Yes, maybe pistachios, dried apricots would be good
dibble35,
Jan 17, 5:03pm
Heres another - its one of the nicest choc brownie recipes I've tried. Not heavy and stodgy like some of them can be. Got it years ago from a lady I worked with. DOUBLE CHOCOLATE FUDGE BROWNIES 250gm choc melts 2 C castor sugar 4 eggs 1 tsp vanilla essence 1 C flour ½ tsp B.P. ½ C cocoa Extra 150gm choc melts Icing sugar to sprinkle on top Preheat the oven to 160*C. Spray or line a sponge roll tin. Melt the 1st measure of choc. Beat the castor sugar, eggs and vanilla well. Add the melted choc, flour, B.P. and cocoa. Stir in the extra chopped choc. Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 50 mins until firm. Cool in the tin and cut into small bars or chunks. Dust with icing sugar to serve.
dibble35,
Jan 17, 5:30pm
This works well for most fruit, makes really nice banana muffins if really ripe 1s used. Good way to use up those extra zucchini to FRUITY MUFFINS 2 C flour 4 t B.P. ½ t salt ½ C castor sugar 100 gm butter 1 C milk 1 egg 1 ½ C chopped/mashed fruit ( or for choc zucchini muffins 1 ½ C zucchini, 4 T cocoa, choc chips to taste) Sieve the flour, B.P., salt into a large bowl. Add the sugar. In another bowl melt the butter, add the milk and egg and beat. Prepare the fruit then add the fruit and liquid into the flour mix. Fold together till flour mix is just dampened. Put mix into greased muffin pans. For fruit muffins (not zucchini ones) sprinkle over a mix of 1 T sugar and ½ t cinnamon. Bake 12-15 mins at 220*C
dibble35,
Jan 17, 5:37pm
I like to kid myself that this is healthy - it is yummy though. BROWN BANANA BREAD 100 gm butter ¾ C sugar 1 egg 1 C mashed ripe banana 1 C wholemeal flour ¼ C orange juice ¼ - ½ C chopped walnuts/sunflower seeds 1 C plain flour 1t B.P 1t B. Soda Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Add egg and beat. Add mash bananas, wholemeal flour, OJ, nuts/seeds. Stir till just combined. Sift in plain flour, BP and B. Soda. Mix all till just combined. Line a 23 x 10cm loaf tin with greaseproof (bottom and long sides) and spoon in the mix. Bake at 180*C for 1 hr till skewer comes out clean. Stand for 5-10 mins then turn out.
dibble35,
Jan 17, 5:42pm
Bobbies American Lemonade (well she was American) 4-5 lemons – skin only, no pith 4 C sugar 2 level teaspoons citric acid 4 C boiling water Place all ingredients in a microwave proof bowl, stir, and cook for 4 mins. Let cool, then add the juice of the lemons. Let set overnight. Strain then bottle. Store in the fridge or freeze. Dilute to taste
lythande1,
Jan 17, 8:58pm
Oh. baking recipes then, not meals?
motorbo,
Jan 17, 10:19pm
im feeling rather chuffed today, I had 4 large red peppers and turned them into red pepper sauce. no recipe and the flavours were yum. then I made a crustless quiche with salmon and courgettes. then I tried a brown rice pudding. inspired from here. I added the cinnamon at the start so it got cooked for as long as the water/milk/coconut cream. and its finished tasting like chocolate
so a successful day with no recipes
gaintraction,
Jan 17, 10:30pm
Well with such tasty sounding food and success as well, I say you should put these recipes (from your brilliant mind) up here, huh?
dibble35,
Jan 17, 11:26pm
whatever you want to add, as you can tell i'm up to the baking and pudding section which i'm copying into my new recipe book - sharing the good ones at the same time.
dibble35,
Jan 17, 11:52pm
I remember this being so yummy when I was a kid. havnt seen anything like it for ages. APRICOT RICE PUDDING WITH MERINGUE 465gm tin apricots Tin condensed milk ¼ C water 2 eggs ¾ C cooked rice – drained 60gm castor sugar. Heat oven to 125*C. Put fruit in bottom of a 2 pint(1.2L) dish. Mix condensed milk and water to get a thick cream. Add beaten egg yolks and rice. Mix well and pour over fruit. Whisk egg whites adding castor sugar 1T at a time, till peaks form. Pile over the rice mix and bake 1 – 1 1/4 hours.
herself,
Jan 18, 2:28am
Not really a recipe but my families' favourite Pork Chop dinner. Shoulder pork chops rubbed with oil and lightly sprinkled with Tuscon seasoning and fennel seeds. Gently braised until tender. Remove from pan and make gravy with remaining juices. Serve with roast vegetables and apple sauce!
wheelz,
Jan 18, 6:27am
Pork and fennel are made for each other!
jynx66,
Jan 18, 1:02pm
Here's a dessert I made up a few years ago from stuff in my cupboard and the kids (now grown up with grand-kids of their own) loved it. I have since 'quartered' the recipe to make it suitable for one, so it's easy to multiply for to as many as you need to feed:
Absolutely Apricot
1 egg a few drops of vanilla essence 150g low-fat apricot yoghurt* 1 tablespoon apricot & ginger jam 3 thin slices wholemeal bread ½ teaspoon minced ginger 1 tin apricots, drained 2 teaspoons demerara sugar
*If you only have plain yoghurt, use one or two pieces of apricot from the tin and mash them up to add to the yoghurt.
Heat oven to 165°C. Grease a small deep individual casserole dish. Beat the egg well with the vanilla. Add the yoghurt and beat again. Spread the jam on one side of the pieces of bread and spread the minced ginger on two of them. Place one with ginger in the bottom of the dish, jam side up, & cover with halves of apricots cut side down. Pour over 1/3 of the egg mixture. Repeat. Place the last piece of bread, without ginger, jam side down over the 2 layers of apricots and pour over the last of the egg mixture. Leave to stand for about 20-30 minutes to allow the custard to soak into the bread. Sprinkle the sugar on top and bake till the custard is just set, about 40-45 minutes.
bev00,
Jan 19, 2:25am
family recipes great to share
dibble35,
Jan 16, 7:40pm
Just redoing my recipe collection into nice organised typed folders so am typing out some recipes on laptop. So thought I might as well paste some of the good ones on here. A lot of people will already have a biscuit cake recipe but this one was my poppas, then my mums and now I use it so it is good. Poppas biscuit cake Melt 1 tin highlander milk 125gm butter 1 T cocoa Then add to 1 C coconut 500(ish) gm crushed biscuits (1 malt, 1 wine) ½ - 1C sultanas Mix very well and press into a sponge roll tin. Ice with choc icing and sprinkle with coconut. Cut into pieces before it gets to hard.
dibble35,
Jan 16, 7:57pm
This one from a Canadian friend many years ago LAZY CINNAMON BUNS 4 t baking powder ½ t salt 2 C flour ¼ C butter or marg ¾ C milk Extra butter/marg ½ C brown sugar 1 Tb cinnamon Sift together flour, B.P. and salt. Add butter and cut in well. Add milk and mix until dough is soft. Place on a floured board and roll out to 1cm thick in a rectangular shape. Spread with some soft butter or marg, sprinkle with the brown sugar and cinnamon mixture. Roll (long side up) and slice into 2 1/2 cm/1” slices. In a greased round cake tin spread a mix of ¼ C melted butter/marg ½ C brown sugar Arrange the slices on top, cut side down. Bake at 230*C for 15-20 mins. Turn out onto a plate and eat whilst hot.
griffo4,
Jan 16, 9:16pm
Thanks dibble l am already drooling reading the cinnamon buns will have to c & p
nauru,
Jan 17, 12:11am
Thanks for sharing dibble, have C&P'd both recipes. The slice sounds nice so I will give it ago. I think you could probably add anything to that slice in place of your cup of fruit.
books4nz,
May 4, 7:46pm
Yum to both recipes! thanks for sharing :-)
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