Party Quiches

Party Quiches

2 sheets ready rolled puff pastry, thawed
1 cup grated cheese
1 spring onion (finely chopped)
½ cup milk
1 egg
125g chopped bacon

Cut each pastry sheet into 16 squares and press lightly into lightly greased patty tins. Combine remaining ingredients and spoon mixture into the pastry cases. Bake at 210ºC for 10-15 minutes. Serve hot or cold. Makes 32.

Hot Potato Salad

4 slices chopped bacon
1 small onion
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
⅓ cup vinegar
¼ cup water
6 medium sized potatoes chopped into 2 cm squares
salt and pepper to taste

Fry bacon and set aside. Chop onion and parsley and cook in frypan for a few moments. Return bacon to frypan and add water, vinegar, salt and pepper. Add potatoes, mix together and place into a casserole dish. Place in oven and cook at 180ºC for 1 hour. Yummy, hot or cold!

Leonie

Curried Pasta Salad

Curried Pasta Salad

1 ⅓ cups uncooked pasta
¼ cup chopped spring onions
1 medium green pepper, chopped
2 tablespoons sultanas
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
salt and pepper to taste

Dressing;
¼ cup oil
¼ cups vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons curry powder

Cook pasta, drain and run under cold water. Combine all salad ingredients into a mixing bowl. Mix dressing ingredients together in a sealed container and shake well. Toss through the salad, garnish with sliced red pepper.

Leonie

Donna's Spinach with Bacon and Eggs Salad

3 hard cooked eggs, halved lengthwise
8 cups baby spinach leaves, thoroughly washed and dried
250g smokey bacon, finely diced
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Separate the egg whites from the egg yolks. Press the egg whites then yolks through a sieve. Set aside.
Put the spinach in a large bowl
In a med skillet over med heat, sauté the bacon until the pieces are brown and crisp. Pour off all but 1 tbsp of the fat. Add the bacon and fat to the spinach. Add the oil and vinegar. Toss to thoroughly combine. Taste for salt and add with freshly ground black pepper as needed. Toss again.
Cover the salad with the sieved eggs and sever immediately.

Chicken Marinade 2

Was just cooking and thought of this one - I didn't make it up but use it often as the kids like it.

2 tbspn oil
3 tbspn golden syrup
2 cloves garlic crushed
citric acid - not sure how much i add a shake or 2 from the container
Shallots or chives optional
and I also add chopped parsley

Pour over chicken - can be pieces, thighs or breasts and cook later on the barbecue!
Yum
Joann

Chicken Marinade

This is one of our favourite (and very simple) marinades for chicken, which is then great on the BBQ

Soy sauce
teaspoon or so minced garlic
same quantity minced ginger
tiny bit of minced chilli (if you wish)
half teaspoon sugar
can add a splash of olive oil too - although not necessary.

Marinate chicken breast fillets (cut each breast into three chunky strips), for a couple of hours, then drain liquid and BBQ. Yummy, tender and moist.

Also, love thick slices of zucchini BBQd briefly on both sides, perhaps brushed with oil and garlic first.

Whit

Merrin's Chicken Thighs

Skinless, boneless Chicken Thighs (trimmed of fat if you can be bothered)
Olive Oil
Balsamic Vinegar
Honey

Marinade and bbq - awesome with garlic and black pepper sauce or plain old mayo :-)


Dagnammit, now I'm hungry!

Merrin's Rissoles

I always do my special rissoles and my special chicken for pretty much every bbq - always commented on and devoured!

500g mince (beef, lamb, chicken, whatever you like)
1 egg
1 packet of onion soup mix (that's the trick)
1/2 cup breadcrumbs or more if the mix is too runny
1/4 tomato sauce or chutney
squeeze of garlic
squeeze of ginger (if you want you can get all fancy and use the fresh stuff)
1 large zucchini, grated.

Mix it all up and bbq - makes about 8. Double, triple or quadruple the quantities as needed.

Hamburger Mix

This was my mother in law's recipe for barbecue hamburgers and every one seems to love them. Makes quite a sloppy mix.

500g mince
1 cup milk
1 packet chicken noodle soup
2 eggs
1 onion finely chopped
1 cup SR flour
1 grated carrot
1 cup water.
Mix together and allow to stand.

Joann

5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake

4 tablespoons sr flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate drops
1 mug

Method
Add dry ingredients to the mug and mix well
Crack an egg and add it to your mug. Be sure to mix it well to avoid any pockets of flour in the corners
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well
Add the chocolate drops if you've got them, and a splash of vanilla essence too
Pop your mug into the microwave and zap for 3 minutes on maximum power (1000 watt)
Wait until the cake stops rising and sets in the mug
If necessary, run a knife around the sides of the mug and tip the still warm cake out of the mug and onto a saucer
Anyone like me who doesn’t like the taste of of oil, you can replace most of it except one teaspoon with baby apple and 2 and a half tablespoons of sugar instead of 4 still tastes yummy, especially since you have the sweetness of the choc bit. I’ve made it twice now and it was yum with a spoonful of icecream!
I’d love to find a non-chocolate variety for my boys.

Linda Piper

Sophie's Curried Tuna Slice

Curried Tuna Slice

Serves: 4-6
Preparation time: 15 to 30 minutes
A creamy tuna sauce on a delicious rice base.

Ingredients
1 tin (440 g) tuna
1 cup rice
30 g butter
1 egg, beaten
Salt and pepper
¾ cup grated cheese

Sauce
1 tablespoon butter
1½ cups milk
2 tablespoons plain flour
1 tablespoon curry powder
½ cup mayonnaise
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 egg, beaten

Method
1. Cook rice in boiling water until soft and drain.
2. Combine rice with butter, egg, salt and pepper.
3. Press rice mixture into the base of a greased rectangular casserole dish.
4. Arrange flaked tuna over rice.
5. Make a white sauce with the extra butter, flour and milk.
6. Add mayonnaise and curry powder, and stir until smooth.
7. Add lemon juice, parsley and beaten egg and simmer for 1 minute.
8. Spoon sauce over tuna and sprinkle grated cheese over the top.
9. Bake in a moderate oven for 25 minutes.

Whitney's BBQ chicken and zucchini

This is one of our favourite (and very simple) marinades for chicken, which
is then great on the BBQ

Soy sauce
teaspoon or so minced garlic
same quantity minced ginger
tiny bit of minced chilli (if you wish)
half teaspoon sugar
can add a splash of olive oil too - although not necessary.

Marinate chicken breast fillets (cut each breast into three chunky strips),
for a couple of hours, then drain liquid and BBQ. Yummy, tender and moist.

Also, love thick slices of zucchini BBQd briefly on both sides, perhaps
brushed with oil and garlic first.

Joann's BBQ chicken marinade

2 tbspn oil
3 tbspn golden syrup
2 cloves garlic crushed
citric acid - not sure how much i add a shake or 2 from the container
Shallots or chives optional
and I also add chopped parsley

Pour over chicken - can be pieces, thighs or breasts and cook later on the barbecue!

Chicken curry from Maxine

Merrin - I usually do this on the stove top but I have done it in my slow
cooker as well. Its just a recipe that I has grown so none of the
measurements are exact - neither do they have to be. Everyone loves this
curry - the almonds give it a delicious rich sauce.

A really delicious curry using a paste as a starter which is very kid
friendly too as it's not hot.
1/2 jar Pataks Korma curry paste
1kg chicken thighs cut into smaller pieces (not too small)
One or two diced onions
Oil
Sweet potato cut into cubes
Can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed - you can use as much or little vegies
and chickpeas depending on how far you want the curry to go and how meaty
you want it. I often use 2 cans cos the kids love them.
3 or so heaped tablespoons of ground almonds
Couple of big glugs of cream

Gently fry the onions in the oil until translucent, add the curry paste,
cook for a minute or so. Add the chicken pieces and seal. Add enough water
(if in the slow cooker I would barely cover it - on the stove I just keep an
eye and top it up to be nice and saucy). Add the chickpeas and sweet potato
and cook until everything is cooked!! Just before serving stir in the
ground almonds and cream and warm through. You can sprinkle some coriander
on top if you are feeling really artistic. Serve with rice and yummy with
green beans too.

Merrin's Cob Loaf recipes

Was going to email this to Maxine but thought I may as well send it to all of you.

Cut out the inside of cob loaf and tear the filling into little bits around the hollowed cob. Bake until lightly golden and crunchy. Fill with deliciousness as follows....

Spinach and Ricotta Cob Filling
Saute 1 onion and garlic
Add a tub of sour cream, cream cheese, ricotta (and/or whatever cheese you have)
Add a block of thawed and drained spinach
Mix until all melted together and hot, pour into cob..... use bits of cob filling to dip and ENJOY.

Corn and Bacon Cob Filling
Saute 1 onion and garlic
Add a heap of diced bacon and brown (approx 10 rashers?)
Add a tub of sour cream, cream cheese (and/or whatever cheese you have)
Add a can of creamed corn and a can of corn kernels
Mix until all melted together and hot, pour into cob..... use bits of cob filling to dip and ENJOY.

If you're a piggy like me, you will graze on it all day until you've eaten the entire cob and then feel sick.

I think Beck has another recipe using Mayo (was that you Beck or Lisa???)

Sophie's Apple raisin chocolate cake

Here is the recipe Brenda asked for. From my MIL

APPLE RAISIN CHOCOLATE CAKE (Although I used Sultanas on Saturday.)

4 oz butter
8ozs castor sugar
2 eggs
8oz SR flour
1 level teaspoon bi-carb soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup apple puree
1 pkt chocolate bits
4 ozs seeded raisins.


Cream butter & sugar, add eggs and beat. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with the apple puree. Then add the choc bits and raisins. Put in greased tin and bake at 185C for 1 1/4 hours approx. I used a ring tin but cake can be made in a 20 cm round or square tin.