Mini Quiches

These quiches can be cooked in advance and kept in the refrigerator to be reheated when required. Reheat them in the oven rather than the microwave so that the pastry stays crisp. They make great finger food for parties! Ingredients 3 large eggs 90 mls cream (4.5...

Honey Oat Bars

Ingredients 1 cup rolled oats 1 cup SR flour 125g butter 1 cup honey ½ cup desiccated coconut ½ cup chopped dried apricots ½ cup sultanas Method Line a 18x28 slice pan with baking paper. Preheat oven to 180 Celsius (or 160 if fan forced) Combine dry ingredients in a...

Banana Sour Cream Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients 125g butter 1tsp vanilla essence 1 cup castor sugar 2 eggs 1 cup mashed bananas (about 3 ripe bananas) 1/3 cup sour cream 2 cups self-rising flour ¼ tsp bicarbonate soda For frosting: 125g packet cream cheese 30g butter 2 cups icing sugar (you may need...

Pasta Roma

The beauty of this recipe is that you can finely chop or grate any veg you have in your fridge or freezer, especially the veggies the kids don’t like, because in the end you process the veg and the sauce and they don’t even know what they are eating. It tastes...

Chicken Noodle Soup

Ingredients 1kg chicken thigh fillets, diced ¼ cup of olive oil 1 large onion, finely diced 2 cloves of garlic, crushed 3 celery stalks, finely sliced (included the leaves… great taste!) 3 cups of mixed frozen veg (pre-packed is the easiest) 1 tin Creamed Corn ½...

Spaghetti Bolognese

Ingredients 500g mince 1 clove garlic (or 1 tsp crushed garlic) 1 onion, diced 1 tsp curry powder 1 can tomato soup 1 carrot, grated 1 zucchini, grated 6 small mushrooms, diced Method Drizzle small amount of oil in the bottom of a frying pan or wok, add onion,...