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Desserts

A LA ROMANY

1 Packet Romany Cream biscuits
1 Instant Chocolate pudding (not dark chocolate)
1 Fresh Cream
1 Peppermint Crisp or Flake

Method:

Crush Romany cream biscuits.

Mix instant pudding.

Beat cream.
Layer Romany creams first the chocolate pudding, cream and

top with peppermint crisp or flake.


TRIFLE PUDDING

1 Can (310g) Nestle Dessert Cream
1 Can (410g) Sliced Peaches
1 Tsp. Icing Sugar
6 x 1cm slices of Swiss Roll
2 Cups made up custard
glace Cherries and nuts

Method:

Place half the Swiss roll slices in a bowl.

Pour peaches (½ can) over Swiss roll.
Add ½ if custard to that.

Shake can of cream, open and pour into a mixing bowl.

Add 1 tsp icing sugar and stir until smooth.
Pour ½ amount over custard.

Repeat layers using the rest of the ingredients.

Decorate with cherries and nuts.


GUAVA MOUSE

1 Tin Guavas
1 Packet Strawberry jelly
1 Tin Caramel

Method:

Mix jelly as per packet instructions.

Puree together guavas & caramel and mix with jelly.

Set in fridge.


Fish

FISH AND MUSHROOM BAKE

5 Potatoes
1 Onion
1 Tin Mushroom soup
500g White Fish
1 Packet Brown Mushrooms
Dry Breadcrumbs

Method:

Boil potatoes and slice.

Slice the onion and mushrooms.

Cook fish, de-bone and flake

Mix all ingredients together.

Bake for 45 minutes remove and sprinkle with breadcrumbs and

return to oven under grill until top is browned.


STUFFED FISH FOR THE BRAAI

2 Kg Tiger (Spotted Grunter)
1 Onion
¼ Cup Cheese
1 Garlic clove
1 Tomato
1 Green/red/yellow pepper
3 Mushrooms
Fish spice, Marina Sea Salt, Pepper, Basil & Parsley

Method:

Slice the onion, pepper, mushrooms and tomato.

Finely chop the garlic.

Score the fish on both sides and clean the inside thoroughly.

Rub in salt both in and outside of fish.

Place mixture of garlic, seasoning and herbs in the scoring marks.

Open fish and sprinkle ½ the cheese, on top of cheese place the sliced

vegetables – sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.

Close fish – secure if possible with toothpicks.

Wrap up securely in a double layer of tinfoil – shiny side inside.

Bake for approx. 30 – 45 minutes.


Light Meals

TANGY PASTA with SOUR CREAM SAUCE

250g Diced Bacon – no fat
3 Cloves Garlic – crushed
1 Large Tomato – skinned/cut into pieces
1 Coarsely Chopped Onion
250ml Sour cream
1 packet Spaghetti – cooked

Method:

Fry bacon in a pan till done but not crisp – put aside and cover.

Sauté onion and garlic in pan till soft – adding more oil if necessary.

Add tomato and simmer till a thick puree is formed.

Add bacon pieces and sour cream and simmer without lid until sauce
thickens slightly.

Transfer spaghetti to a serving dish and pour over the sauce just before
serving.


NOODLE and TUNA BAKE

3 cups Cooked Noodle Shells
1 Onion – sliced in rings
1 Tin Double Thick Mushroom Soup
1 Tin Tuna – drained
½ Cup Mayonnaise
1 Cup Grated Cheese

Method:

Fry onion rings lightly.

Mix everything together.

Put ½ the cheese into the mixture – keeping other ½ for topping.
Spray 'n Cook an oven proof dish and pour in pasta mixture.

Bake for 30 minutes.


DELICIOUS SPAGHETTI

1 Box Spaghetti - cooked
2 Onion chopped
100ml Cream of Tomato soup
50ml Chutney
1 Tin Corn – drained
1 Packet Bacon – bits
½ Green Pepper diced
50ml Tomato Sauce
1 Tin Mushrooms
250g Cheddar Cheese
2 Tablespoon Oil

Method:

Lightly fry bacon, onion and green pepper – garlic can be added to taste.
Mix all other ingredients and add to bacon mixture.
Mix everything with cooked spaghetti
Spray 'n cook an oven proof dish – turn mixture into dish.
Top with more cheese.
Bake for approx. 25 minutes at 180°C


Meat

BEEF OXFORD

1 Kg Stewing Beef
50ml Olive Oil
Marina – Salt & Pepper
2 Garlic Cloves crushed
100g Mushrooms
30ml Apricot jam
40g Flour
300ml Red wine
225g Onions
300ml Beef stock
1 Green pepper sliced

Method:

Coat meat with flour.

Heat oil and fry meat quickly.

Add rest of ingredients including left over flour.

Bring to boil – then simmer for 2 hours 30 minutes.


SCOTCH EGGS

500g Steak mince
Marina – Salt & Pepper
Basil, Origanum and Parsley
1 Egg white
6 Large Eggs
1 Clove Garlic
1 Onion
Flour, breadcrumbs

Method:

Boil egg until hard – cool and shell.

Finely chop the onion and garlic.

Mix meat, herbs, onion, garlic and seasoning.

Take a ball of mince mixture and coat around egg – do this
to all the eggs.

Roll meat coated egg in flour, then beaten egg white and lastly

in breadcrumbs.

Once all the eggs have been coated in both meat and breadcrumbs

deep fry them. Deep fry until meat is cooked.


Poultry


PAELLA

1kg Chicken
3 Tomatoes
2 cups raw Rice
2 Packets Chicken soup
1 Tin Smoked Mussels
1 Packet Bacon
1 Packet Mushrooms
1 Large Onion
1 Green Pepper
1 ¼ Water

Method:

Cook and de-bone chicken.

Fry the mushrooms, bacon, onion and green pepper.

Cut tomatoes into blocks and add to fried ingredients.

Add uncooked rice and soup powder.

Lastly add the chicken and mussels.

Cook until rice is just right.

Serve hot with a green salad


APRICOT CHICHEN

1 Packet Chicken pieces
1 Lt. Apricot Juice
2 Packets White Onion Soup
4 Cloves

Method:

Cook chicken pieces.

Pour apricot juice and soup powder over chicken.

Add cloves.

Cook for a further  minutes.


BROCCOLI CHICKEN BAKE

1 Whole Chicken
1 Tin Mushroom soup
1 Cup Cheese
1 Tbl. Butter
Handful fresh breadcrumbs
3 Cups Broccoli
1 Tbl. Lemon Juice
1 Cup Mayonaise
1 Tsp. Curry powder

Method:

Cook broccoli for 5 minutes in salt water.

Mix all ingredients except cheese, crumbs and butter – chicken &

broccoli last.

Sprinkle crumbs, cheese and knobs of butter.

Bake for 30 minutes


Salads


SWEETCORN DISH

2 Tins Sweetcorn
4 Eggs
2 Tsp. Baking powder
2 Tbl. Sugar
2 Cups Milk
2 Tbl. Mieliemeel
1 ml Marina Sea Salt
2 Tbl. Margarine

Method:

Melt sugar and margarine together.

Add sweetcorn – mix all other ingredients together.

Add two mixtures together (mixture is very liquid but sets well).

Pour into oven-proof dish.

Place in centre of pre-heated oven (180°C).

Bake for 45 minutes without a lid until set


POTATO BAKE

30 ml Oil
5 ml Thyme
2 ml Marina Sea Salt
1 kg Potatoes
250ml Milk
4 Thinly sliced Onions
Black pepper to taste
1 Packet Brown Onion soup powder
60g Butter/Margarine
200g Mature Cheddar Cheese

Method:

Heat oil and sauté onions until golden brown. Add thyme, salt & pepper.

Peel potatoes and cut into slices.

Cook potatoes in boiling salt water for 5 minutes.

Drain well and arrange a layer of potato slices in a greased baking dish.

Cover with cheese.

Follow with an onion layer, sprinkle with soup powder – dot with butter.
Repeat process ending with cheese.

Pour milk over evenly and bake in oven until potatoes are tender and the
top is golden brown.


PUMPKIN PIE

500g Cooked Pumpkin/Butternut
250ml Sugar
250ml Cream
250ml Cake Flour
10ml Baking powder

Method:

Mash the cooked pumpkin/butternut and put it into the oven proof dish.

Mix remaining ingredients together.

Pour over pumpkin/butternut.

Bake for approx. 30 minutes – until light golden brown.


Tea Time Treats

SHORT BREAD

275g Flour
225g Salted Butter
100g Glace Cherries
50g Corn flour
100g Golden granulated & castor sugar
Zest of Orange and Lemon

Method:

Preheat the oven.

Spray baking tray with spray 'n cook.

Roughly chop cherries.

Sift the flours together.

Rub in the butter.

Stir in the sugar cherries, fruit rinds.

Knead to soft dough.

Press dough into greased biscuit tray.

Bake for 45 minutes until golden.

 
BANANA MUFFINS

4 Medium Bananas – ripe
1 Egg
1 Tsp. Baking Soda
80g Margarine
¾ Cup/200ml Sugar
1 Tsp. Baking Powder
375ml Flour
Pinch of Marina Sea Salt

Method:

Preheat the oven. Mash the bananas.

Add the sugar and egg.

Mix in melted margarine.

Add this mixture to the sifted dry ingredients and mix to form batter.

Spoon this into greased muffin pans.

Bake for 20 minutes.

 
INSTANT CHEESE CAKE


1 Packet Tennis biscuits
1 Tin Condense Milk
2 x 250g Smooth Cottage Cheese
1 Packet Vanilla instant pudding

Method:

Mix cottage cheese and condensed milk thoroughly.

Add instant pudding powder – mix in thoroughly.

Crush biscuits and line grease pie dish.

Pour mixture on to crust.

Refrigerate until set.