In my house there is no set recipe for shepherd’s pie, it’s generally a savoury mince topped with mashed potato then popped in the oven until the meat is heated through and the potato on top is browned. I don’ think I’ve ever made it the same two times running. The meat, it can be …
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Self Raising flour
Self raising flour, why do I keep that in my cupboard along with plain flour, easy, it’s a similar price as plain flour, (all purpose flour) it sits beside the plain flour in the shops, mum uses it so I use it. Until that day I ran out of self raising flour with all the …
The sandwich press
By the sandwich press I mean the one with the flat plates. Mine is a 4 sandwich press, I love it. Not only can you use a sandwich press for sandwiches, you can still use them for your paninis, or I’ve found any bread. Great for a quick quesadilla. If you are space poor in …
Pastry clean up
I’ve found the easiest way to scrub pastry bits off your pastry sheet or bench top is to up end your measuring cup or plastic scone cutter and scrape. This does the clean up in double time due to the round cup or cutter edge. Also works with bread dough or biscuit dough or … …
Rissoles, meatballs, hamburger patties
Rissoles, meatballs, hamburger patties … Whatever you’d like to call them, in our house the only thing that makes them different is the size. Meatballs are small and round, hamburger patties are large and flattish, rissoles are somewhere in between those two in size. Mr19 works from 5-9pm on a Thursday night, he has a …
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