I don’t ice a lot of my cakes unless they are to take out to family or friends, I figure I don’t need the extra sugar in my diet. I do on occasion make cream cheese icing. Many years ago when I went searching for the cream cheese icing the recipe I found they varied …
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Sliced onions
I had my mandolin slicer out the other day to slice up cabbage and onions for my coleslaw. While I had that out I sliced up another 3 big onions to keep in the fridge so that I’d not have to do the whole cry while peeling onions again in the week. My sliced onion …
Puff pastry toppers
Puff pastry toppers are easy to do and can be used for savoury or sweet foods. Pastry toppers are just ready rolled frozen puff pastry cut with scone/biscuit/cookie cutters to the shape you wish. Pop on a lined baking tray and brush with milk or beaten egg. Put into a preheated 220*C heated oven and …
Coconut crumbed fish
I don’t have a real recipe it’s just what looks good. Fresh fish fillets I usually go for a quick cooking fillet like whiting for this. Plain flour. Coconut milk (can). 1 egg. Shredded coconut. Method Mix the egg and maybe half the can of coconut milk in a dish. Flour in 1 dish and …
Flavoured Pepsi, Coke or Cola.
We are a Pepsi household but I must admit a few years back when the flavoured Cokes came out we had a try at all the flavours. I liked the lemon, the lime, I wasn’t fussed on the vanilla. Being the Pepsi drinkers that we are we decided to make our own versions, it’s easy. …


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