Quick Quiche with French Salad

Quiche

4 Large Eggs

1 Onion (finely chopped)

1/2 Cup Grated Cheese

4 Rashes Bacon

1/2 Cup SR Flour

1 1/2 Cups Milk

Serves 4

• Beat eggs in separate bowl.

• Mix all ingredients together

• Pour into a well greased flan.

• Bake for 30 mins at 180 degrees or until set.

* You can use pretty much filling you want to use, I often add chicken & mushrooms, and slices of tomato on top for decoration.

Salad

Lettuce

1/2 Spanish Onion

6-12 Cherry Tomatoes halved

1/4 Medium Cucumber

6-8 Snow Peas Chopped

French Dressing

2 Tbs White Vinegar

1 Tbs Olive Oil

1 Tps Crushed/Minced Garlic

2 Tps White Sugar

Salt & Pepper

* You can pretty much add whatever you like, this is usually what we have in ours =)

Its a pretty simple meal - but tastes damn good, and (as the heading suggest) is rather quick to make

Lemon Chicken and Potatoes

This happens to be my fav roast chicken dish. Due to the time constraint I don't cook it often enough, and I like to share it so I leave it for people coming around. Stolen from my good friend Henna's Blog, it is truely amazing.

Lemon Chicken and Potatoes

for the chicken
1 large chicken
1 large lemon
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon of rosemary, dried and ground
1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon of honey
1 tablespoon sea salt
some olive oil
chilli to taste

for the potaoes
1 kg of potatoes
1 large lemon
200 ml olive oil
1 heaped tablespoon thyme
1 teaspoon of rosemary, dried and ground
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon sea salt
chili to taste

Cut the zest off the lemon, chop it very finely. Quarter the remaining lemon along its length.
this is desperately irritating to do. I peel then chop the zest finely, it takes forever...

Mix the spices and the lemon zest with salt and honey; add some olive oil so the rub will be moist but not too runny.
I find this gets messy as I stir with my hands.

Rub the chicken with the spice mix, using all of it. Stuff the peeled and quartered lemon inside the chicken’s chest cavity.
use it all, it just adds flavour to the spuds if it falls off in cooking

Leave the chicken to rest.
Half an hour is fine, two hours or three is better.

Meanwhile, clean the potatoes if necessary, and cut (unpeeled) into wedges.
I peel the spuds out of habit

Mix the lemon juice, the olive oil, spices, honey and salt.
Spice with a little chilli if you like, but normally the lemon alone will have enough zing to keep things interesting.
have never added chilli, will have to try it!!

Put the potatoes in a big bowl and toss with the dressing until they are evenly coated.
messssssssy

Pour the potaoes onto a high-rimmed baking tray (or into a large oven dish), the chicken on a gridiron above them and put into the oven at about 180°C. Bake for 40 to 60 minutes (or more for bigger batches), and turn once or twice so both the chicken and the wedges have a chance to brown evenly on all sides.
now henna says all the liquid in the tatas should disappear, but I can never get it to. This means they dont crunchy up like they should, but are still so fricken yummy

Take out of the oven and leave to cool for a moment, then serve.
the most amazing chicken roast EVA!

Lamb with Tomato Mint Raita

I love Indian food and this recipe will entertain your taste buds! Its simple, quick and easy, not to mention low fat.

INGREDIENTS

2 teaspoons ground Cumin

2 teaspoons ground Coriander

1 clove garlic

1 1/2 cups (375ml) Low fat Yogurt- natural set.

Cooking oil spray, or just oil

2 small tomatoes- 260gm- Seeded and chopped finely.

1 Tablespoon finely shredded mint leaves ( I find dried works really well if you can get ahold of fresh)

1 tablespoon lemon juice

9 lamb fillets or one bone chops- even 70ogm diced Lamb works well in this recipe. the choice

is really up to you.

(skewers if your using Diced Lamb)

Packet of Puppodoms, mini ones work well. ( your choice to use these)

Lettuce, cucumber, salad to your liking.

METHOD

Combine, cumin, coriander, garlic and half the yogurt, in a large bowl; add Lamb, coat with yogurt mixture. Place in the fridge..

Prepare a light salad lettuce and cucumber go really well with this. But make to your likes and place in fridge.

Take out Lamb in Marinade and cook Lamb on heated oiled grill plate, or BBQ. (fry pn if nothing else is available :)) until brown, or until cooked to your likely- keep brushing any left over yogurt marinade in the bowl over the Lamb. Don't use the other half of the yogurt to do this :) Also- if using diced Lamb, I find it really easy to make Skewers.. It cooks really easy, especially on a BBQ and then all you do is slide the meat of onto your salad.

While thats cooking- combine remaining yogurt, tomato, mint and juice in a small bowl.

make your Puppodums! (easy way is to spray with cooking oil or coat with oil, zap in microwave for 30sec to a minute each puppodum)

Put your salad in bowl, place meat on top, poke a Puppodum in the side and drizzle Tomato Mint Raita over the top.

Simply Yum!!!!!!

Chicken with Garlic and Rosemary Potatoes

This is a Brilliant and very affordable Dinner, with extreme YUM YUM factor. Definitely not a great deal healthy.. swap the butter for olive oil- and remove skin from chicken to make healthier if needed :) And maybe take out bacon...lol

This recipe comes from the Womans Weekly cookbook, however slightly altered to suit taste ect.

Prep time- 10 mins Cooking Time- approx 40 mins

INGREDIENTS

8 Chicken Drumsticks

4 medium Potatoes, Peeled and quartered (use baby potatoes if you wish too)

8 thin slices of butter

1/3 cup of melted butter

2 Bacon Rashers, chopped coarsely

2 cloves garlic ( 2 tspn minced garlic works too)

2 Tablespoons of Rosemary

1/4 cup of Green olives (from deli or jar is fine)

Lemon wedges

METHOD

*Pre-heat oven to 240 Degrees/220 Degrees for Fan Forced

*Slightly peel back the skins on the chicken, cut 2 deep slashes in each Drumstick. Then place a pinch of the garlic on the meat, followed by a slither of butter. Pull up the skin over the top of the butter and garlic to cover.

*Place Chicken Drumsticks and potatoes into large deep baking dish. Add the rest of your garlic to the melted butter and brush this over the potatoes, sprinkle all with Salt and Pepper.

*Roast uncovered for 30 mins approx.

*Take out and add Bacon, and Rosemary, bake for another 10 mins or until browned and the skin on the Chicken is nice and crispy.

*Add the olives on top, then serve.

*Serve with lemon wedges if you like, our family doesn't mind the flavour, its personal choice.

ENJOY

Mel's Cookies!

So, my first recipe to contribute is my chocolate chip and macadamia nut cookies! The initial recipe comes from taste.com.au which I altered slightly. My comments are in italics

Chocolate Chip and macadamia cookies

Preparation Time

10 minutes

Cooking Time

20 minutes

Ingredients

• 150g softened butter
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1 3/4 cups plain flour
• 1/2 cup dark chocolate bits
• 1/2 cup halved macadamias
  

Method

1. Preheat oven to 160°C. Line 2 baking trays with non-stick paper. Beat 150g softened butter, 1/2 cup caster sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1 tsp vanilla extract for 1-2 minutes or until smooth and well combined. Beat in 1 egg.
   my oven's dicky as so i heat to 180 and keep a close eye on them
   
2. Stir in 1 3/4 cups plain flour in two batches. Stir in 1/2 cup dark choc bits and 1/2 cup macadamias until evenly distributed. Spoon tablespoonfuls of the mixture into balls and place on the lined trays. Press down slightly.
   Keep a handful of chocy-bits to put into the top of the cookies. just looks nicer.
   
3. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until light golden and cooked. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
   Depending on how my oven's feeling depends on how long this takes. I check at the 15min mark to make sure the bums aren't burnt. Goldern brown is good and they harden a little on cooling, sometimes o.O
   

FAB :D

Excellent work mel! This is fantastic and the perfect solution for our cooking adventures! Me likes!

Love the look too!!

Hmm now to get cracking on some good old recipes!

Tasha xo

First post by Mel

Just testing the waters as this is mine and Tashie's cook book!!!! Lets see how it goes?