Mummy Nomes Food Blog

Shreddies Buzzy Bees

2011-04-03T04:40:00.000-07:00

The healthy party nibbles

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooling time: 20 minutes
Makes: 8 bees = 4 servings

Per serving of two bees with fruit

138 kcal (8% GDA)
1.9g fat (3% GDA)
0.6g saturates (3% GDA)
19.4 sugars (23% GDA)
0.1g salt (3% GDA)
Wholegrain servings: ½ serving

Ingredients

    40g Shreddies
    25g mini marshmallows
    1 tsp peanut butter
    Half tsp of butter

To decorate

    16 Shreddies for wings
    20g black writing icing for the strips
    10g yellow writing icing for the strips

Fruit

    1 apple, cut into wedges
    8 strawberries
    1 large kiwi fruit, cut into pieces

Put the Shreddies into a freezer bag and crush them using a rolling pin. Put the marshmallows, peanut butter and butter in a small saucepan and melt, stirring over a medium low heat (be a bit patient here!). Tip in the Shreddies and mix together.
Divide into 8 portions and shape into balls with one end slightly flatter and wider. Whilst the mixture is still warm, insert the wings by making a small hole with a knife and pressing in one whole Shreddies for each wing. Stick the bee bodies on the end of a wooden stick.
Leave to cool and firm up.
Finally draw eyes with the black writing icing and make bee stripes using the black and yellow writing icing.
Serve the Shreddies Buzzy Bees standing up in a glass with fruit on sticks such as slices of red apples, strawberries and Kiwi.

SOURCE: Daybreak Cookery

Korean Food

2010-08-30T02:17:00.000-07:00

Today i came accross this brilliant site for Korean food i love her cooking video she is fun to watch, this recipe in particular i want to try out..

The website is called maagchi.com

Bread Recipe - Amish White Bread Recipe

2010-07-11T10:03:00.000-07:00

Today i was looking round the net at bread recipes so i could whip up some bread. Money is short this week so decided to get baking, i started of with my banana bread which is in the oevn as we speak and now i about to make some bread, this is the recipe i found:

Ingredients

2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
2/3 cup white sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons active dry yeast
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 cup vegetable oil
6 cups bread flour

Directions

In a large bowl, dissolve the sugar in warm water, and then stir in yeast. Allow to proof until yeast resembles a creamy foam.
Mix salt and oil into the yeast. Mix in flour one cup at a time. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth. Place in a well oiled bowl, and turn dough to coat. Cover with a damp cloth. Allow to rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
Punch dough down. Knead for a few minutes, and divide in half. Shape into loaves, and place into two well oiled 9x5 inch loaf pans. Allow to rise for 30 minutes, or until dough has risen 1 inch above pans.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes.

I installed a firefox add-on that saves any webpage you want to a PDF file, this is so handy for me as i can save recipes straight from the net.

[Resource: All Recipes - Amish White Bread]

Chicken and chorizo lasagne

2010-07-06T03:52:00.000-07:00

Dean Edwards: A tasty twist on a classic lasagne with chicken and chorizo.

This recipe is really yummy and well worth making it from scratch, i have made it twice this month, below i doubled the ingredients to make a bigger one, i had to triple the Bechemal sauce.

*My attempt*

Serves 4

Ingredients

500g chicken thigh or breast sliced
100g chorizo diced
1 large onion very finely diced
2 celery stalks very finely diced
3 cloves garlic crushed
2 tins chopped tomatoes
150ml white wine
dried lasagne (approx 9 sheets)
1 tbs thyme chopped
1/2 tsp paprika
1 tsp sugar
50g parmesan cheese grated
50g unsalted butter
50g plain flour
500ml milk
salt and pepper

Method
1. Cook the onion, celery and garlic in some oil for 5 mins until softened. Add the chorizo, chicken, thyme and paprika and continue cooking for 5 mins. Add the wine and tomatoes, then reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 20 mins, add sugar and seasoning.

2. Meanwhile to make the bechamel sauce, melt the butter over a med heat, then whisk in the flour, pour in the milk and continue whisking until it comes to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 mins, stirring occasionally. Season.

3. Assemble the lasagne in a greased oven dish by layering the chicken mixture, bechamel and pasta alternatively, finishing with the bechamel, add the grated parmesan and cook in an oven set at 200c for 40 mins.

4. Serve with the watercress salad and some ciabatta bread.

[Recipe source: This Morning Website] [Photos: Are my own and are not to be taken]

50% off Cook Books

2010-06-29T02:58:00.000-07:00

Amazon have got up to 50% of on Cookbooks along with unlimited free one day delivery! how cook is that...(for UK)

I am off to ~~treat myself~~ have a browse, grab your bargain at Amazon

Menu Plan Monday

2010-06-26T14:54:00.000-07:00

This weeks menu consists of....

Sun - Chicken Lasange
Mon - Chicken Lasange
Tues - Noodley Dumpling Soup (My own version loosly based on this recipe)
Wed - Noodley Dumpling Soup
Thurs - Crab, Rocket, Chilli, Lingine (own recipe to follow soon)
Fri - Crab, Rocket, Chilli, Lingine

*Make more Homemade Lemonade (recipe to follow)

*Homemade Fruit Smoothies

*Homemade fruit ice lollies

What have you got planned this week, leave you lonk for me to checkout....

Oaty Cookies..

2010-02-24T05:43:00.000-08:00

I baked some Oaty Cookies today using this recipe, it makes about 16, i have eaten about 6 already ooppss!

Definitely a keeper, and so quick to make.

Naomi's Prawn Thai Spiced Rice

2009-12-15T14:57:00.000-08:00

Today as per my menu plan i was supposed to cook prawn stir fry, but i couldn't because the stir-fry veg did not turn up in the shopping then i was not able to go out and get any, so i had to use the prawns still and make something so i rustled up some Prawn Thai Spiced Rice and i just made it up, but it turned out yummy. and it takes about 10 mins to cook so very quick.

Can be used as something to eat on it's own or accompanying something else.

You will need:

- some jumbo king prawns (defrosted) i use the ones that are cooked and then frozen in a bag from the supermarket.

- A packet per person of Tilda Steamed Brown Basmati rice

- Schwartz Stirfry Special Blend Thai 7 Spice

- tbsp of olive oil

- tbsp Butter

- Frozen peas

1. heat olive oil and gently fry prawns and frozen peas, until peas soften and prawns are heated through.

2. Add in the rice, separate the rice it tends to be a bit stuck together from being in the packet.

3. add tsp of Thai 7 spice seasoning per packet of rice that you use. mix in thoroughly.

4. Add the butter and gently stir around until butter has melted and coated everything.

Then your done, how quick and easy is that and it is very yummy.

Weekly meal plan for 13th - 19th Dec

2009-12-12T15:11:00.000-08:00

Dinners:

Sunday: Chicken, Veg & lentil stew

Monday: Chicken, Veg & lentil stew

Tuesday: Prawn stir-fry with brown rice

Wednesday: Speedy Lasange Casserole

Thursday: Speedy Lasange Casserole (i will be eating out at work xmas do)

Friday: Pizza & dough balls

Lunches:

Sunday: Breaded chicken in ciabatta with salad & fruit

Tues: Soup & Bread

Wed: Baked potatoe & beans

'Roasties' - Roast potatoes you can be proud of

2009-11-28T14:49:00.000-08:00

Everyone always talks about a good Roast potatoe, what is a good roast potatoe?

Well here is how i do mine and i always get complements on them:

Firstly i part boil the potatoes for 5 -8 mins (they should just be soft buy not quite cooked), i dig a fork into one to test if i think they can come out of the water.

I drain them, then put them back in the pot, i sprinkle all over the potatoes about a tbsp of plain flour (depending on how many potatoes i am cooking, which is usually around 8 - 10 as above)

Put the lid back on and shake them up hard in the pot, so that the outsides become rough (this is what will crisp them up nicely.

Empty them into a baking tray and drizzle oil all over them and then put them in a hot oven mine is a fan assisted and i put it on 220C and cook them for 30-40 mins (until golden).

How do you do yours?

My Banana Cake Recipe

2009-11-28T13:55:00.000-08:00

Ingredients

125g butter
175g Caster Sugar
2 eggs
1-2 very ripe Banana's
175g Self raising flour or 175g plain flour with 2 tsp baking powder.
2 tbsp milk
100g Caster sugar (can use granulated)

Let's get started

Measure out your butter and sugar and put in a mixing bowl

Cream the butter and the sugar by mixing them up i mix mine by hand with a wooden spoon because thats all i have i do not have any fancy mixing machines lol just good old fashion elbow grease. Once the mixture looks fluffy stop mixing.

Beat in your two eggs

Mash up your bananas

Add your mashed banana's to the mixture and mix in

Add the flour bit by bit whilst stirring

Add in your milk

Grease your loaf tin (1kg/2lb) or line with baking parchment, and pour in your mixture. Give it a gently shake to level the mixture.

Bake in oven gas 4/350F/180C for 45 to 50 minutes

Leave cake to cool then remove from tin. Then scoff a slice!

*TIP* - Replace Banana's with a cup of Raisin's for a yummy Raisin cake.

Wholemeal and Raisin Muffins

2009-11-17T03:13:00.000-08:00

At the weekend i tried out THIS recipe for multi grain pancakes, it went all wrong they would not cook in the middle i burnt them at the sides as the sides were cooking faster and so i got fed up.

I had all this mixture left that i did not want to waste it so **PING!** i had an idea, why not put them in muffin cups and bake and see how they turn out and what do you know they turned out perfect, very light bouncy sponge which worked well with the raisins, they def need to be eaten with a cup of tea of something moist.

Great as healthy snacks and you can add different fruit, i kept them in a air tight tin and they last a good 3 days.

I do not think it was down to the actual recipe why the the pancakes did not turn out good, in the recipe it says to good them on a griddle and i don't have one so i did mine in the pan. The few that did turn out ok were yummy so if you have a griddle you will be in for a treat!

3 ingredient Lemonade Scones....

2009-11-11T14:39:00.000-08:00

The other day i was watching one of my food programs called market kitchen and they had Kim and Rachel on there from 4 ingredients. And they made scones using just three ingredients cream, Lemonade, Self raising flour.

So i thought i definitely need to try these out so search for the recipe and found one here I made them on Wednesday and boy are they good especially straight out of the oven with clotted cream and strawberry jam mmmm! they only take about 20-25 to make incl prep.

Menu Plan From 14th Nov to 20th Nov

2009-11-11T06:06:00.000-08:00

Saturday: Prawn Stir fry

Sun & Mon: Spaghetti Bolonaise

Tues & Wed: Chicken and Bacon Tortellini with spinach salad

Thurs & Fri: Pilaff Chicken

Weekend breakfast: Wholegrain pancakes with fruit

Weekend lunches: Jacket potatoes with beans and cheese

At the moment i have to plan my menus on a Wednesday for the following week as i am at work on Thursday and Friday and will order my shopping online at Tesco and get it delivered Sat Morning.