POTATO CHEESE & SPRING ONION CAKES

This free Potato Cheese & Spring Onion Cakes Recipe is so quick and easy to make! These are great to serve as finger foods when entertaining guests! Feel free to add some bacon to give the potato cakes an extra special flavour.
        

Ingredients


1 bunch spring onions, sliced
6 medium sized potatoes, cooked and peeled
125ml mature cheddar cheese, grated
2 tbsp dijon mustard
125ml flour, for dusting
a little oil, for frying
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 tomato sauce, for serving


Method

• Roughly mash the spring onions, potatoes, cheese and mustard together and season.
• Shape mixture into fat sausage shapes and dust patties in flour.
• In a frying pan heat 1 – 2cm of oil and fry the cakes, turning occasionally, until golden brown and cooked through.
• Drain the cakes on kitchen paper towel.
• Serve with tomato sauce.

Variation


Fry 100g of diced bacon until crispy and add to the mixture.


Serves 6

CHOCOLATE CREAM MINT SWISS ROLL

This free Chocolate Cream Mint Swiss Roll is so quick and easy to make, great to serve with tea or coffee!


Ingredients


Swiss Roll:
4 extra large eggs, separated
125ml castor sugar
60ml self-raising flour
60ml cocoa powder
castor sugar for rolling


Filling:
Fresh cream
Sugar to taste
1 peppermint crisp


Method


Swiss Roll

• Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
• Beat the egg yolks and castor sugar until light and pale.
• Sift the flour and cocoa powder and add to egg mixture, beating well.
• Beat the egg whites until soft-peak stage and fold into the mixture with a metal spoon.
• Spread the mixture into a lined and greased 23 cm x 32 cm Swiss roll tin. 
• Bake in a preheated oven for about 10–12 minutes. 
• Remove from oven, leave to cool slightly and turn out onto a clean, dry tea towel sprinkled well with castor sugar. 
• Trim the edges to ensure rolling without breaking. 
• Remove the paper carefully and roll it up with the sugared cloth, leave it for about 5 minutes, then unroll and leave it to cool further.

Filling

• Beat the cream and sugar until thick.
• Spread over the Swiss roll, sprinkle the peppermint crisp over the cream and roll up.

BEEF TERIYAKI

This free Beef Teriyaki Recipe is a delicious & healthy dish for the whole family, packed with lean beef & Vegetables. Teriyaki is a Japanese dish made with noodles, meat and vegetables, which are cooked in a Teriyaki sauce. Feel free to add vegetables of your choice.

Ingredients


250g rice noodles or white rice
500g free range beef, sliced into strips
1 Tblsp sesame oil
1 onion, finely sliced
1 ½ cups broccoli florets
1 red pepper finely sliced
1 cup button mushrooms, quartered
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 Tblsp soya sauce
2 Tblsp teriyaki sauce
2 Tblsp fish sauce
1 pinch of salt and milled pepper


Method

• Place the noodles in a bowl, cover with boiling water and soak the noodles for 5 minutes and then drain.
• Sear the beef in the sesame oil, add the vegetables and garlic and fry until just tender about 5 to 8 minutes (add the mushrooms last they cook quickly).
• Add the soy, teriyaki, fish sauces and noodles or rice and fry for a few more minutes until heated through and combined.
• Serve immediately.

Serves 4

NEW YORK CHEESECAKE

This free New York Cheesecake Recipe is so rich, creamy & absolutely delicious! This New York Cheesecake recipe is made with cream cheese and a little hint of lemon.

Ingredients


Pastry:
310ml cake flour
60ml castor sugar
3ml grated lemon rind
125g butter
1 extra-large egg yolk


Filling:
750g cream cheese
375ml castor sugar
10ml lemon rind
3ml vanilla essence
45ml cake flour
4 extra-large eggs
2 extra-large egg yolks
60ml fresh cream


Method


Pastry: 

• Sift the flour, add the sugar and rind. 
• Rub the butter in with your fingertips until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. 
• Add the egg yolk and knead lightly to mix well until it forms a ball.
• Cover the pastry and refrigerate for about 30 minutes. 
• Press half the pastry into the base of a greased 23cm loose-bottom cake tin. Bake in a preheated oven at 190 °C for about 10 minutes, remove from oven and set aside to cool slightly.
• Roll out or press remaining pastry and place on the sides. 
• Chill in fridge for about 10 minutes.

Filling: 

• Whisk the cream cheese, sugar, lemon rind, essence and cake flour until smooth. 
• Add the eggs and yolks, one at a time and stir in lightly with the cream.
• Pour into the pastry base and bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C for about 15 minutes. 
• Reduce heat to 140 °C and bake further for about 60 minutes.
• Switch off oven and leave in for another 15 minutes.
• Leave to cool off and garnish with fresh fruit of choice.

Makes 1 large cake

BROCCOLI SALAD

This free fresh Broccoli Salad is delicious! Broccoli is packed with many vitamins and full of fibre, which is great for weight loss! Quick & easy to make, great to serve as a side dish at a braai or BBQ.

Ingredients


The dressing:
1 cup mayonnaise
2 Tblsp sugar
3 Tblsp vinegar


Salad:
3 cups broccoli
¼ cup sunflower seeds
250g bacon, diced
1 small onion, chopped


Method


Fry the diced bacon until crispy and set aside.
Fry the sunflower seeds in the same pan, not too much or they will taste burnt.
Cut broccoli into bite-sized pieces.
Combine all salad ingredients into a salad bowl.
Mix all the dressing ingredients and pour over the salad, mix gently and refrigerate before serving.


Serves 2

BEETROOT & CARROT CAKE

This free Beetroot & Carrot Cake Recipe is so quick and easy to make! The grated beetroot and carrot make this cake lovely and moist!

Ingredients


250 ml sugar
250 ml cooking oil
3 extra-large eggs, separated
10ml caramel essence
500ml cake flour 
1ml salt
10ml baking powder
250ml grated raw beetroot
250ml grated raw carrots


Method

• Preheat the oven to 180 °C and grease a 24cm loose-bottomed ring tin.
• Beat the sugar, oil and egg yolks and add the caramel essence.
• Sift the dry ingredients and beat into sugar mixture.
• Add the grated beetroot, carrots and milk and mix lightly.
• Beat the egg whites until soft and fold into sugar mixture. 
• Spoon mixture into prepared tin and bake in a preheated oven for about 40 minutes. 
• Remove from the oven, leave to cool in tin for a few
• Minutes before turning out.
• Serve dusted with icing sugar.

Makes 1 cake

BROCCOLI & CHEDDAR SOUP

This free amazing cheesy Broccoli & Cheddar Soup Recipe is a great way to get the kids to eat vegetables! Broccoli is packed with dozens of nutrients, vitamins & fibre!

Ingredients


2 leeks, chopped
2 cloves garlic, peeled & chopped
a little oil for frying
4 cups broccoli florets
2 cups chicken stock
1 cup low fat milk
375ml cheddar cheese, grated

Method

• Fry the leeks and garlic in oil until soft.
• Add the broccoli, stock and milk
• Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for about 5 minutes or until broccoli is tender.  
• Add the grated cheese and mix well.
• Using a stick blender blitz until smooth.
• Garnish with a few broccoli florets and serve with fresh breads.

Variation:


Substitute the broccoli for cauliflower for a yummy cauliflower & cheddar soup.


Serves 4