Nutty choc chip cookies!

Last week's bake!!!
Choc chip cookies with a bit of a variation - used brown raw sugar instead (this gave it a bit more of a grainey feel) and tossed in some chopped almonds! :)

Good morning!!!

Check these pancakes out! I made these for our Sat breakfast! :)

These were from Jamie Oliver's Happy Days recipe book, and they were like the hotcakes from McDonalds! Fluffy and fairly thick, and surprisingly it browned real nicely! :) Although a little more complicated and time consuming to prepare, as you need to separate the yolks and the whites, but it was worth it! :)

The recipe doesnt have sugar in it, so you can make it either sweet or savoury and the variety of toppings is just endless! I drizzled maple syrup, whipped up some cream and cut some strawberries, simply divine!!! :)

Harry's in Perth?!!!

Refer to earlier postings on "Harry's Hotdogs" in Sydney :) So anyway, we decided to try making our own today for lunch! It was actually pretty nice! We didnt make the sauce from scratch(!), bought the Taco seasoning, and added in our own onions and garlic, diced tomatos, kidney beans and minced beef :) Pretty yum! And added the Master foods hot chilli sauce! It did come quite close to the real thing, but we still need to find the right sausage... the American hotdogs from Woolworths was not solid enough!

However, overall quite a tasty Saturday lunch! :)

Cake mixes?!!!

Okay, I admit I am usually quite skeptical about using cake mixes because 1) I think it's not enough fun, not enough of a challenge and 2) it may not turn out nice! Either too bland or too sweet or something like that!

However, on Thursday night we stopped by Woolworths, and I was browsing through the cake section! I wanted to make choc chip cookies, but decided that I would feel too guilty if I spent too much time in the kitchen when I really should be doing a lot of other things... ie study, assignment, etc etc! Then these very attractive cadbury boxes caught my eye! My 2 above hesitations immediately accompanied it!!!

I decided yes to "cheat bake" so that I could have a little bit of fun in the kitchen and yet not take TOO much time...... so I bought the Cadbury Choc Swirl Cake mix!

Verdict: Simple to make, so if you like a challenge in the kitchen, there is absolutely NONE, but it turned out well! Yay! Light, spongy and tasty, and the frosting was really yummy too! :) So do give this a go, it's pretty good value @ $4 a box, and simple to make and tasty!

My colleagues enjoyed it, so it was all worth it! :)