Au Gratin Taters

Hello Everyone!

My little sisters LOVE junk food. So pizza was on our dinner menu for tonight,I have to admit I do have my junk food cravings every once in a while but I usually end up eating one slice or less and thats it, so I decided to make one of my side dishes to go along with it as its my only means of veggies in my main course. I would like to share with you another one of my potato recipes. You will need:

2 large potatoes

2-3 garlic cloves

Butter or margerine(1/2 stick)

full-cream milk

grated cheddar cheese

 salt

*I based my portions as cooking for three people

1. Turn on base oven(160 deg Celcius)

2. Peel potatoes and slice them into 5mm rings

3. Peel garlic cloves and slice into 3mm rings

4. Put butter in pyrex dish and blast in microwave for 1 min

5. Layer the potatoes in rows and sprinkle some of the garlic and salt in between the layers

6. Pour some milk 1 inch from the base of the dish

7. Pop it in the oven for 45 mins

8. Take dish out and sprinkle your cheddar cheese on top, turn on top oven and pop it in for 10 mins until cheese slightly browns

Serve right away but careful it’ll be smokin HOT!!

Enjoy!

Luna’s Rice Krispy Treats

Hello World!

I’m not a big fan of chocolate, I do however like the occasional dose in ice-cream, milk or with fruit. I also like it with rice krispies. Heres a favourite recipe of mine VERY easy to make, and very yummy too.

You’re going to need:                                                                                                                      

10 Mars Bars(540 grams)

130 grams rice krispies

1. In a steam pot or water bath, melt your Mars Bars until thick and runny(don’t let any water get in)

2. In a large bowl, add your rice krispies and the melted choco mix in and mix well with a wooden spatula( or use your hands-careful its HOT!)

3. In a pyrex dish, spread the mix and flatten it out as much as you can, make sure the edges of the pyrex are filled in really well.

4. Place in fridge for a half hour or so.

5. Take dish out, and with a spatula try to separate the mix from the edges of the dish until it comes out a big block.

6. With a large sharp knife(not with a raggedy edge) cut(don’t saw its not bread!) the block into long vertical pieces, then for each strip, cut further into 5 square pieces( about 1.25*1.25 inch pieces, I call these MAN-SIZE pieces:)).

7. Place in air-tight jar.

Tip:

•  I’ve known a few who like it a little sweeter, you can add some sugar and honey to the chocolate mix while its melting, personally I think thats as sweet as it gets:)

 

A Little Christmas Heaven

Hello World!

I know I’m a little behind on my christmas baking I ‘ve just been so busy and this cake in particular needs some free time, I’d love you to try its soo good, does take longer than a regular cake but its worth it:)

Note: You’ll need a weighing scale used for food because I’m measuring everything in grams:

140 grams currants(zante currants are yummy)

170 grams raisins

55 grams maraschino cherries(or mixed glazed fruits)

170 grams butter

200 grams dark-brown sugar(I use Whitworths dark brown soft cane sugar)

2 eggs

200 grams flour

2 tsp baking powder

2 tsp ground cinammon

2 tsp  ground ginger

1 tablespoon honey

1 tablespoon milk

115 grams walnuts

1/2 cup of OJ(Orange Juice)

 1. Take all dried fruit and soak in OJ and blast in microwave for 1 min

2. Preheat oven to 150 deg celcius(Gas 2)

3. Beat butter and sugar together in mixer until fluffy, then beat in eggs one at a time

4. Turn off mixer and add flour, baking powder and spices and mix in with spoon(or with hands)

5.  Add honey and milk to fruit and OJ

6. Mix in fruit with the dough

7. Add nuts

8. Place in oven and cover with foil for 30 mins, then remove and leave for 1.5 hours or so.

Cake tips:

• I used nothing LOW FAT its christmas and a little guity indulgence is permitted:)
• Blast the honey and milk in the microwave for 1-2 mins so the honey will dissolve and thus mix in well with the fruit
• Fresh OJ is always a plus
• You can add some white/dark choco chips to the mix if you are a choco nut:)

 

A Belated Merry Christmas Everyone! God Bless You All:)

Luna’s Ultimate Baked Potato Soup

Hello,

I love potatoes, I like potatoes in salad, mashed, Au gratin, soup, baked, fried, scalloped…etc. They make great side dishes, main dishes…. you name it!

I would like to share with you my famous baked potato soup recipe, anyone who savored it loved it, it can be served as a main dish because its so filling and flavorful. It’s simple to make as well, try it:):

Ingredients:

If you’re cooking for two:

Potatoes (2 large potatoes)
Turkey or beef bacon(3-4 strips)
Garlic powder
Salt
Pepper
Half a stick of butter (or low fat margarine)
Veggie oil (I prefer Canola oil)-for frying the bacon
2/3 tablespoons of flour
Milk (full cream-2 cups)

Begin by dicing the potatoes into little ½ inch cubes and boiling it in water for 15-20 mins with a little salt
Slice the bacon into little squares, fry in a little oil and set aside
5 mins before draining the potatoes make your soupy sauce:
Melt the butter until it sizzles (do NOT let it
colour)
Add the flour and start to whisk- do that for about 2
minutes to ‘cook out’ the flour taste
Add milk a little at a time, until you get the smooth,
velvety texture that you want.
Keep whisking (DO NOT let it get chunky)
At this point, you can add a pinch of salt, pepper or powdered garlic
Drain potatoes and add to mixture
Keep stirring for about 3 mins
Serve soup and sprinkle bacon on top first, then add parsley and grated cheddar cheese, anything you can make it into!

PS. In case you haven’t noticed, the ingredients for the sauce is relatively similar to Alfredo sauce used for pasta and ravioli, I’ve always favoured Alfredo to Marinara (i.e people know them as white and red sauce), I figured it could work as a soup too, so I tried it out and came up with good results:)