Damper

Makes a great breakfast. 'Course you need the 45 minutes to cook it so it's not a last-minute thing, but the putting-together is nice and easy. Basically just a big scone.

500g flour
90g butter
3tsp baking powder
sprinkle salt
1/3 cup sugar
250ml milk

Rub the flour, baking powder and butter together. Add sugar, salt, mix. Add milk, knife-mix lightly and quick-pat into a dough. Plop onto a baking tray like a large fat biscuit and bake at 190 for 45 minutes. Serve to hungry kids with butter, maple syrup and jams. They will be happy.

World Peace

For the awesome green sauce: 

Caramelized chopped onion in olive oil and butter. Puree with mint leaves (a handful), chopped ginger (fresh), chopped garlic (raw, tiny bit), garam masala (1tsp), salt, pepper, juice of 1/2 lime. Add 3 tablespoons of yogurt.


For the chickpea patties (like falafels on steroids):

Caramelized chopped onion in olive oil and butter, add curry leaves while sauteing, paprika, chili powder, salt, pepper, then add tin of chickpeas and puree. Add 1 egg and breadcrumbs. Shape into patties and shallow fry.

For the marinated chicken: 

Marinate overnight in Dijon mustard, brown sugar, lemon juice, soy sauce, salt. Onto barbecue.

For the World Peace Potatoes:

Creaming potatoes, mashed, tablespoon of Tahini, butter (50g), small quantity of milk (splash), season, push through sieve.

For the mayo garnish:

Fresh mayo with a teaspoon of tumeric for colour. With Gherkins on top.

'Breakfast' Muffins

These muffins contain nothing but absolutely certified Breakfast all the way through.

Dry ingredients:

• 280g - made up of 4tbs unprocessed bran, a fistful of quick cook oats and the rest in plain flour. 
• 160g light brown sugar 
• 2.5 tsp baking powder 
• Spices to taste, like cinnamon, cloves, ginger, cardamom. 

Wet ingredients:

• One large or two small each of mashed banana and fine grated carrot. 
• 3 eggs 
• 160ml oil (i.e. canola) 
• splash of cream

Mixy mixy, bake in desired muffin tins or whatever at about 160. Offer butter or honey to accompany if desired - not strictly necessary.

Lemonade scones

Very handy breakfast item.

2 cups self-raising flour
1/2 each of cream, lemonade
1/2 cup sugar

I like to add some milk powder 'cause it makes it creamier (I think). Half a cup maybe.

Combine, bake either in balls or you can roll cut them out like cookies. Only takes a few minutes. Great if you've run out of bread in the morning and can't be bothered to make pancakes.

Potato pizza

Pizza base, with thinly sliced potato. Cover the base with tomato sauce, layer the potato slices, season with rosemary, salt and pepper, and top with cheese. Might try microwaving the potato slices next time to make sure they're evenly cooked through.

Mixed Plum Tart

Prep up a 22cm flan tin and an oven to 200 C.

Pastry:
125g butter,
55g icing sugar
225g plain flour
1 egg & some cold water

Filling:
100g softened butter
110g caster sugar
1 egg, 1 egg yolk
1 cup almond meal
35g plain flour
6 or 7 plums, stoned and cut into wedges.

Blind bake the pie crust until 'getting there' (not too much). Filling: beat butter & sugar, add aggs, beat, add almond meal and flour. Spread over base. Arrange plum wedges evenly (and prettily) over the filling, back for 30 minutes. Meant to be served cold, if you can wait. (It gets much easier to cut when cold.) Pretty yummy.

Caramel Slice

Caramel Slice

Well I thought this was a bit too sweet but the kids gave it the thumbs up. So we'll keep the recipe.

Base:
3/4 cup self raising flour
3/4 cup desiccated coconut

1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
125g butter, melted

Filling
can sweetened condensed milk
2tbs golden syrup
50g butter


Put the base together and bake in slice pan until just set. Heat the filling ingredients and cook on stovetop until 'light golden' for 6-7 minutes. Only I think I cooked it too much because it wasn't getting golden and next time I'll just put it in the oven after a short while - got pretty biscuity.

Let the whole thing cool and then cover in melted chocolate. Cut up and give to kids. Stand well back.