Recipe of the Month - August 07

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Mmmm Potato Bake...

Ingredients-

Potatoes
Onion
Diced bacon
Cream
Chicken oxo cube/s
Grated cheese

*Thinly slice and part cook potatoes
*Slice onion saute with bacon
*Layer potato with bacon and onion mix in a glass or ceramic baking dish (I usually just do potato, bacon/onion then potato to lazy to layer any more!)
*Mix oxo cube into cream and pour over potatoes, use enough cream to just cover the potatoes
*Sprinkle with cheese
*Bake in a 180 degree oven till potatoes are cooked through and cheese it golden (approx 30-40 min depending on your oven)

**I use 1 oxo cube if i'm using a small carton of cream, 2 oxo cubes if i'm using a large carton of cream. If i'm using somewhere in between that amount of cream just 1 and a bit oxo cubes.
**A friend of mine used french onion soup mix instead of oxo and another friend used spring vegetable soup mix. I've didn't taste these variations but they said it was yum!
[Edited on 05/08/2007]

Veggie pancakes

1 grated potato that has been parboiled
1 grated zuchinni
1 grated carrot
1 grated onion
1/4 - 1/2 cup flour
1 - 2 egg
1 tablespoon milk, or breast milk or formula

Mix all together and cook in frypan until brown.

I also had some grated cheese so I added that, could also add sweet potato, pumpkin or whatever veg like. And had some bacon pieces so also added them. I found that it needed bit more flour hence the 1/4 - 1/2 cup and I ended up adding the second egg as it wasnt binding as well.
Even my usually fussy partner had a try and said he liked them which was a surprise!

Yummy Choc Carrot, Apple and Sultanas Muffins.

I searched through a few muffin recipes but non were quite what I wanted so I made these up. I playe around with amounts a bit, but this should be right now.

2 cups S/R Flour
3/4 to 1 cup sugar (most recipes say brown or castor, but I only had normal white)
1/2 cup coconut
2/3 - 1 cup of sultanas (depends how much you like them)
1/2 to 1 cup grated apple (again however much you like)
1/2 to 1 cup grated carrot
2 heaped desert spoons of cocoa
2 eggs
3/4 cup margerine (softened so runny but still creamy and pale not thin and completely melted)
approx 1 cup milk - make so a gluggy wet consistency - may depend on how much grated fruit/veg you add

Fold together with wooden spoon - don't really mix/beat it, spoon into muffin tray and cook for approx. 15-20 minutes (depending on if you make mini or large muffins).

Sorry it's not all exact, but I just threw it in - and they came out absolutely beautiful. I just had a warm one with a little butter. Oh, and also I ran out of apples as we made fruit salad last night, so I dug around in the fruit salad and grated all the little bits up - it had a sweeter fruitier taste from all the other juices in salad.

Cheers, Kerin
[Edited on 15/08/2007]

Apricot Chicken

This is so easy and great for those busy nights!

Need:
1 packet french onion soup
1 bottle thousand Island dressing
1 tin Apricot jam/conserve (about 500g tin)
Chicken Drumsticks (depending on the size of your family. I use 12 for 2 Children aged 8 & 10 boy & girl, 2 adults & a toddler 16 months)
Some coscous/pasta (just for serving chicken with)

Put all ingredients into a bowl (except chicken and cosous/pasta) and mix together. Place chicken in oven proof dish (I use pirex lasagne dish) poor your mixture over and put in oven under grill turning chicken every so often until chicken is cooked.

We serve with coscous or pasta shells under chicken with apricot sauce over the top.

YUMMY & FILLING
Also good on sandwithces the next day.

Nina


[Edited on 20/08/2007]

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Fruit Oats

This recipe has been great from my DS when he is feeling a little 'backed up'.....works everytime!

*Rolled oats - cook the amount you want as per instructions on side of the packet.
*A variety of stewed fruit - I'm using apples & pears but in summer you can use peaches, apricots.
*Prunes - boil up and squeeze all the juice out or puree up.

Basically I prepare all the above ingredients then blend together. I then freeze it in ice cube trays. It takes about 20 mins.

This recipe was one that my nana gave to me and my husband and little man love it.

Chicken Pasta

500g shell pasta (cooked)
2 chicken breasts (diced)
300g bacon (diced)
1 onion (diced)
4-5 cloves of garlic (crushed)
1/3 cup white wine
1 1/2 teaspoons chicken stock
2 shakes tobasco
1 tablespoon sweet basil
1 tablespoon chopped chives
600-1 litre cream
parmesan cheese

1. Cook and Cool the pasta
2. In a large pot add 1 tablespoon oil and lightly brown the chicken pieces. Then add in onion, garlic, bacon and the wine, now cook till wine almost evaporates.
3. Add salt and peeper to taste along with chicken stock, chives, basil and tabasco, stir through.
4. Add cream, corn kernals and parmesan to the pot and stir, add pasta and cook through till hot and cream has almost evaporated.

Pa's Bolognaise

My mum's dad use to make this for me when I was a child. Its quick easy, and kids love it! My nephews request it everytime they come over for dinner. Re-heat left overs and make jaffles the next day.

After 23 years I still love it!


1 large tin of salt reduced spaghetti
500g lean beef mince
1 medium tin of corn
A splash of no added salt tomatoe sauce

Cook mince until browned, mix in tinned spaghetti & corn add a little tomatoe sauce and salt and pepper if needed.

Pasta Bolognese

1 Jar Dolmio etc pasta sauce
500g mince
1/2 packet pasta - spirals work well
Greated cheese - as desired

Cook Pasta in boiling water. Drain
Brown mince and add pasta sauce. Stir until warm.
Mix pasta and mince mix in a baking dish and spread with greated cheese.
Bake 180 degree oven until cheese melts and browns.

My 3yr old son loves this dish.

I find it very hard to keep finding inspiration for quick yummy things to make for a toddlers lunch or dinner. This recipe is great for toddlers and indeed our whole family enjoys them:

Mini Pizza's:

Packet English Muffins
Carton Tomato Puree
Grated cheese
Toppings - sliced ham, diced cooked chicken, diced mushroom, pineapple etc.

*Preheat oven to 240 deg C.
*Slice muffins in 1/2 and place on an oven tray (for however many people you are feeding).
*Spread each with a little bit of butter then some tomato puree.
* Place on the toppings you wish then finally grated cheese.
*Bake in oven for 8-10 mins until golden brown.
*Let cool and enjoy!

Thanks!
Monique

Congratulations to Nic_B for her recipe for Fruit Oats. It's great to have another variation for the kids breakfast, especially one that has some "added" benefits.

Your recipe will soon feature in our Feeding Your Baby section.

Thank you to every one who participated in this month's recipe competition.

Cheers
Lauraine