If you visit this website/blog frequently, you would have seen I use the crock-pot/slow-cooker quite often. The fact one can cook a large quantity and prepare dinner in the morning, walk away and come back to a cooked and easy meal later in the evening is a winner in any large family. All of No Excuses crock-pot…
1 Cup Whisky / Scotch ¾ tin Condensed Milk 200 – 250ml Thickened Cream 8 – 10 teaspoons Chocolate Topping (ice-cream sauce). Ice Whisk or use blender. Go on and try this, I bet you are tempted!
Making Self-Raising Flour 2 x teaspoons of baking powder to 1 cup of plain flour or 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar and 1/2 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda to 1 cup of plain flour Both options give the same result.
500 – 600g dried and/or crystallised fruit Use what ever fruit you like, ¼ -½ cup each of prunes (dried plums), crystallised pineapple and ginger, dried cranberries, raisins, currants and apricots. Otherwise the easiest option is to buy a 1kg packet of mixed dried fruit which can be purchased at any supermarket. ¼ cup sherry, rum or stout (beer)…
When you buy shallots, do you put them straight into the fridge? If you answered YES, did you know there is a better way to store these! Put them in a large jar or vase and leave them near the kitchen window (sink area). When needed for cooking, give them a “hair cut’ with kitchen scissors….
No Excuses has a special guest VIP from a Chef! The following recipe is so EASY; which is exactly what No Excuses likes to offer, “easy organising, easy cooking; making everyday life a little easier“!
A throw together meal when there is nothing but frozen sausages in the freezer.
Recipe Ingredients: 2Kg casserole beef ~ cut in chunks ½ Cup plain flour 60g butter 1 Onion ~ chopped 250g Mushrooms ~ sliced 3-4 Stalks of Celery ~ chopped 2-3 Bunches bok choy or spinach ~ shredded & chopped 2 Cups Beef Stock 1 Tablespoon Paprika Salt & Pepper ½ Cup sour cream 1 Lemon…
The following ingredients make up two quiche (27cm pie dishes), if you only need to make one, halve the ingredients.
This simple recipe is fantastic for oven baking or taken straight to the BBQ! Leek or Onions Zucchini Egg plant Capsicum Garlic Dried herbs Olive Oil Salt & Pepper Zip-Lock bag
Here another alternative to the EASIEST ICE~CREAM CAKE IN THE WORLD recipe: Once again; two basic ingredients are needed: 600ml thickened cream 1 tin condensed milk Frozen berries White chocolate hard tops ice-cream topping Method: Whip the cream till thick consistency. Pour in, fold or stir the condensed milk into whipped cream gently and mix thoroughly. Prepare the dish…
I am one of those people that HATE leftovers sitting in the fridge and if I can create something new with them (not that leftovers happen often in a large family) and before they get eaten by someone else in the household, then it’s a bonus. Here is a VERY easy fried rice recipe: Ingredients…
There are days (and many evenings) when we just don’t feel like cooking; and feeding a large family can become monotonous and boring, yet we need to fill them up or they come back after dinner saying “I’m hungry”. Here is a very simple but filling idea for dinner. You can use burger buns or sliced bread and of…
Ingredients: Bacon or Ham ~ diced 1 – 2 Brown onions ~ chopped 50g Butter Tasty Cheese Dried herbs ~ optional Toast In a fry pan fry the butter and onion till transparent. Add the bacon or ham and cook thoroughly. Spread mixture flat and place slices of cheese to cover the base area. Turn heat…