Cream cheese fudge

• 225 grams cream cheese
• 225 melted chocolate
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 115 grams chopped nuts

1. Beat cream cheese till smooth
2. Beat in chocolate and vanilla
3. Stir in nuts
4. Refrigerate until set
5. Will keep for 2 weeks

Caramel Ice Cream

• 1 can caramel sweetened condensed milk (dulce de leche)
•  300 ml cream
• 1 tsp vanilla essence

1. Stir caramel until smooth
2. Whip cream and vanilla essence
3. Stir both mixtures together
4. Put in freezer till frozen

Pineapple shortcake

• 100 grams butter
• 50 grams sugar
• 1 egg
• 150 grams four
• 1 tsp baking powder
• tin crushed pineapple
• 1 tbsp custard powder
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup water

1. Cream first measure of sugar with butter
2. Add egg and beat
3. Add flour and baking powder and mix
4. Press into sponge roll tin
5. Bake in medium over for 10 - 15 minutes
6. Heat pineapple with custard powder and cornflour, sugar and water until thick
7. Cool
8. Spread on top of cooked shortcake

Ginger Beer Plant

To start your plant ...

• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1/2 dried yeast
• 1 cup warm water
• additional sugar and ground ginger

• 4 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup lemon juice

1. Put ingredients into a jar and feed each day with 1/2 tsp ground ginger and 1/2 tsp of sugar for a week
2. Strain liquid, keep liquid and reserve sediment
3. Dissolve 4 cups sugar in 6 cups water over medium heat
4. Add 18 cups water, lemon juice and liquid from strained ginger plant
5. Mix and bottle
6. Divide sediment between 2 jars and add 1 cup warm water to each
7. Continue to feed as before
8. Ginger beer is ready to drink between 5 days and 3 weeks

Hokey Pokey Ice cream

• 500 ml cream
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 crunchie bars - crushed

1. Whip cream till soft peaks form
2. Beat in condensed milk
3. Stir in crunchie bars

Brown bean and rice salad

• 1 cup cooked brown beans
• 1 cup cooked rice
• 1 cup whole kernel corn
• 1/2 cup sliced celery
• 1/2 red onion sliced

1. Mix all together
2. Dress with favourite dressing

Cheese muffins

• 1 cup flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup grated cheese
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 egg

1. Mix flour, baking powder, grated cheese, salt and pepper
2. Whisk together egg and milk
3. Add to dry ingredients
4. Stir till just mixed
5. Cook in muffin tins
6. Bake 10 minutes till golden