Apricot Slice

Ingredients:

1 cup minute oats

1 ½ cup flour

1 cup castor sugar

2 tsp. cinnamon

185 g melted butter

Approximately 8 fresh apricots

 Method:

Preheat oven to 180C. Grease lamington tin. Put oats, flour, coconut, sugar, cinnamon in a bowl then mix well. Add butter then stir. Press 2/3 into base of tin. Cut apricots into halves, remove seed and slice. Cover with remaining mixture. Press with a fork. Bake for 35-40 minutes.

Pumpkin and Bacon Muffins

Ingredients: 

2 cups SR flour

½ tsp. bi-carb soda

1-400 g tin pumpkin soup

2  beaten eggs

2 tsp melted butter

½ cup chopped bacon

Method:

Sift flour and soda into bowl. Add remaining ingredients. Stir just enough to combine. Spoon into muffin cases.

Shake and Bake

Ingredients:   

4 eggs

1 cup milk

1 cup carnation milk

1 cup of diced ham or bacon

½ cup grated cheese

1 cup packet score mix

salt and pepper to taste

2 tbsp softened margarine

oregano to taste

1 small grated onion

any leftover vegetable

Method:

Put in large container with lid. Shake. Pour into quiche dish. Bake in a moderate oven till set and golden brown.

Zucchini Slice

Ingredients:  

375g grated zucchini

5 eggs

1 large grated onion

3 bacon rashers

1 cup grated cheese

½ cup oil

salt & pepper to taste

1 cup SR flour

Method:

Mix all the ingredients together. Bake in a lamington tin for 30 to 40 minutes in a moderate oven.

Spinach Quiche

Ingredients: 

2 eggs

1-250 sour cream

1 cup cooked rice

250 g frozen spinach

2 tbsp grated cheese

 Method:

Mix all ingredients together. Cook at 180C at about 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Feel free to add corn or corn pies or whatever in addition to or instead of spinach.

Spinach Pie

Ingredients:   

1 large bunch spinach (not white stalks 6-8 leaves chopped)

1 large diced onion

garlic and curry powder to season

2-3 beaten eggs

1 cup grated cheese

panpas puff pastry sheet

Method:

Cook onion, garlic and curry powder for a few minutes. Add chopped spinach and cook for a few minutes. Place in a large bowl and add beaten eggs and cheese. Line a large pie dish with pastry, fill with spinach mixture and top with pastry. Cook in a moderate oven for approximately 35-40 minutes.

Tomato Relish

Ingredients: 

1.5 kg tomatoes

500 g onions

500 g sugar

1tbsp curry powder

1 tsp salt

1 tsp mixed spice

vinegar to barely cover

Method:

Peel tomatoes, cut them into pieces, then chop onions. Boil all together for 1 to 2 hours. Thicken with a tablespoon of flour or even the flour.

Vegetable Curry

Ingredients:

2 large onions (diced)

2 carrots (diced)

2 large potatoes (diced)

1 cob corn

½ large sweet potato (diced)

1 tbsp curry powder

2 tbsp plain flour

garlic (optional)

Method:

Fry onion in a little water until transparent. Add garlic if desired. Add curry powder. Tip into a large saucepan. Add vegetables with water to barely cover. Add salt and pepper to taste. Simmer covered for ½ hours. Test vegetables with skewer a couple of times to ensure they are not too sloppy. Thicken with flour and serve with rice.

Baked Potato

Ingredients:

4 medium potatoes sliced (peeled and cooked)

1 diced tomato

1 diced onion

4 large mushrooms

½ cup diced bacon

600 ml of cream

Method:

Drain the potatoes. Put into an oven proof dish. In a fry pan, cook all the other ingredients except for the cream. Spread the cooked ingredients on top then add the cream . Top with grated cheese. Bake till top is golden brown.