Fruit Brulee

Sprinkle sugar and blowtouch on any fruit

• Fig, Banana, Pineapple, peach

All good - also remember the fruit barbeque also.

Keep Cumin Comin

Add a little Cumin to any egg dish - really brings on the flavour

Creme Brulee

Ingredients
Double Cream -600 ml
Vanilla Pod -1
Egg yokes-4
Caster Sugar-100 grams
Instructions
Pour the Cream into the top of a ban marie
Add the vinilla pod, and warm gently until almost boiling, remove the vanilla pod
Beat together the egg yolks and 1/2 the sugar and gradulaly add the cream, stirring
Stand 6 ramakins in a roasting dish and pour in enough water to come half way up the sides
Pour the custard slowly into the ramekins
Bake in the oven at 300 F for about 1 hour
Cool and refridgerate overnight
Sprinkle the remaining sugar on top and grill for 2-3 minutes, chill and serve
Suggestion: Serve with fruit, like strawberries and peaches

Fried Tomatoes (This is a goody)

Ingredients
Tomatoes -6 Large
Flour-3 Table Spoons
Sugar-1.5 Teaspoons
Butter-4 Table Spoons
Milk-1.5 Cups
Meat Sauce-1 teaspoon - Thick
Mustard-1.5 Teaspoons
Instructions
Stem and Halve the tomatoes. Combine the Flour 3/4 teaspoon salt, pepper and coat the tomatoes
Saute the tomato halves in butter until golden and tender.
Take out all but 2 of the tomato halves
To the balance add 2 tablespoons of flour, 3/4 teaspoon of salt and sugar, meat sauce and mustard
Cook until creamy and the 2 tomato halves have disintegrated
Pour over the balance of the tomatoes and Serve

Salads - Carbs Bad, Salads - Good

Things to add to Lettice to make it interesting:

• Pine Nuts - remember to always toast them
• Any other kind of Nut - rembmer to always toast - some at healther than others.
• Fruit - very underrated - Oranges, Peaches, Mango..... go crazy....
• Water Cress (Nice and peppery - much better in season, but always good.
• Mushrooms (Go for the blue ones or Chanterelles)
• Cheese - thin slices of Parmesan.....
• Dressings - see separate posting

Middle Eastern Chicken and Bulgar

Ingredients
Skinless Boneless Chicken breast - 8 oz
Chopped onion - 7 oz
Garlic - One Clove
Bulgar - 1/2 Cup
Chicken Stock - 1.5 Cups
Coriandar -1/8 teaspoon
Cumin -1/8 teaspoon
Cardamon - 1/8 teaspoon
Lemon -1
Oiive Oil -2 teaspoons
Instructions
Heat a pan on high, when up to Temperature reduce to medium.
Add 1/2 oil and Saute Chicken until golden brown and set aside
Add rest of oil and onion and saute
Mince Garlic and Add
Stir in Bulgar, cardamom, corinder, cumin and mix well
Add stock and reduce heat to Meduim/Low
Return Chicken and Cover
Grate Lemon Rind and sqweeze Lemon and Add rind and Juice
Add Pepper and Salt to Serve

Source - Helen

French Beans and Thyme

Quick and easy "comfirt" green beans
Ingredients

Butter -25 g
Onion -1 med
Bacon - streaky- 4 rashers
French beans -700 g
Thyme - 5 ml, fresh chopped
Salt and Pepper

Instructions
Melt butter and add the onion and bacon. Cook until onion turns. Add the beans and thyme and 90 ml of cold water. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes, until beans are tender but crisp.

Source - Good housekeeping

Curried Tomatoes

Ingredients
Onion - 1 Small Sliced
Butter - 2 table spoon
Green Pepper - 1/2 small
Sugar - 1 table spoon
Cornstarch - 1 table spoon
Cold Water to Blend Cornstarch
Curry Powder - 1 teaspoon
Lemon pepper - 1/2 teaspoon
Chicken Stock - 1/4 Cup
Tomatoes - 4 Medium

Directions
Saute Onions and Curry and Butter, until onions are tender. Add the Tomatoes, green pepper and cook for 2-5 Minutes. Stir in Lemon pepper, sugar, broth and simmer for 10 minutes. Blend Cornstarc with cold Water and stir in.

Source - Bob and Womans Day

Great Veggies include

• Soya bean pods boiled until tender (5 Minutes) and served still poded with sea salt
• Brussel sprouts boiled and served with butter (Helen detests this but I really like it hence it is included here!)
• Grilled Mushrooms - The largest mushrooms you can find (Minimum of 6" (15 cm)), grilled on Barbeque with butter
• Pepper halves, filled with Olives, tomatoes and Parmesan cheese and grilled on the barbecue
• Creaming Fried Tomatoes
• Curried Tomatoes
• Potatoes (in almost any form) - These are my favourate Veggies and perhaps food
• Baked with Butter and Marmite and a crispy skin
• Mashed with Butter and Cream
• Baked Potatoes sliced with rosemary and butter and barbecued
• Veggy and New Potato Salad
• New Potatoes with Tarragon cream (Potatoes, spring onions, sour cream and tarragon)