Category: Food Hints

Broken sweet biscuits or savoury crackers

What to do with a box of savoury crackers that are mostly broken or crushed or even a little stale? Pop the broken crackers in the food processor and give them a blitz then coat your chicken with them instead of bread crumbs. Sprinkle over the top of a potato bake. Broken or slightly stale …

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Baking on the BBQ

Since being married we are now on our 4th bbq I think we have gradually been upgrading to better ones over the years. Last summer we bought our most recent bbq a nice oval large for the brand Weber. It has a lid that fits nicely, a grill that splits in two to take out …

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Packet or box cake mixes

Over here we generally call it a packet cake mix. The store bought pre packaged cake mixes.  I don’t use them all the time but lets face it some times we just want to add an egg and some milk, mix and have instant cake batter to pop in the patty papers or a cake …

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Macaroni and cheese on leftovers.

Maybe macaroni and cheese on leftovers doesn’t sound that fantastic but we like mac and cheese in this house, home made that is, but I like to make it more of a meal because as far as I’m concerned pasta in cheese sauce alone is not a meal. It started when I had some spaghetti …

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Strawberries

For us here in Queensland it’s the middle of the strawberry season. Mmmm I love fresh strawberries and they are so cheap right now. I bought a couple of kilograms on the weekend.  I washed them, hulled them (cut off the tops), then very thoroughly dried them.  I popped them into a couple of zip …

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