Toffee Marshmallow Krispies

Too easy to make!

You need:

9 toffee sweeties
9 fat marshmallows
1 stingy T golden syrup
75g butter
100g rice krispies or cornflakes or combo
12 smarties to decorate

Do this:

Place first 4 ingredients into a pan on low heat and stir until melted
Add cereal and spoon into 12 muffin cases in muffin pan
Decorate with a smarties and try not to eat for at least an hour(setting)

Garlic Bread

That is garlic posing amongst the citrus...NOT SPRING ONIONS!

Is it wild garlic? bread??

Armedillo perhaps?

Pizza Toppings

Today, we have, kalamata olives, leeks, red and yellow peppers, grated cheddar, asparagus, sweetcorn, and homemade tomatoe paste in the centre.

The hard work is done now lets start decorating Kids!

His name is Boris!

Spelt Spaghetti

This has a great depth of flavour and is of course far superior in nutrients than its paler cousin.

Spaghetti Bolognese with a chili con-carne twist.

Easy tasty Burtha-Mashed Spiced Aubergine

Is it a dip? Is it a pate? Is it a North Indian curry? Is it a sandwich filling?

Whatever you want it to be, it tastes 100 times better than it looks!

Method:

• Bake a washed and pricked (with a fork) aubergine on a piece of foil in a hot oven for 40-60mins.
• When cooked and cooled(for handling purpose), cut in half and scoop out flesh using a tablespoon and scarping the skin to capture the smokey flavour.
  

In a pan, add:

• 1 T oil-olive oil and rapeseed combo
• 1 diced onion
• Fry on med heat for 5 min
• Add 1 slashed green chili
• Add 1-2 diced fresh tomatoes
• Fry on med heat for 5 min
• Add aubergine pulp
• Cover and cook for 8 min
• Add 1 small finely diced red onion
• Cover and cook for a further 7-8 min
• Turn of the heat and serve anywhich way you please.

For first timers, I recommend eating in a sandwich or with indian breads. This is a low labour intensive dish with a high rating taste!

Dinosaur Pasta Jewelry

Threading activity to improve fine motor skills and satisfy Dino-craze!

Makes His...

....and Hers.

Cookies with Milk

Still too hot!

WOww, (s)Weetie ones too!

Now, how do we make them healthier?

Just add milk!

Radishes

What gorgeous colours!

I love the variety in sizes, characteristic of organic produce.

Organic Mini Burgers

In a bowl add:

• 1 finely chopped onion
• 1-2 cloves of minced garlic(Ikea garlic crushers are great for whole clove with skin & easy to clean)
• 1 t good quality smokey paprika (will post pic of my favoured brand)
• 1 t salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 t sesame seeds
• 1 t garam masala-optional
  
• 1 minced green chillie-only if you like it HOT.
• 500g organic beef mince

Knead them altogther to mix and combine.


Next shape into burgers to fit your buns and let them rest for atleast 20 minutes. I usually make them early on and leave them to chill in the fridge untill needed for the meal.

To cook, place under a hot grill(broiler) or barbeque. I do 6-10minutes per side but it depends on the size of your burger and preference.

Now for the really fun part, assemble in a bun with shredded lettuce, sliced tomatoes and pan fried mushrooms. Ohh and you could add slip some of that homemade coleslaw in too! I enjoy it more because I know what is in it.

Quick Coleslaw

The main work needed here is just shredding. In the past I have used the shredder on a food processor but find that the result is not the desired crispy coleslaw. Besides, I'd much rather wash a sharp knife and a chopping board rather than the whole hulla baloo that goes with the afore mentioned gadget. So the combination that works for me is:

Shred:

• 1/2 pointed cabbadge
• 1/2 red onion or 3-4 spring onions
  

Grate:

• 3-5 carrots
• 1 small apple

Combine, season and add 2-3T of good quality organic mayonaise. I used:



If you are out of mayo, you could be super healthy and use yogurt with a dash of maple syrup and 1 crused clove of garlic.

If you want to make it more special you could add a combination of:

• pecans
• walnuts
• toasted almonds
• pine nuts
• chopped apricots(none of those orange sulphur dioxide zapped radioactive ones!)
• raisins and the like(currants,sultanas...)
  
• pomegrante seeds
• dates
  

Much tastier and nutrient rich than the plastic wrapped tubs!