Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Yummy easy condensed milk cake

Yesterday I was craving something sweet and I didn't have anything already made in the house. So I looked through recipes and round this one! 

condensed milk cake! I changed a few things. I made the cake In a bundt pan and also I cooked it in a 350 oven and just kept an eye on it.




Ingredients: 

1 can condensed, sweetened milk (400 gm)
4 Eggs
1 cup Flour (150 gm)
1/2 Teaspoon Baking powder
50 gm melted Butter + 1 Tablespoon for brushing the Cake form.

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 175°C
Prepare your 22 cm Cake pan ( better a ring form ) by brushing it with 1 table spoon butter & spreading flour.
With an electric mixer, mix all ingredients (milk, eggs,flour,baking powder & melted Butter) till smooth then add them to the cake pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes (or less according to the Cake thickness).
Sprinkle some powdered sugar on top & serve with fruit sauce or fresh fruits.

Monday, April 14, 2014

Easy hummus

Ive made hummus in the past, but I'm not a big hummus fan but my husband is. I was cleaning out my cupboards and noticed I had a ton of chick peas and had to use them. So my husband asked for some hummus. 

I found an easy recipe for hummus and wow was it easy!

Here is the recipe and a picture that wasn't taken by me. (Forgot to take one)




 
 
  • 1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained, liquid reserved
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 2 teaspoons ground cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
 
  1. In a blender or food processor combine garbanzo beans, garlic, cumin, salt and olive oil. Blend on low speed, gradually adding reserved bean liquid, until desired consistency is achieved.

http://recipes.bushbeans.com/recipe/20797/extra-easy-hummus.aspx


Enjoy! 





Friday, April 4, 2014

Beef stew recipe

Yesterday I made beef stew for the first time. It's my moms recipe kinda off the top of her head. So I thought let me try and see how it goes! Ike I said it's off the top of her head so there isn't much of measurements! So I'll just put what I did!

Here's the recipe:

Beef stew

1 Onions
Garlic minced (I put a lot cause I like garlic)
Evoo
Salt
Pepper
Cayenne pepper
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Parsley
Water
White wine
Meat
Veggies

For the water and wine depending on how much meat you have. Put enough to cover the meat.

In a pot put some oil to coat the bottom, put in garlic and cut up onions. Let that sit on med. for a little but make sure to always stir.
Add in all the spices. Mix.

Add in meat and stir.  I added 1 1/2 cup each of wine and water. Enough to cover my meat. Once the liquid has boiled turn the stove down to low and cover with a lid. Keep an eye on it and make sure you don't run out of liquid. And make sure to always stir. I did this for about 2 hours and once the meat was tender I added in my veggies. I had a bag of frozen stir fry mix that I added in. I turned up the heat and let it all boil again. Make sure tour veggies aren't still frozen and then serve!

I serviced it with bread. But you can serve with rice or mash!

 There was extra left so I let it fully cool and I froze it!!