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Sweet chilli and cheese pastry spirals

May 31st 2008 10:31

Sweet chilli and cheese pastry spirals

Did you know that when you are stressed, you naturally choose foods that *crunch* to help you de-stress? Well from this fact I have deduced that I must be somewhat stressed because by mid-afternoon I am really craving a snack which has a *crunch*! Yes, I am indeed less partial to cake at the moment (which is a h-u-g-e breakthrough for me); and yet sadly I do not appear to be turning rake thin anytime soon (but that’s beside the point). So to help fix this craving, I invented some nifty little Sweet chilli and cheese pastry spirals! Very quick and easy to make, and when you eat them after they have been freshly baked they have the best crunch as well as taste! They are so easy to munch on, that it is very easy to eat a whole batch by yourself, so WATCH OUT! Otherwise before you know it… “hello”… plate full of crumbs!

Sweet chilli and cheese pastry spirals

Ingredients: 1 sheet of ready-rolled puff pastry, 50g parmesan cheese grated, 2 heaped tbsp sweet chilli sauce

Steps: Preheat oven to 220 degrees Celsius. Spread the sweet chilli sauce over the puff pastry (trying to go as close as possible to the edges), sprinkle with the parmesan cheese then roll the pastry up tightly. Brush the edge with water to get the roll to stick together. Use a sharp knife to cut 1cm segments then place onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake for 12 minutes or until lightly golden. Serve hot!

Making Sweet chilli and cheese pastry spirals

Makes about 15

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Posted By: Laura - Category: Savoury delights

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Are supermarkets forcing specialty stores to close?

May 31st 2008 03:40

What are these patty cases worth to you?

Are supermarkets forcing specialty stores to close? Or are those *big-chain* supermarkets just giving consumers more for their money? Or are specialty stores just overcharging us? I’m not sure. But what I do know is that there is HUGE price difference which is very real! For example, these mini patty cases which are commonly used for baking cupcakes cost just over $1.50 in supermarkets but exactly the same patty cases in another baking specialty store cost upwards of $5! That’s like a 300% difference! It’s unbelievable!

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Posted By: Laura - Category: For Your Information

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Spicy tomato and fennel soup

May 30th 2008 21:11

Spicy tomato and fennel soup

With these cold winter days giving everyone a chill, its time for some comforting wholesome food! And nothing beats a mean soup! Especially when it is of the thick, flavoursome variety, like this Spicy tomato and fennel soup! Roasting the vegetables in the oven really brings out a lot of flavour in the soup, making it that much more delicious! I can safely say before making tomato soup, I had some doubts on how tasty such a soup could be. ‘Would it be one of those soups that looked exciting because of its colour but then turned out to be bland?’ This was one of my worse fears. But “post-soup making” I can happily say that this is a v-e-r-y delicious soup, which I will definitely make again!

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Posted By: Laura - Category: Soup

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Military Rations

May 28th 2008 02:23

Cooking is great, but sometimes, you're stuck in a apocalyptic wasteland, and tomatoes are either extinct or have become flesh-eating aliens, so you're stuck for your pasta sauce.

That's why it's always a good idea to store a case of MREs around the house

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Posted By: Cibbuano - Category: Cookingware

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Chocolate cherry clafoutis

May 27th 2008 11:52

Chocolate cherry clafoutis

So in the past I’ve made the original cherry clafoutis, but this time I just felt like a *bit* of a change, so I decided to test out the chocolate version. It is much the same in terms of the texture and cherry goodness, except this time there is that hint of chocolate, which I think really complements the cherries! But what I’ve really come to love most about this dessert is how it is positively one of THE most easy desserts to make and yet, once dusted in icing sugar it looks absolutely divine- as if one has spent hours laboriously at work in the kitchen. The only thing you have to watch out for is that you don’t overcook it (so don’t forget when you put it in the oven). Otherwise, it’s not bad, not bad at all!

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Posted By: Laura - Category: Sweet treats & Desserts

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Tollhouse cookies!

May 27th 2008 11:28

Tollhouse cookies!

*drum roll* Legendary bars (I know! Talk about pressure) based on the first American chocolate chip cookie recipe! I would have thought that the first chocolate chip cookie would be rounder and generally more “cookie” shaped, but it would appear that that isn’t the case! Even so, these tollhouse cookies are deliciously soft, in that “traditional-wholesome-cookie” kind of way and a real treat for all! This recipe uses both caster sugar and brown sugar, and I’ve noticed before that when I glance at an ingredients list, it is easy to skim and miss things! So make sure you remember to add both of the sugars! Other than that, it’s a piece of cake! Or more literally, a slice of cookie!

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Posted By: Laura - Category: Cookies & Biscuits

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Mushroom Cream Soup

May 27th 2008 06:55

I love soups in general and when I first came across this brilliant mushroom cream soup recipe I was delighted and a bit confused at the same time. You see, one of the ingredients in this soup is tofu...yes, TOFU

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Posted By: Arnold - Category: Soup

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A bakery runs on the honor system

May 22nd 2008 11:11

Perhaps people wouldn't bake so much at home if bakeries were a little more reasonably priced. I like the Sonoma bakery in Glebe, but at $7 for a loaf of sourdough rye, I'd be better off just mixing flour and activated yeast in my mouth and swishing it around.

Keeping the prices at a bakery is tough, because the cost of running the bakery outweighs the cost of those perfectly flaky croissants

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Posted By: Cibbuano - Category: For Your Information

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Beef Mexican Wrap

May 19th 2008 23:00

This Mexican wrap with a succulent sirloin steak has a Japanese twist that is the highlight of this recipe

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Posted By: Arnold - Category: Savoury delights

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Are we still going to eat fish?

May 15th 2008 05:06

Probably not, if the scientists are correct about the looming seafood crisis.

One of the luxuries about living in Sydney, is being able to go to the fish markets and see the incredible variety and volume of fresh fish. Elsewhere in the world, the fish markets are even more spectacular - and bizarre

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Posted By: Cibbuano - Category: Seafood

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Green papaya salad

May 8th 2008 22:53

This simple salad recipe is delicious and very easy to prepare. The crunchy texture of the green papaya and peanuts contrasts well with the cherry tomatoes while the fish sauce in the dressing provides plenty of zest

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Posted By: Arnold - Category: Salads

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