Mexican Night

Ever since the first time we had Mexican we decided every Friday is going to be Mexican night. So we have anything from enchiladas to fajitas or tacos. As long as it's Mexican and we wanna try it! Along with our Mexican meal we have a tequila sunrise and it's perfect! :) I thought I'd share one of our Mexican themed nights to inspire you guys to try it too!



Ingredients
Chicken strips
Bread crumbs
Wraps
Jalapeños
Guacamole
Crème fraiche
Salsa
Chopped tomatoes
Spicy oil (optional)
Lettuce

Method
Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.

Coat the chicken strips in the spicy oil and bread crumbs and put it in the oven until the chicken is cooked through. Warm up the wraps by putting them in aluminium foil and putting them in the oven for 2-3 minutes.
Prepare the wraps by putting any of the other ingredients you desire in your wrap and roll it to make a crispy chicken fajita :)

For the tequila sunrise you will need:
A shot of tequila
Orange juice
Grenadine
Ice

Method
Mix the tequila with the orange juice then add a bit of grenadine slowly so it sinks to the bottom to create the amazing colour combo then add the ice and stirrer

Mini Chocolate Cakes

We recently decided we're going to try be healthy. That meant no junk food or sweet things for 10 days. I thought we could really do this one since it's only 10 days. The first day was great, second not so great and by the third we gave in and decided we need something chocolatey. So I made these wonderful little chocolate cakes.








Ingredients
50 gram(s) unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
50 gram(s) dark chocolate (containing at least 50% cocoa solids), broken into small pieces
30 mls golden caster sugar
1 large egg
15 mls plain flour, siftedp
Icing sugar and crème fraîche or double cream, to serve

Method
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

Melt the butter and chocolate together in a water bath. While the melted chocolate cools mix the egg and sugar in a bowl until it becomes light and fluffy. Add the cooled chocolate mix into the egg mixture and beat well. Then casually fold the flour into the mixture and once combined well and smooth. Divide the mixture between small cups or ramekins and bake for 10-12 minutes or until just the edges are smooth. The centre of the cakes should still be slightly runny. Serve with a dollop of cream.

Bunny Bread Rolls

I once got a recipe for cute little bunny bread rolls from a friend of mine. Upon seeing the picture of the bread I knew I had to try this recipe. My bread rolls didn't quire come out as good as the one in the picture, but I sure did try. And to have nice warm bread rolls that almost looked like little bunnies was so nice :)


Ingredients
2-1/2 to 3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 package (1/4 ounce) active dry yeast
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons butter
1 egg

Method
Preheat oven to 180°C
Put the butter, the sour cream and water in a small saucepan and heat, but do not cook. Cool to tepid then

add the remaining ingredients. Put in a kneader. If thick add some more water.
Let it rise double and cut into 16 equal parts.Take each part and round to a bunny body shape. Put in a baking tray lined with baking paper and cut the ears with scissors. Add the eyes you can use pepper grains or any type of grain you like.
Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.



Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the baked bunny rolls, but they came out beautifully, just not as pretty as the original recipe pictures.

Lemon Meringue Pie

The other day we had friends round for coffee and cake, they brought along with them lemon meringue. After eating it I thought about making it. I got a recipe from my mum and gathered my ingredients. Although I haven't quite perfected it yet, but I still thought I would share it. Perhaps one of you lovely folks might be able to get it just right. I think I might have had the oven at the wrong temp or taken it out too early, I have a feeling it's more the oven was too hot.

Ingredients
1 egg, separated
Juice from 1/2 a lemon
4 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk, or more if you like your curd really sweet
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
6 large crackers, crushed
Melted butter

Method
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
Create a crust in a muffin tin using the crackers and butter. In a small saucepan on a low heat combine the condensed milk with the egg then slowly add the lemon juice. Put the filling into the

small cracker crusts. Whip the egg whites and add the cream of tartar and sugar. Keep whipping until it forms peaks. Then put the egg white mixture over the curd and put in the oven to bake for 20 min.

Beer Battered Egg

My boyfriend and I decided to experiment with beer batter. We started with just mozzarella sticks, but my boyfriend for some reason was having so much fun beer battering and frying he wanted to try more items. We went on to hot dog sausages and slices of gruyere. Then we got, which came from watching masterchef, it was to try eggs! One of the contestants did some sort of bread crumbed egg so we wanted to give it a try with the beer batter. It was pretty awesome! Haha :)

Ingredients
2 cups flour (divided)
1 egg
1 beer
Salt and pepper
Paprika

Method

Combine 1 cup of flour and all the other ingredients to form a batter. Add the beer slowly because you don't want it to be too liquidy. Stop when you feel you have a good consistency. Then you can dip anything you want into the remaining flour then the batter and deep fat fry it.

For the eggs, boil them for about 4 minutes then peel the shell off and coat it in the flour then the batter and fry it until golden brown and crispy, this should only take a minute or so.

Pork Stew

I made this once a while back and my boyfriend loved it, so did my baby, so he insisted I make it again. So I did. I didn't really remember the recipe of it the first time I made it so I probably altered it slightly. None the less, the enjoyed it just as much :)






Ingredients
Olive Oil
1 lb pork, cubed
Salt and pepper
2 carrots
2 medium potatoes
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 can diced tomatoes
1 tsp dried oregano
2 leaves basil
2 cups stock
Turmeric
Chili (for adult version, if desired)

Method
Heat a large pot with olive oil and and season the pork with salt and pepper and turmeric then brown

the meat, transfer to a plate. Then add the garlic (and a chopped onion if you like). Then add the carrots and potatoes and let them sweat. Add the tomatoes, oregano and stock and bring to a boil. Place the meat and juices back in and bring down to a simmer. Allow it to simmer until the pork is soft, this can take upto an hour or more. If you're having chili add the chili and mix it then allow it to cook for a few minutes longer before serving.

Mini Upside Down Apple Cakes

My boyfriend wanted to try something new for dessert so I decided to try this recipe my mum had sent me for mini upside down cakes. They came out really well, but must be eaten fresh because by the next day they're not as tasty. So, my boyfriend and I plus his parents and brother equals to 5 people. We each only wanted one so it wasn't necessary to have the whole batch of 12. I halved the recipe to make 6 and we had one left which is why we know the following day they're good, but not as good the day you make them. None-the-less, I decided to post the full recipe so if you want to enjoy all 12 mini cakes you can :)

Ingredients

2 eggs

2/3 cups sugar

4 tbsp milk

2/3 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 cup butter

2/3 cup brown sugar

1 or 2 apples sliced (depends on the size of the apple you're using)

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C and prepare a muffin baking tray.

Combine eggs, sugar and milk. Beat for 2 minutes. Then slowly add the flour, baking powder and salt and

continue to mix until smooth. 

In a small sauce pan melt the butter and brown sugar until it forms a caramel. Put the caramel at the bottom of the muffin tray and put the sliced apples on top. Then pour the batter over that and bake for 15-20 minutes.