cooking

cooking isnt about following a recipe …

its about creating your own

mix and matching herbs spices and fillings

being brave enough to experiment and falling upon something realy wonderful that everyone enjoys

its about being able to laugh when it ll goes wrong but learning from it at the same time

we all need to eat … so we all need to cook … why not make it a wonderful experience …

Cheese cake cup cakes

this is a simple cheese cake done in patti pans .. just for the fun of it while kids on school holidays …

like all cheese cakes youll need you buscuit base .. so we crushed  the chocolate cookies in the cupboard..

then we lined a muffin tray with the patti pans …

filling each pan with 1 table spoon on the crushed cookies

now chop up 2 pkts of cream cheese .

add them to your mixing bowl with …

1/2 cup of castor sugar (fine sugar.

1 teaspoon of edible gelatine

1 250 mls of cream that you have whipped till thick

with a mixer … mix together till creamy ..

if to thick add a bit at a time of un beated  cream

spoon in the mixture into the cup cakes ..

fill the centre with your favorite fruit ..

place all in fridge for 1 hour before serving ….

enjoy ….

Jam drop cookies

this is a recipe i got from a dear friend from facebook … we love swaping meal ideas around …

ingredience are ..

2 eggs

2 cups seived self raising flour

120 grams butter .melted

1/2 cup fine sugar (castor sugar

your fav Jam

4 tablespoons of milk

seive the flour  crack your 2 eggs

melt your butter  add the sugar and mix well … then add it to the flour and mix

ADD THE MILK

dough will be a wet oily mix .. place in fridge for 30 minutes … go do dishes

roll balls about the size of a teaspoon .. make a dent with thumb …

add jam …. place in oven top shelf … 180 degrees for about 10 minutes

a great recipe for kids to help in the kitchen .. they help with the seond batch of jam drops

allow them to cool … dont be a piggy now ..wait …wait ….

bet you cant stop at one

Ideas with mince

for this one i used PORK

place mince in a bowl mix in

1 tspoon of cummin power

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup parsley

mix together ….

on skewers place one slice of onion on first .

then using half a palm full of the mince wrap it around the stik and work it with your hands to form a sausage like shape then place capsicum on the top .

cook on the grill or hot plate … they cook fast so keep the heat low

serve with veggies … mushroom

Healthy breakfast for young school kids

lets face it we all now know breakfast cerials are full of sugars and salt … even the so callled healthy ones .. so lets all go back to the good old days of breakfast before cerial became so comertial and entered into our house …

did you know an egg a day is safe …. we use to be told only 2 or 3 eggs a week was fine but know we know better ….

todays brekky for kids on a ealry monday morning before shcool .

soft egg yolks with bread soldiers to dip in … one of the kids fav and ok myn too … .

and did they like it ……yep its always a winner ….

Butter chicken

this is really easy as all you do is buy a butter chicken mix .. altho not all butter chickens are the same .. its a matter of trying whats in the shops and find the one you like best …. i found this brand on my second try …

1 kilo of chicken peices or 2 chicken breast cut into cubes

1 large onion

handfull of peas in pods

1 celery stick

fry up the chicken first for about 5 mintes till just browning off add in alll the veggies toss for anther 4 minutes then add your butter chicken sauce .

simmer on medium for 30 mintues

serve on a bed of rice …. delicious

Trying the Pie maker

after searching high and low for one that wasnt going to cost me 50 bucks or more ..I got one  20 bucks ….

afreind had told me how she just loves hers and uses it for left over dishes .. she makes up pies and freezes them … i thought hmmmmm not  a bad idea … i always have left over cottage pie ….and stews …..

so today i tryed it out … i sprayed it with oil first … a did a puff pastry bottom and a normal pastry for the top … and wow it worked …

i was able to make 4 of them and they look delicious…

so now im in experimental mode …. im going to buy one of those large bread loaves and see if bread will work … we all know those spaggettii toasties .. so il try them in here …. or maybe an egg and bacon one hmmmmm maybe cheese and tomato .. oh my it can be an endless work of pies in this house

Curried eggs

always a family fav …

4 eggs …. hard boiled ….. boil in water for 10 minutes

1 tablespoon butter

1 tablespoon of curry powder

1 table spoon of milk or mayonaise

mix together

spread evenly over bread …. i always have to make up half a loaf

you can put any toppings on after that .. red onion is nice or lettuce

cut into what ever you like ….. watch out for those hungry fingers while your trying to serve it up

chicken soup

a winter fav in every household … and if it isnt then shame on you it should be ….

in here i have

4 peices of chicken leg … once cooked you crumble it up and put back on pot

3 stalks celery

2 large onions

1 small turnip ( not nessasery)

3 large carrots

3 vegie stock cubes

2 litres of water

1 cup celery leaves

handfull of spinach

salt /pepper

1/2 teaspoon chilly flakes

handfull of cherry tomatos

simmer for about 2 hours .. serve with crusty bread or garlic bread …

we also add parmesan at the end

fathers day food

HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL DADS OUT THERE ,,, WE HAD A GREAT TIME …

dad decorating cookies with the kids

trying out his mates asian BBQ … lamb skewers coated with crushed cummin seeds … must be done fresh and with the seeds … omg turned out amaing … i didnt know cummin smelt like this

ofcourse dad had to burn the pork and destroy all the crackle grrrrr