Category: recipe
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Fruit cake
My previous two attempts at a fruit cake has been terrible. One of those cakes I couldn’t even cut with a regular knife and I needed to use a hack saw. I was determined to see the inside of the rock cake I had created. Next second attempt was only slightly better than the first. […]
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Passionfruit butter
After completing the lemon butter I needed to continue with the theme and try my hand at passionfruit butter. Using the same cooking technique for the lemon butter. The recipe I found on the web and created my own twist by adding the juice from the lemon because I like my passionfruit butter a little tangy. […]
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Tangy Lemon Butter
Tangy Lemon Butter It has been six years between batchs of lemon butter for me. It takes heaps of eggs and lemons to make my tangy lemon butter. Family and friends usually donate eggs from their back yard chicken coops and lemons off their lemon tree. I in return give them a jar of tangy […]
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Fresh Pasta
For the last couple of years I have been making my own pasta. Everytime I have family or visitor come over to stay they always ask for me to make fresh pasta. To make fresh pasta is easy peasy. I use 00 flour For each 100 grams of flour add 1 gram 300 grams = […]
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Lemon Yoghurt Cupcakes
Since my daughter declared that she no longer likes banana muffins I have been seaching fr a cupcakes flavour both children will like. Here is the Lemon Yoghurt Cupcake. With tangy lemon philly cheese icing. Have baked 2 dozen for the Biggest Morning Tea that I am hosting at work. Even without icing these cupcakes […]
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Chai Tea
My favourite warm drink at the moment is organic chai tea in milk. For an extra creamy drink use organic full cream milk. I have a 600ml pot and 600ml mug it takes the guess work out of how much milk to pour. This drink will have less sugar than an ice coffee. You have […]
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Strawberry and cream muffins
On the weekend I made 36 cupcakes and muffins. To be honest there was 37 cupcakes and the children ate two, so we only had 35 cupcakes to donate. Here is a new recipe that I tried: strawberry and cream muffins 310g self raising flour 60grams caster sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 eggs, beaten 375mls […]
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The best choc chip cookies
Choc Chip Cookies 125g butter1 ¼ cup of brown sugar1 teaspoon vanilla essences1 egg1 ½ cups of plain flour1 teaspoon of bicarb of soda1 packet of choc chips Using your electric beaters: 1) Cream the butter and sugar 2) Add the vanilla 3) Add the egg 4) Sift your flour and bicarb soda into your […]
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ghee
Gather your best organic unsalted butter And I mean the best Take off the wrappers and put them in the pan On the lowest setting melt the butter and don’t let it bubble over or your going to regret the smell of burnt butter after about 10 minutes the butter bubbles start to disappear and […]
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bento
In trying to jazz up my kids lunch boxes I have turned to google and guess what? There is a Japanese art form for lunches is called Bento, pronounced bee-n-too. My kids are loving the extra attention love I am putting into their lunch and if I am totally honest it is only taking me […]