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Apple dessert with coconut milk and almond flakes
Wintery apple dessert with coconut milk and almond flakes. Light and fluffy, health conscious dessert. Ingredients 1.5 cups cake flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/3 cup brown sugar Pinch of salt 2 eggs 80 ml cooking oil ½ tin coconut milk 1 apple A handful of Almond flakes Icing sugar for dusting Method Heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Beat the two eggs together in a bowl. Add the oil and coconut milk and mix well. Now add the sugar, salt, baking powder and flour and combine to form the batter. Cut the apple in slices. Grease two small cake tins or 2 large muffin tins. Add half of…
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Muesli rusks
Ingredients 4 cups flour, cake or brown bread flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 3 cups muesli 2 cups full cream milk 2 tablespoons vinegar 200 g margarine Pinch of salt ¾ cup brown sugar *The ingredients can be doubled to bake a bigger batch of muesli rusks. Method Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Add the vinegar to the milk. Then mix all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl with a wooden spoon. Put the mixture in a rusk/ bread tin or in a greased ceramic bowl. Bake 35-40 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius. Take out the bread like rusks. Let it cool down for about 5 minutes.…
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Homemade Bread
It is true what they say – a fresh loaf of bread with butter is all you need. Well, maybe not only with butter, whether you like your bread with jam or Bovril (not Marmite),a fresh loaf of bread is really special. Enjoy it while it’s still hot! Ingredients 2 cups Granoro Farina “00” flour “the preferred Italian flour for bread” a sachet instant yeast some salt a tablespoon of olive oil Method Place salt, flour and yeast into a bowl, add a cup of lukewarm water and the olive oil. Knead for a bout 5 minutes until the dough is smooth. Let the dough rest in an oiled bowl covered…
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Spinach, Feta & Mushroom Quiche
Meat-free Mondays or just don’t know what to cook? Here’s a nice veggie recipe for you to try out! This is a no hassle, no crust recipe. Ingredients a cup or more cooked spinach a cup mozzarella or Edam cheese 200 g mushrooms 150 g black pepper feta 4 eggs a cup of milk some salt and pepper one garlic clove a bit of olive oil Method Whisk the eggs and the milk together. In a pan, fry the thinly sliced mushrooms, salt, pepper and some garlic together in a bit of olive oil. Add the cooked spinach and fried mushrooms to the bottom of an oven proof bowl. Sprinkle…
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Healthy Flapjacks
Wheat free flapjacks! A healthy take on flapjacks – still delicious and oh so easy! Ingredients one large banana one cup oatso easy or quick cooking oats 2 small eggs some honey to serve Method Put the contents of one sachet oatso easy into a mug and add boiling water to make a cup of oats (I took strawberry flavoured oats). If you only have the original flavour add a tablespoon of strawberry jam. Mash the banana in a bowl as fine as possible not to leave any chucks, beat the eggs together and add them to the banana and blend well. Then add the oats and stir until just…
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Chocolate and banana muffins
Tasty, yummy chocolate AND banana muffins! Can you believe this!
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Bacon & Egg baskets
It’s brunch time! Here’s how to make easy breakfast baskets… Ingredients 4 – 6 eggs 1 spring onion, sliced 4 – 6 slices or rye/ wholewheat bread 200 / 250 g fried bacon strips half a cup cheddar cheese 1 – 2 tomatoes, sliced salt and pepper fresh rocket leaves Method Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius and grease a muffin tin. Place a slice of bread in each cup – fill the sides and the bottom completely to form a basket. Break one egg into each cup. Add bacon, onion, tomato and cheese to each cup. Sprinkle with some salt and pepper. Bake for 15 – 20 minutes…
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Bacon & Cheese muffins
Yummy crispy bacon and cheddar cheese muffins!
