Crispy Shredded Beef

Warning: This is not a diet friendly recipe!

For those who want the recipe only, see below, for those who want step by step picture recipe I'm afraid you will have to wait a bit longer...

This recipe makes a very generous 2 peoples portion.

Ingredients:
4 Eggs
1 tsp Salt
3 tbsp Cornflour
600-700g Beef cut into thin strips (I used steaks and cut them up)
Vegetable Oil for frying
2 Carrots - cut into matchstick size pieces or grated
1 bunch Spring Onions - Roughly chopped
3 cloves Fresh Garlic - chopped
3 tbsp Sugar
2 tbsp White Rice Vinegar
4 tbsp Sweet Chilli Sauce
1 tbsp Light Soy Sauce

Method:
Mix the cornflour with 1 egg until there are no lumps left. Once the mixture is very smooth, add the other eggs and the salt. Mix well. Pour the egg mixture over the meat, making sure it comes in contact with all the pieces.

Heat a wok or a very deep frying pan full of oil (enough for the meat to be deep fried to be well done). When hot, add the pieces of meat one by one. Don't stir for approx 10 seconds, then stir to ensure the pieces don't stick together. Cook for approx 6-7 mins until brown and crispy. Remove from pan and drain. (Depending how big your pan is and how much meat you are doing, you may have to do the meat in batches).

Once you have finished frying all the meat, drain the oil from the pan, leaving a small amount to be able to stir fry veggies.

Add the carrots, spring onions and garlic to the pan and stir fry for a few minutes until the carrots are slightly soft, but should still have a crunch to them. Add the sugar, vinegar, chilli sauce and soy sauce and mix well.

Add the meat to the veggie/ sauce mixture. Mix well and fry over until all the sauce is absorbed.

I served this with a noodle stir fry, it was a lot cheaper and better then Metsuyan!!!

Crumb Cake

Ingredients:
3 cups Flour
100g Marg (1 stick)
1/2 cup Oil
1 1/2 cups Sugar
2 1/2 tsps Vanilla
2 1/4 tsp Baking Powder
3 Eggs
1 small Whip (not whipped up)

Mix flour, marg, oil, sugar and vanilla to make a crumb mixture. (You can do this by hand, but much easier to do in the machine).

Once mixed well, take off 1 1/4 cups of the crumbs and set aside. To the main mixture add the baking powder, eggs and whip and mix well to create a batter.

Pour into a 9 x 13 (or various smaller containers).

Spread mixture evenly over the container.

Sprinkle mixture with the set aside crumbs.

Bake on 180 for 30-45 minutes. Test with a toothpick to see if its done.

Et voila!

Chocolate Chip Oat Biscuits

Ingredients:
1 cup Oil
2 Eggs
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup White Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
2 1/2 cups Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 cup Oats
1/2 cup Chocolate Chips

Mix all ingredients besides oats and chocolate chips. Once dough is mixed well, add oats and chocolate chips and mix them in well.

Roll into balls and place on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper. Allow biscuits room to spread.

Bake for 10-12 minutes in a preheated oven on 175.

If you want soft, chewy biscuits, they should still be quite soft when they come out of the oven as they will harden a bit as they cool.

These biscuits freeze well.

Et Voila!

Baked Schnitzel

Ingredients:
1 Chicken or Turkey Breast
1/8 cup Ketchup
1/4 cup Mayonnaise
1/3 cup Cornflake Crumbs
1/4 cup Matza Meal
Garlic Powder

(Amounts based on 1 piece of chicken, so multiply recipe as you need it)

Cut up chicken into thin flat pieces.





Mix ketchup, mayo and garlic powder.


Mix cornflake crumbs with matza meal.

Coat chicken pieces in ketchup/mayo mix, wipe off excess and then coat in crumbs mixture.





Place on a tray lined with greaseproof paper. Bake uncovered on high for 20 minutes.


Et Voila!

Individual Ice Cream

Ice cream is one of the most common used desserts. Make it more interesting by shaping moulds!

Leave ice cream to thaw for a few minutes so that it is workable. Spoon into any shaped silicone mould - this way it is easy to pop them out once frozen.


Re freeze ice cream in the mould. You can leave it in the mould until you are ready to serve or pop them out earlier and store in a container.

Simple and easy but so much nicer than the regular scoop (that comes out as half a scoop..)

Garnish as you wish!

Et Voila!

Spicy Baby Potatoes

Ingredients:
Baby Potatoes
Oil
Spices

Wash the potatoes. You can leave them whole or cut them in halves or quarters. Toss with oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder and paprika (you can add or take more spices if you wish). Mix well.



Cook uncovered on 175 for 45+ minutes (depending how big potatoes are)

Carrot and Onion Rice

Ingredients:
2 small to medium Onions or 1 large
4 small Carrots or 2 large
1 cup Basmati Rice
2 tbsp Oil
2 cups Water or stock

Dice onions and carrots and fry over in the oil for a couple of minutes.



Add rice and fry for another couple of minutes.


Add salt and mix well. Add water, bring to a boil, stir then cover and lower heat and cook for 10 minutes.

After 10 minutes, turn off flame but do not lift lid or stir. Leave lid on for 5 minutes before fluffing with a fork.


Et Voila!

Spinach and Broccoli Salad

Ingredients:
Spinach
Broccoli
Avacado
Red Onion
Roasted Pine Nuts
Shredded Red Cabbage - optional

Dressing:
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Curry - optional
1 tsp Mustard
2 tbsp Honey
1/4 cup Grape Juice
1/4 cup White Vinegar
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Olive or Regular Oil
Sprinkle of Garlic Powder

Mix dressing ingredients in advance and toss on salad just before serving.

Peanut Butter Salad

Ingredients:
Red Cabbage
White Cabbage
Red Pepper
Carrots
Spring Onions

Dressing:
1/2 cup Oil
2 cloves Fresh Garlic
1 tbsp Soya Sauce
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Vinegar
1 tsp Salt
3/4 tbsp Peanut Butter (I put way more than that because we like peanut butter)

Shred both cabbages. Cut pepper into half strips. Cut carrots into matchstick size pieces. Slice Spring Onions.

Prepare dressing in advance and toss over salad just before serving.

Red Cabbage Crouton Salad

Ingredients:
Red Cabbage

Dressing:
1/2 cup Mayonnaise
1 tbsp Lemon Juice
1 tbsp Honey
1 tbsp Dijon Mustard
Sprinkle of Salt and Pepper

Onion and Garlic Croutons
Nuts - optional

Shred cabbage. In a separate bowl/ container mix dressing ingredients. Taste and adjust if necessary. Toss on salad just before serving and pour croutons on top.

Lettuce Salad

Ingredients:
Iceberg Lettuce
Ramen Noodle Soup Packet
Oil
Salt
Pepper



Wash and check lettuce. Cut up into small pieces. Season with salt. pepper and oil. Inside the ramen pack the seasoning comes separate - use half of the seasoning pack on salad. Crush noodles in the packet and toss over salad.

That simple!