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 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.

Zucchini and Corn Pie

Ingredients:

250 g grated zucchini

130 g creamed corn

1 small finely chopped capsicum

½ cup grated tasty cheese

½ cup SR flour

2 tbsp oil

2 lightly beaten eggs

 Method:

Grease a 20 cm pie dish. Put all ingredients together in a large bowl. Stir. Bake in a moderate oven at 180C or until set brown on top.

Banana and Coconut Bread

Ingredients:

125 g butter

½ cup brown sugar

½ cup castor sugar

2 eggs

2 ripe bananas

½ cup sour cream

1 ½ cups SR flour

1 tsp cinnamon

½ cup shredded coconut

½ cup pecan nuts

 Method:

Preheat the oven at 160C. Cream butter, sugar and eggs. Whisk together all the dry ingredients. Mix together the dry and the wet ingredients. Add the coconut and nuts. Pour the mixture into a loaf tin. Bake for 1 to 1 1/2  hours.

Mini Zucchini Bites

Ingredients:

1 tbsp olive oil

3 bacon rashers (trimmed and finely chopped)

1 finely chopped onion

1 large grated carrot

1 large grated zuchinni

3 eggs

1 cup grated cheese

¼ cup cream

½ cup sifted SR flour

Method:

1. Preheat oven at 180°C. Grease mini muffin pans.
2. Heat oil, sauté bacon and onion for 4 to 5 minutes. Add carrot. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in zucchini. Transfer to a large bowl, cool for 10 minutes.
3. Whisk together eggs, creams and cheese. Season to taste.
4. Stir egg mixture with cooled zucchini mixture, stir flour through until well combined.
5. Spoon mixture into prepared pans. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
*For vegetarians, leave out bacon and add corn.

Savoury Snack

Ingredients:

4 bread rolls

1 grated zucchini

1 grated carrot

1 tsp oil

1/3 can corn kernels

½ can baked beans

½ cup tomato paste/sauce

Cheese to top

Method:

Hollow up bread rolls. In a frying pan, cook zucchini and carrot with oil until soft. Add corn kernels, baked beans and tomato paste. Spoon mixture into bread rolls and top with cheese. Cook in 200°C pre-heated oven until cheese has melted and is golden brown for approximately 10 minutes.