French Madeleines

Someone coming over for afternoon tea?  This is a great recipe to have up your sleeve.  Make the batter up to 2 days before and bake for just 12 mins and they are ready and delicious!

Malaysian Chicken

This is really a recipe for Ayam Bakar Bekakak Chicken from Good Chef Bad Chef, but I use it as my go to Malaysian paste for chicken.

Gin and tonic in a cake.

Wow, I took a look on the net and there are lots of gin and tonic cake recipes.  This one is from the Home Beautiful of  May 2020 and makes 6-8 perfect cup cakes from just one egg!

Ginger and Walnut Carrot Cake from Nigella

This cake is a Nigella classic from her latest TV show, with a little update on the spice and topping from me.  You can vary the spice according to your taste (cardamon would be nice) but always use the ginger, and if you dont have time for caramel praline just top with chopped walnuts and ginger.

Impressive Mango Cheesecake for a crowd

I made this at Christmas when mangoes are at their peak.  Delicious, and not too heavy for summer.    Thank you Woolworths for the idea.  The cheesecake portion of this makes a light, simple summer dessert, so this is quite a versatile recipe.  Serves 12.

Green Tomato Relish

Recently one of my tomatoes was damaged in the wind, and I had a whole lot of green tomatoes.  This is also something that happens at the end of the season when the plants need to come out.  How to use them up?  Make a pickle, similar to the relishes used on hot dogs.  This is easy as anything to do.

The amount of capsicums you use can be varied, as also to onions.  If you want to keep it for  a long time leave out the garlic to avoid poisoning.  I used old pickle jars that I sterelised, but you can use canning jars also.

One pan Japanese Salmon

This is a recipe from Adam Liaw called Cancan Salmon and is an everyday Japanese dinner.  You can substitute the carrot for other veg such as asparagus, but if you want them not over cooked, add them with the salmon. This recipe serves 2.