Rachel and Jamie have fun in the kitchen

This recipe blog was submitted to me by my nearly 18 year old daughter Rachel and her best friend Jamie. I was on strike this weekend as my back was playing up so they offered to make dinner and I accepted. It goes to show that you are never too young to start messing around in the kitchen inventing your own recipes when you don’t have the ingredients to a recipe you want to make. And I guess it shows they do take note of...

Iced Coffee for Hot Days

My family are all coffee addicts – apart from me. I went off the stuff when I was pregnant with my daughter  18 years ago so I doubt I am ever really going to get a real hankering for it again. The other day I had two very bleary eyed teens sitting at the breakfast bar dreaming about iced coffee and being the nice mummy that I am, I decided to whip up some coffee syrup to satisfy their cravings and get them out of my...

Make your own….Ginger Beer

by Fiona EQUIPMENT Preserving jar Paper serviettes Large bowl or clean bucket – 7L minimum Stirring spoon 5 x 1.5 L plastic soft drink bottles with lids A big funnel Pouring jug Muslin Tea towel INGREDIENTS Yeast – I used my bread making yeast Ground ginger Sugar Cream of Tartaric Acid Clean water Juice of 2 lemons METHOD 2/3 fill the preserving jar with clean warm water then add 2 teaspoons each of yeast, sugar and...

Incredible Iced Tea

by Fiona I struggle getting my fluids in everyday and I really enjoyed the minted tea I had in Rarotonga recently so I have worked out my own version and it is lovely and refreshing. You can make it sweeter or stronger if you prefer by simply changing the number of teabags used and the amount of sugar added. INGREDIENTS AND METHOD 2 Earl Grey tea bags steeped in 1 cup of hot water for 5 minutes along with a generous handful...

Steph and Georgia’s ABC Soup

by Fiona My niece Steph has never had a plate of soup in her life. She hates the stuff. But she loved this! INGREDIENTS 4 Chicken OXO cubes 1 tablespoon tomato paste 1.25 L water Freshly ground pepper 1 cup dried ABC pasta (you can get this from your local BIN INN) METHOD Mix everything together and bring to the boil. Cook for 15 minutes until the pasta is soft. Serve and have...