Diana Holmes
125g butter
1¾ cup SR flour
1¼ cup caster sugar
¼ tsp bicarb soda
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1 tbsp cocoa
Place all ingredients in bowl and beat well until the mix changes colour and all ingredients are combined.
Pour into a greased and lined 20cm tin. Cook in a moderate oven about one hour, until cooked (if when pressed lightly in the middle the sides … Read more »
Janine Halasz
I eat to live and live to eat.
There is nothing better than to plant and grow your own fruit and vegetables at home then cook, eat and share your food with others. Whether the recipe is simple or complex it’s the challenge of preparing something delicious for your mind, body and soul.
Easy Beetroot Dip
2 to 3 fresh beetroots, cooked … Read more »
Janine Halasz
500g fresh carrots, peeled and chopped then cooked in boiling water till tender.
Drain and cool.
Process then add ½ cup of Greek yogurt, 2 teaspoons of orange juice, 1 teaspoon of Moroccan spices and 1 teaspoon of raw sugar.
Serve dips with fresh bread, pita bread, rice crackers or as sides with your meal.
Janine Halasz
Unsalted butter, 8 pieces of selected fruit, 4 tablespoons of brown sugar and 8 star anise.
Arranged cut fruit halves on a lightly buttered baking tray.
Sprinkle with brown sugar and add star anise to top of each half (if preferred use cinnamon)
Roast in 200C oven until sugar has melted and fruit warmed (15 to 20 mins).
Cool and serve with ice cream, cream, creme … Read more »
Margaret Goddard
Smells of river mud and ripening fruit, sounds of summer bordered by cicada drumming. This is the setting of two continents close to my heart; Australia and India – a brother-in-law’s eggplant curry and my long dead mother’s special biscuit recipe.
2 tbsp oil/ghee
½ tsp black mustard and cumin seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
1 tbsp grated ginger root
1 diced onion (optional)
1 tsp salt
½ tsp ground cumin
½ tsp … Read more »
Margaret Goddard
½ cup butter
¼ cup sugar
1 egg
grated rind of one lemon and one orange
vanilla extract
1 cup ‘dry’ stewed plums/rhubarb (very lightly cooked without much liquid)
1-1 ½ cups of sifted plain flour
1 tbsp lemon juice
½-1 cup finely chopped almonds (enough to coat the biscuits)
Separate egg and keep both yolk and white.
Cream butter and sugar.
Stir in the egg yolk, grated rind, a few drops of vanilla and … Read more »
