I thought I’d start a post for recipe sharing.
Healthy or decadent, whatever you like to get in the kitchen and make.       

What’s everyone’s favourite recipes?

Ooooh! I have too many favs! But I have a really nice recipe for beetroot dip!

Ingredients:
1/2 tub of cream cheese
3-4 T beetroot relish
1 tsp lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste.

Place cream cheese in a bowl and squish with a fork until soft and creamy. Add beetroot relish, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Mix until pink and pretty! Add more relish if you think it isn’t pink enough… serve with french bread, ciabatta or turkish bread. YUM!

CHOCOLATE MUD CAKE

Ingredients -

1-1/2 Cups S/R flour (Or 1-1/2 C plain flour with 1-1/2 t Baking Powder)
1/3 Cup of Cocoa                                          
1/2 teaspoon of Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon of Salt
1 Cup of Sugar
1/2 Cup of Oil (anything will do really)
1 Cup of Cold water
3 teaspoons Vanilla or Peppermint essence
2 teaspoons of Vinegar (White or Cider)

Method -

Prepare ingredients then preheat oven to 180d C.
Sift dry ingredients into a bowl (or whisk together). 
Mix wet ingredients into a separate bowl (except vinegar).
Pour wet into dry and mix.  Add Vinegar and stir to combine.
Pour into a lined 20cm cake tin, bake 45 mins. 
Cool slightly in tin, remove to cake rack to cool completely then ice or dust with icing sugar if wished.  Serves 8-10 or 8 large Muffins (cook 15mins).

So good served warm with whipped cream. 
No eggs, no milk, no butter.  Suitable for vegetarians & vegans.
Stays super moist for ages.  These ingredients I always have in the pantry so I can make this anytime and everyone loves it.  The vinegar is the acid to get the soda going, you can’t taste it when it’s cooked.  Enjoy

OMG! That sounds so nice! I think I might make that for pudding tonight! x

LittleMissMakeupNerd - 30 October 2011 01:35 PM

OMG! That sounds so nice! I think I might make that for pudding tonight! x

It’s so easy and yummy, I hope you enjoy it. 

that chocolate cake is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Yeah, the recipe demanded to be shared.  It’s great aye.

In time for Christmas -

Chocolate Shortbread Canes

Ingredients -

125g Unsalted butter, softened
1/3 Cup Caster sugar
1 Cup Flour
1-1/2 T Cadbury Bournville Cocoa
1/3 Cup Ground Almonds
2 t Orange zest, finely grated
1/2 Cup Macadamia nuts, chopped
60g White choc melts

Method -

Place butter & sugar in a bowl, beat until light & fluffy.  Add flour, cocoa, ground almonds, orange zest and macadamias.  Beat until mixture begins to form a ball.  Turn out on to a floured surface & knead until smooth.  Wrap in plastic wrap & put in the fridge for 15 minutes.  Preheat the oven in this time to 160 C and line a tray with baking paper.  Roll small tablespoonfuls of mixture into logs 15cm x 1cm thick.  Transfer to tray, bending into a cane shape.  Bake 12-15 minutes or until firm.  Cool on tray for 10 minutes, they’ll firm on standing.  Drizzle with melted chocolate, allow to set.

A nice variation is to omit the cocoa, just add 1-1/2 T of extra flour & exchange the orange zest for 2 t of peppermint essence, drizzle with red icing like a candy cane.
  Yummo.

From my herb garden - Thyme or Rosemary Chicken

Okay it’s a bit of a stretch to call this a recipe but here goes -

Marinate chicken pieces, I usually use thighs, for as many as you need to feed.
A bit of soy sauce, honey, sesame oil, leave for a few hours or overnight, turn occasionally.  Then in a dish of appropriate size smear a drop of oil round and put down a bed of thyme or rosemary, stalks and all (and the odd aphid), sage is good too but wilts faster, you want it to be about 2cm thick.  Pour some water in the dish til it thinly just about covers the bottom.  Sit your chicken on it’s bed and pop in a 180 C oven for approx 20-30 mins, basting a few times.  Check for doneness by poking with a skewer (or any pokey thing) and when juices run clear you can devour it.  Pieces of sweet potato cook well in the same time or it can be served with a simple salad.  Super easy.

You can do a similar thing with citrus slices, just line the dish with baking paper first.   Yummo.

Bobannie - 30 October 2011 01:01 PM

CHOCOLATE MUD CAKE

Ingredients -

1-1/2 Cups S/R flour (Or 1-1/2 C plain flour with 1-1/2 t Baking Powder)
1/3 Cup of Cocoa                                          
1/2 teaspoon of Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon of Salt
1 Cup of Sugar
1/2 Cup of Oil (anything will do really)
1 Cup of Cold water
3 teaspoons Vanilla or Peppermint essence
2 teaspoons of Vinegar (White or Cider)

Method -

Prepare ingredients then preheat oven to 180d C.
Sift dry ingredients into a bowl (or whisk together). 
Mix wet ingredients into a separate bowl (except vinegar).
Pour wet into dry and mix.  Add Vinegar and stir to combine.
Pour into a lined 20cm cake tin, bake 45 mins. 
Cool slightly in tin, remove to cake rack to cool completely then ice or dust with icing sugar if wished.  Serves 8-10 or 8 large Muffins (cook 15mins).

So good served warm with whipped cream. 
No eggs, no milk, no butter.  Suitable for vegetarians & vegans.
Stays super moist for ages.  These ingredients I always have in the pantry so I can make this anytime and everyone loves it.  The vinegar is the acid to get the soda going, you can’t taste it when it’s cooked.  Enjoy

i will try this one its very delicious

Banofee Pie

INGREDIENTS:
150g melted butter,
250g packet plain biscuits (crushed),
330g can highlander caramel,
2 bananas,
3/4 cup cream (whipped),
2-3 Tbsp grated chocolate.

METHOD:
Combine the melted butter and crushed biscuits and mix thoroughly. Press the mixture into the base and sides of a deep 20cm loose-based flan. Refrigerate for 30 mins Spread caramel over crumb base and refrigerate for 1 hour, until caramel is firm.To serve, slice the bananas and arrange half of them over the set caramel. Top with the whipped cream and decorate with the remaining banana slices and grated chocolate.

I love this Banoffi Pie recipe, I have it already, it’s so easy eh, that Highlander caramel is so handy.
I can highly recommend it

Absolutely wonderful post. there were so many ideas that I got from you and now I will have to happily and excitedly re-purpose my future discussion. Very well done and thank you so much for sharing such n important post. I also appreciated all the comments made by other members.

delish

Vanilla icecream and coke. I know it doesn’t sound great but It’s a favourite of mine.

Pineapple and Banana Smoothie

Lately Iv been making this smoothies and cannot get enough of it.

Its simple and quick

1 pineapple (skinned and cut up)
2 bananas
Little bit of sugar
Ice

Blend it all together and serve, yum yum!!