Nuts & Bolts
300gm Nutragrain
500gm Salted Peanuts
500gm Cashews
1 Packet Pretzels
1 pack each of French onion soup & cream of chicken soup
1 dessert sp curry powder
1/2 cup warm olive oil
Mix all dry ingredients together- a container with secure lid is good to shake
Pour oil over top of dry ingredients then shake again till well mixed. Leave overnight then serve.
Its an awesome snack. Something a little different . Very popular in the 70s. Definitely don’t judge it till you try it!!
Grandma’s Farmers Bun
A delicious cookie recipe . Easy to make and very versatile- e.g. add chocolate/chocolate bars, coconut , jam, sultanas, nuts , ANYTHING to this basic recipe.
85 gm soft butter
1 egg
2 cups SRF
3/4 cup sugar
Preheat oven to 175c. Grease & line baking tray.
Cream butter & sugar with electric mixer
Beat in egg the SRF
Roll 2cm balls and place on trays
Bake for 10-12 min.
Leave to cool for a few minutes on tray before transferring to wire rack.
Impossible quiche
3/4 Cup plain Flour 2 Cups milk
125gm soft butter 1 onion
4 eggs 1/2 Cup unprocessed bran
1/2 cup grated cheese Salt & pepper to taste
* Mix plain flour, butter, eggs,milk in blender- then add remaining ingredients.
*Pour into greased quiche/ baking dish
* Bake for 50 min -1 hour at 180C
So easy- add bacon, tomato, zucchini, roast pumpkin- anything
Best Italian Style Bangers & Potatoes
1. Grease baking dish with olive oil-Preheat oven to 160C
2-Boil 1 1/2 lts water- then carefully drop 8 Italian sausages of your choice into water- turn down & simmer for 5 minutes-this cooks sausages without burning & removes excess fat.
3-Quarter- 3-4 large Spanish onions & place in baking dish-pour with 2 tblsp olive oil-place Italian sausages ontop then bake in oven for 15-25 min-until onion soft- Turn sausages once during cooking
4-Once cooked- Remove sausages return to oven oven seperately
5-Pour balsamic 1/3 cup vinegar over onions add 100 ml water- and return to oven when liquid bubbles then stir in 1 dessert sp plain flour to thcken
6-Serve sausages with balsamic onion sauce on top.
Great with- 1-Italian baked potatoes & capsicum- 4-6 potatoes cut into large chips -place in baking dish with 2 red peppers cut into strips drizzled with olive oil & pinch salt 2- Fresh garden salad.
Fast & Fabulous Fritatta.
1. Grease a 20cm x 30cm baking dish. preheat oven to 160C.
2. Line the baking dish with 2 ready cut puff pastry squares.
3. Whisk 1 1/2 cups cream (substitute for skim milk for healthier option), 1 cup grated tasty cheese, 1 cup chopped bacon, 3 eggs.
4.Pour mixture over puff pastry.
5. Bake in oven for 12-15 min.
6. Serve with fresh garden salad or with soup instead of bread.
7. Fantastic cold for lunch the next day.
8. A wonderful recipe which can be experimented with to try variations- eg use smoked salmon, chargrilled vegetables, grated zucchini.
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Nan’s Neverfail Sponge Cake.
Light & Fluffy Everytime!!
Preheat oven 160 C . Grease 2 20cm round cake tins then line with baking paper.
4 eggs & 3/4 cup of caster sugar- beat together with electric beaters for 20minutes.
3/4 cup cornflour, pinch salt, 1tsp cream of tartar, 1/2 tsp bicarb soda, 1 heaped tblspoon custard powder- sift 4 times.
Fold dry ingredients into egg & sugar mix with electric beaters set on low speed
Divide mixture between the 2 cake tins.
Bake for approx 20 min on middle shelf of oven.
Remove from oven & turn onto wire rack. Allow to cool.
Cream & Ice as desired to make 2 small or 1 large sponge.