Double Choc Chip Muffins

• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 3/4 cups plain flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1 Tbsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup choc chips
• Extra choc chips to sprinkle on top (if desired)

1. Preheat oven to 200 C and prepare muffin pan by greasing or fill with paper liners.
2. In bowl, mix well the eggs, oil, milk and vanilla.
3. In another bowl, mix well the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, salt and choc chips.
4. Combine wet and dry mixtures and fold together gently until just mixed.
5. Spoon into prepared muffin pad and sprinkle choc chips on top of each (if required).
6. Bake at 200C for 15-20mins.
7. Remove from muffin pan and cool.
8. EAT THEM !!!!

Easy Pasta Salad

• Shell pasta
• crumbled bacon or ham
• hard boiled eggs
• halved cherry toms
• ranch dressing ( I used low fat)

This one is too easy...........cook the pasta and drain, then place pasta, bacon/ham, chopped hard boiled eggs, halved cherry tomato's into a bowl. Add ranch dressing to taste...add a little salt and pepper and you've got a nice pasta salad to serve on a bed of lettuce or it would be delicious with a nice piece of steak........

Sticky baked chicken drumsticks

• Olive Oil


• 10-12 drumsticks


• sea salt & pepper

Glaze

• 6 tbsp honey


• 3 tbsp fish sauce


• 1 1/2 tbsp light soy sauce


• juice of 1 1/2 lemons


• 3 tbsp rice wine vinegar or white wine vinegar


• 1 1/2 tbsp sesame oil

1. Heat the oven to about 180. Lightly oil a large baking dish. Season the drumsticks with salt and pepper and arrange in the dish in a single layer. Drizzle over a little olive oil and bake in the hot oven for 20 mins.


2. Prepare the glaze in the meantime. Mix all the ingredients together in a small bowl until evenly combined.


3. Take the chicken out of the oven and pour over the glaze, to coat each drumstick. Return to the oven and bake for another 20-30 minutes, turning several times, until the chicken is tender and nicely glazed.


4. Let the chicken rest for a few minutes before serving. For a balanced meal, serve with steamed rice and purple sprouting broccoli or green beans.....I served with my potato bacon bake........yummy

An absolutely gorgeous Gordon Ramsay recipe.....

Potato Bacon Bake

• 4 or 5 potatoes, thinly sliced


• 1 onion, thinly sliced


• 2 cups grated tasty cheese


• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley


• 4 bacon rashers, chopped


• 1 cup thickened cream

1. Lightly grease a 22cm square, dish (4 cup capacity)


2. Layer half the potatoes, onion, cheese, parsley, bacon and cream into prepared dish. Repeat layering with remaining ingredients.


3. Place in 180 oven for about 40 mins or until potatoes are cooked.

This is a great recipe, so easy and delicious...great for barbeque's too..

Enjoy...

Choc Chip Muffins

This Australian Institute of sport recipe is sooooo simple...Give it a go !!

• 2 1/2 cups self-raising flour
• 3/4 cups caster sugar
• 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 1 cup nestle choc bits
• 310 ml (1 1/4 cups) skim milk
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

1. Preheat the oven to moderate 180c. Lightly grease a 12 hole nonstick muffin pan.
2. Sift flours into a large bowl. Stir in sugar and choc bits.
3. Make a well in the centre of the mixture.
4. Whisk the margarine, milk, egg and vanilla together with a fork, then add to the flour mixture.
5. Stir gently until the mixture is just combined, don't over beat or the muffins will be tough.
6. Spoon mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 15-20 mins or until muffins are well risen and spring back to the touch.
7. Leave in the pan for a few minutes then lift out onto a wire rack to cool, or eat while still warm.....YUMMO.

Seriously easy and yummy.

Sheppard's Pie

This is one of my families favourite dishes...Sheppard's pie. It's my Mums recipe. I thought I would share it with you....

approx 1kg mince
1-2 onions
7-8 spuds
4 carrots
1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
3 tablespoons (or to taste) tomato sauce
pepper
2 oxo cubes
1 tablespoon plain flour
1 cup tasty grated cheese

Chop onion and carrot and place in fry pan with about 1-2 tbsp of marge. Cook until onion is soft. Peel spuds and boil. Add mince to fry pan of onions and carrots, cook until browned. Add tomato sauce, pepper and worcestershire sauce to taste. Add plain flour and mix for 1 minute - stirring so it doesn't stick.

Fill a jug with boiling water with 2 oxo cubes in, mix then add to frying pan, turn heat down and simmer for few minutes...keep stirring.

Place fry pan mixture in heat proof dish, mash spuds and place on top of mince, then sprinkle cheese on top and place in oven until cheese melts and browns....Then enjoy....It's simple and delicious...try it yourself !

Toblerone Chocolate Mousse

• 1 x 200g Toblerone chocolate bar, roughly chopped
• 1/4 cup water
• 3 tsp gelatine
• 1 1/2 tbsp hot water
• 250ml thickened cream, whipped
• extra, 1/4 cup thickened cream, whipped
• 6 fresh strawberries for decoration

1. Place chocolate and water into a heatproof bowl. Place over a bowl of simmering water. Stir until the chocolate melts. Remove from the heat. Allow to slowly cool down to room temperature.
2. Combine the gelatine and hot water. Stir over simmering water until the gelatine dissolves. Stir into chocolate mixture. Gently fold whipped cream into the chocolate mixture. Spoon into serving dishes. Chill 2-3 hrs or until firm.
3. Top with the extra whipped cream and a strawberry each.