Thursday, March 18, 2010

From This......

These 4 ingredients make these.....

Yummy sultana scones.
The recipe is as follows
1 cup cream
1 cup lemonade
3 cups self raising flour
handful of sultanas.

Mix all ingredients together and roll out onto a floured surface, using your hands or a rolling pin flatten out until it is about 5cm thick and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper and brush with milk, bake in a 180 degree oven for 20 minutes and voila , a tray of yummy scones to have with jam and cream. 
This recipe is easy peasy lemon squeezy and makes a great quick kids afternoon tea snack or if friends drop by for a cuppa. Buon Appetito. 

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Let's Do Lunch!

Today was a good under pressure day in the Zesty Kitchen. I had the girls over for lunch, but in all the haste i forgot to get pictures. At least once every few months instead of going to a resturaunt we have lunch at a friends house, and this time it was my turn, the only thing i had to work this morning and i had to rush to get my plates on the table.
But what we did eat was BELLISSIMO. I made a Panzanella salad or an Italian Bread Salad and my god it was to die for, plus for the first time i made a gorgeous Thai Beef Salad, the other dishes we had were fried rice, chicken, vietnamese rice paper rolls, sausage rolls and my friend who does the best mini lemon meringues and mini lemon cheesecakes plus a couple of tipples of wine just to get through and wash all that YUM down.
The girls left stuffed and saited and extremely happy, we don't need much to keep us happy around here in the Zesty Kitchen. But next time i promise i will take pictures, so until then Buon Appetito.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Cream Buns YUM!

These little beauties are Jam & Cream buns from the recipe book Scones and Muffins step by step and they were very nice indeed. The bun itself is very similar to a Brioche and they were very easy to make but time consuming as the steps have to allow for proving and rising but it was a simple to read recipe. Which is very good for me as i like detailed information.
I took some of them to my sewing group for supper and well lets say i didn't come home with any on the plate, so the girls must have liked them too. Plus when i came home the ones i left in the fridge for the feral family were all gone and the king had 2 so they couldn't have been too bad.
As i have decided to start another blog ( this one ) solely for cooking i suppose i should let you know what will be coming up, well tonight for dinner we are having T-bone steaks and i thought i would try a noodle salad of some sort, perhaps Singapore noodles, i have tried these before but they weren't very good so i will have to try and tweak the recipe. Before i decided to write about my cooking we didn't eat very many varied foods before, we always had our tried and true foods that the whole family ate regularly, but now the faries are older i have thought about broadening our taste buds and trying food that we would possibly never eaten before.Who knows we may become culinary cultured and enlightened.
So until next time Buon Appetito.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Confessions

My name is Natalie and I have a confession, I love to eat and my waistline is a promising appreciation to that fact. I am the owner of many cookbooks, cooking paraphernalia and appliances that are an absolute essential in any kitchen.I am not in any means the greatest cook around (that accolade belonged to my Nana) but i try. I have successes and many more failures but that is life. This blog is the sideline of another i have but this one is solely for the purpose of my kitchen exploits. Join me on a roller coaster of ups and downs and hopefully you will enjoy the ride.
Buon Appetito.