock cubes (use vegetable for vegetarian version)
2 cups boiling water
1/2 cup half and half (may need to add another 1/2 cup)
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon dried basil (or up to 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil)
fettuccine for 4

NOTE:
WHAT IS HALF AND HALF? Half and half is the US milk product that combines half milk half cream to form a lighter cream (unlike heavy cream). To make 1 cup of half and half, combine 1/2 cup milk and 1/2 cup regular cream (heavy, or whipping cream).


Do This -


  1. Heat olive oil on medium-high heat, add sliced mushrooms and garlic and cook for about 3 minutes. Add diced sun-dried tomatoes. Reduce heat.
  2. Dissolve 2 chicken stock cubes in 2 cups of boiling water. Add the broth to the pan and cook on medium heat until the mushrooms and sun-dried tomatoes absorb some of the broth and the broth reduces somewhat. Add half and half, heavy cream and bring to boil just for a short moment. Add Parmesan cheese and cook the sauce, stirring, for a couple of minutes, on low-medium heat until the cheese melts. Add the basil.
  3. If your sauce is too thick at this point - add another 1/2 cup half and half. If your sauce looks thin to you - do not continue simmering the sauce to thicken it as you will be adding pasta shortly (in the next step) - and pasta will absorb some of the sauce liquid. Even if the sauce looks thin now, it will not be so thin once you add pasta.
  4. Cook fettuccine according to the package instruction. Drain and rinse in cold water (this will stop the cooking). Add the fettuccine into the sauce and continue cooking the sauce with the pasta in it, on medium heat, for a couple of minutes (or more - to achieve the desired thickness) stirring constantly to coat well.
Note: Do not add salt to the creamy sauce because it should already be salty enough from the chicken cubes. Check at the end when the sauce is done to see if some salt is needed.