Recipe Sharing Time!

Good morning ladies! (well it's morning for me anyway! lol) Some of you asked me for the recipes for the things I made for our ladies luncheon (see last post) the other day, so today I thought I'd share them with you. I love to cook and bake, but I love things to be quick and easy, yet still taste amazingly delicious like you've been in the kitchen for HOURS. These recipes are definitely like that! If any of you do make one of these, I'd love to hear what you thought! Ok, enough yapping, time for sharing......

Potato Bake:



You will need:
6 large potatoes (sometimes I peel the potatoes, sometimes I don't. Just scrub them clean if you don't peel them)
1 bottle of cream (600mls)
2 packets of Maggi Potato Bake seasoning
1 cup grated cheese
Garlic (we love garlic, so I add 3-4 large cloves)
Sea salt & ground black pepper, to taste
(I sometimes add sliced onion too)
Mix all ingredients together and pour into a large greased baking dish. Cover with foil for first 45 mins, then remove foil and bake uncovered for another 45 mins @ 350 deg USA (180 deg Aussie). During the last 15 mins of baking, sprinkle some more grated cheese over the top to melt & brown(as much or as little as you like).


Here is last night's dinner: Potato bake, honey carrots, peas, and Honey Soy Chicken.
Honey Soy Chicken is a Barefoot Contessa's recipe (Ina Garten). My family like the chicken diced, so I dice 1.5kg of chicken breast, then bake. Very quick & easy....and delicious!
Honey Soy Chicken:
1 cup honey
3/4 cup Soy Sauce
1/4 - 1/2 cup freshly grated ginger(I only use 1/4 cup as we find it too strong other wise)
1/4 cup freshly minced/diced garlic
Mix all ingredients in a small saucepan on med temp until honey melts. Pour over chicken (either diced or whole). Bake @ 350 deg (180 deg) covered with foil for 30 mins, then uncover and cook for another 45 mins. If you have time to let the chicken marinate, then do, if not that's fine, just pop her in the oven and call it good! This dish also freezes and reheats beautifully.


Quiche recipe:
4 eggs
1/2 cup (1 stick, or 125g) melted butter
3/4 cup Self Raising flour
1 1/2 cups milk
salt & pepper
1 onion finely diced
1 cup grated cheese
1 cup bacon or ham finely diced
garlic (I use 3-4 cloves)
You can also add corn or capsicum (I think you call them Peppers in the USA?)

Mix all ingredients together well and pour into a greased pie plate or baking dish. Bake at 350 deg (180 deg Aussie) for an hour or until golden brown. Serve hot, cold or at room temp. Quiche freezes beautifully.


Some of you asked for my pumpkin soup recipe from a couple of posts ago. While I do love to bake and cook, there are times when a girl just has to have the night off. So here is my recipe for pumpkin soup.......I just add a dash of cream or milk and ground black pepper to this as it's heating on the stove. Serve with freshly baked hot bread rolls and top with butter. Snuggle in and enjoy!