Nuccaleena

After finishing a hectic shearing I’m totally over cooking, but of course the kids still want smoko!  Here is a fun and delicious recipe I found on the ABC website that the kids can make almost by themselves.  Great after school snack and big enough to share between two hungry kids!
Recipe by chef: Deidre Williams

Serves:2
Degree [...]

Ingredients:

325gm Unsalted Butter, softened
120 gm Icing Sugar
2 Tbsp Honey
1/4 tsp Cinnamon
2 cups of S.R. Flour
1 cup of Custard Powder
Extra 125gm Butter for Icing
Extra 1 1/2 – 2 cups of Icing Sugar for Icing
1 tsp Vanilla extract for Icing
2 tsp Wattle Seed (Wild Harvested Roasted & Ground) for Icing

Method:

Cream butter and sugar for 5 mins. Add [...]

This recipe is a favourite in our house. Very simple and makes a large batch.  I have changed the flour content to wholemeal – and guess what? No one knows the difference! Wholemeal flour and dark choc chips – it could almost be classed as a healthy snack?! ;-P
Ingredients:

260 grams of salt reduced butter (at [...]

Our Quandongs are just beginning to ripen and the trees are quite loaded with fruit. We don’t harvest the fruit until it falls to the ground, we then cut the flesh from the seed (which is quite time consuming). Once pitted we lay the fruit on trays in the sun to dry.
If you’ve [...]

I’m the first to admit that I have a pastry problem but I’m pretty confident that there wont be too many of you out there that could resist these little beauties! And what’s even better, they are super simple too…
Ingredients

100gm Philly Cream Cheese (I prefer the light variety, makes me feel better [...]

Glad Bake, I salute you!
Thank you for being there when I’ve needed you and for making my life soooooooooo much easier! Honestly, where would we be without it? I would easily use it up to 10 times a day during shearing – I really should look into buying the company (if only my [...]

I am writing this to boast! I’m quite proud of myself really. Some guests that stayed at Moolooloo Shearer’s Quarters recently left us a large bag of parsnips, we had some roasted with our corned beef last night…they were delicious, but I thought I would be testing my luck to get the kids to [...]

As a busy Mum of three I’m always looking for quick and easy recipes that: 1. take minimal time, 2. make minimal mess and 3. use minimal ingredients!  Oh and of course most importantly recipes that the kids will love!!!  Apricot balls are quick and easy and can be made ahead of time and kept in the fridge, perfect [...]

Simply a collection
Compiled by Brenda George (During her fight with breast cancer)
Pick one up at your local newsagent. Great Country fare! “Over 130 Well Tried and Tested Recipes” You can’t go wrong. Proceeds to the McGrath Foundation

Quandong Pie

1 x cup of quandongs,
2 x cups of water
1 x peeled and finely diced apple
1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon,
squeeze of lemon
1/2 x cup of sugar,
2 x sheets of short crust pastry
egg wash + extra sugar

Method:
1. Boil quandongs, apple, water, cinnamon and lemon in saucepan until soft (around [...]

Ingredients
500gm lean beef mince
1 cup of breadcrumbs (day old bread the best but bought is ok too)
2 eggs
1 clove of garlic crushed
1 onion finely diced
2 Tbsp worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp tomato sauce
1 heaped Tbsp of Dijon mustard
1/4 cup of chopped parsley
1/2 cup of grated parmesan (fresh)
Season with Salt and cracked pepper.
Mix all together in a bowl [...]

This is the kids all time favourite!
Ingredients:

1 cup of SR Flour
3/4 cup of Sugar
3 Tbsp of Cocoa

1/2 tsp of Salt
2 Tbsp of Butter

1/2 a cup of Milk
1 egg

1/2 a tsp of Vanilla extract

Method:
Heat oven to 180 degrees C. Put flour, sugar, cocoa, salt, egg, melted butter and milk in a medium sized bowl and beat [...]