This quick and easy creamy cucumber salad is full of flavour, light and creamy and incredibly easy to make. It is a great salad for picnics, pot lucks or as part of a summer meal. Easy Creamy Cucumber Salad This creamy cucumber salad is a lovely, refreshing salad to have on a hot day. We love it as a side to a bbq while sitting by the pool. It is also a great way to use all the cucumbers that we grow ourselves. With only a few ...
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Rocky Road Christmas Trees
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I have made traditional rocky road for many years now. This year, I had a go at making some lovely Christmas inspired rocky road. I have made a Rocky Road Wreath and now Rocky Road Christmas Trees, using my basic Rocky Road Recipe, just creating it in shapes. Rocky Road For rocky road, you can use a variety of different mixtures. Marshmallows, whether the mini ones, or if using the large ones, cut with a pair of scissors into ...
Chocolate Christmas House
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The last couple of years, we have made gingerbread houses and most of the time they have collapsed with the heat here in Queensland, Australia. I have also noticed that the gingerbread house doesn't get eaten like a lot of the other foods in our house, coming to the conclusion that we aren't really a family that likes gingerbread. So this year, instead of a gingerbread house, I decided to create a Chocolate Christmas House. To build ...
Honey Oat Slice
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This honey oat slice is a lovely slice that goes well with a hot cuppa for morning or afternoon tea. We have also enjoyed a slice or two of this for breakfast on occasions as well. This slice is quick and easy to make and tastes great. There is no need to add icing or any toppings to it, it is perfect the way it is. With the climate where we are, I keep this in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week. Sometimes, we like to ...
Rocky Road Wreath
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This gorgeous, easy to make Rocky Road Wreath is a great centrepiece for a Christmas table this festive season. Rocky Road Wreath This rocky road wreath is a fun Christmas spin on the traditional rocky road. I have also made rocky road trees which made a lovely centrepiece as well. For rocky road, you can use a variety of different mixtures. Marshmallows, whether the mini ones, or if using the large ones, cut with a pair of ...
Freezer Friendly Bulk Biscuit Recipe
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Biscuit lovers love this freezer friendly bulk biscuit recipe. These biscuits are great for snacks and to have on hand when guests pop over. And with only four ingredients, they are cheap and super easy to make. With this Bulk Biscuit Recipes, you could easily make over 100 biscuits in one batch, though that does depend on the size of the biscuits. When the kids were younger, I could make smaller biscuits, now that they are getting bigger, ...
How to Freeze Celery
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Celery doesn't stay crisp forever, so instead of throwing it away, why not try freezing your excess celery to use at a later date. Freezing Celery Even though celery can be frozen, there is a small downfall - it will lose its crispness. Due to this, frozen celery is best used in soups, stews other hot dishes as eating it raw is just not going to work. The best way to keep celery for any length of time in the freezer is to blanch it first. ...
Crunchies
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These South African Crunchies are a lovely, crunchy treat with a cuppa for morning or afternoon tea or with a bowl of ice cream for dessert. You could change up this recipe by adding, chopped nuts, raisins, chocolate chips, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds or dried fruits if you wish. The crunchies can be cut how you desire, small squares, large rectangles, it is up to you how big or small you want each ...
How to Grow Sweet Potatoes
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We love sweet potato and usually use it instead of the normal spud. They are also very easy to grow and with these tips on how to grow sweet potatoes, you will be growing some for yourself in no time at all. Sweet Potatoes Sweet potatoes grow under the ground like regular potatoes. Above the ground, sweet potatoes are sprawling vines that can take up a huge amount of room in the garden and have flowers that resemble those of Morning Glory. ...
Vanilla Meringue Cookies
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These Vanilla Meringue Cookies are a lovely cookie that just melt in your mouth. I usually make a batch of these when I have excess egg whites left over from other recipes. This recipe is gluten-free, dairy-free and nut-free. Meringues aren't really that hard to make. Here are some tips to help you. The bowl that you use to mix in should be completely dry. I prefer to use a glass bowl over a plastic one. When separating your ...