Avocado And Cream Cheese Toast

Here’s what you’ll need:

Whole wheat bread
Cream cheese
Avocado slices
Olive oil
Pepper flakes

Directions: Spread olive oil on one slice of whole wheat bread and place in the toaster. While your toast cools, slice your avocado in slices. Spread cream cheese on top of toast and lay avocado slices. For a kick of spice sprinkle red pepper flakes on top of toast and you’re all done!

Bruschetta With Tomato And Basil.

Ingredients

Baguette
Tomatoes (diced)
Basil
Sugar
Extra virgin oil
Salt & pepper to taste

Combine tomato, basil, vinegar, sugar and 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Grill baguette for 1 to 2 minutes each side or until golden. Transfer to plates.Spoon tomato mixture onto toast. Serve.

No Milk Bread Pudding

Ingredients :

1 Cup Icing sugar
½ Cup Water
5 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
2 Tablespoons Butter
3 Eggs
2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1 Loaf Bread (cubed)

Directions :

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit.
Put icing in a microwave safe container and heat for 30 seconds on high, to melt it.
Remove from microwave and stir in water to thin it out.
Pour that into a large bowl and add the butter, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla and cinnamon. Whisk to combine everything.
Add the cubed bread to the mixture and toss to get everything well coated. Let sit for 10 mins.
Use butter to grease a 9"x13" pan or individual muffin tins.
Pour, or spoon, bread mixture into the pan.
Bake for 40-50 minutes or until the pudding is set and the top is golden brown.
Let cool slightly before serving.

Crab And Egg Breakfast Cups

Ingredients :

8 slices whole wheat bread
4 tsp butter for greasing the cups & bread

For The Filling

4 eggs
3/4 cup boiled sweet corn
1/4 cup crab meat
1 tsp oil
1/4 grated cheddar cheese
1/4 cup finely chopped onions
1/4 cup spring onions (optional)
1/4 cup finely chopped red and green capsicum
salt and pepper to taste

Method

Grease the cups & bread slices with butter.Separate all ingredients into 4 portions.
Place the 2 bread slices into the cup , fill gently a portion of the filling in each cups, break one egg and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Bake in a preheated oven at 200°c (400°f) for 5 to 8 minutes or till the bread is crisp and the egg is nicely cooked. Sprinkle thinly sliced spring onion. Serve immediately.

BRIOCHE BREAD

Ingredients

10g dry active yeast
250ml lukewarm water
675g bread flour or all-purpose flour
50g caster sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, beaten
60ml vegetable oil
2 tablespoons sesame seeds (optional)

1 egg yolk and 1 teaspoon cold water for brushing

Directions

In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand until frothy, about 10 minutes.
In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar and salt. Make a well in center of the bowl and mix in the eggs, oil and yeast mixture. Beat well until the dough has pulled together, then turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and supple, about 8 minutes.
Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
Deflate and punch down the dough, transfer to floured surface and cut into two equal portions. Divide each portion into three ropes.Loosely plait the three ropes together. Cover and let rise one hour more.
Beat the egg yolk with 1 teaspoon of water to make a glaze and brush onto the bread. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Preheat oven and bake for 30 minutes at 180 degrees C or until golden brown Let cool on a wire rack. Ready to serve with butter or jam.

APPLE CINNAMON BISCOTTI

Ingredients:

2 Cups of Flour 
2 Tsp Baking Powder
1/2 Cups of Sugar
1 Tsp Salt.
1 Tsp Ground Cinnamon

2 Tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
2 Eggs (Room Tempreture)
6 Tsp Butter (Room Tempreture)
1 Cups Apple (cored and diced)

Directions:

Pre-heat your oven to 162 degree C, line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a medium sized bowl, combine the dry ingredients save for the sugar.
In another, the wet - but not the butter.
In a third bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add the wet mixture. Mix well. Then add the dry, followed by the diced apple.
Dump onto a well floured counter and massage until it's semi-dough like.
Break into two halves and place each one on the parchment lined baking sheet.
Shape into logs, about 1 1/2" thick and sprinkle with a little extra sugar.
Bake in hot oven for 25 - 30 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool about 15 minutes. Slice the logs at an angle. Place back in the oven and bake a further 20 - 25 minutes. Remove from the heat. Place biscotti pieces on wire racks to cool completely before serving.
Serve with a big cup of tea or coffee.

Delicious Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Ingredients :

4 sliced whole wheat bread
4 sliced chicken
4 sliced cheese
4 tbsp mayonnaise
2 tbsp chili sauce
8 sliced tomato
1 tbsp black pepper
salad

Directions:

Toast the sandwiches in a toaster oven about 1-2 minutes, depending on your toasting preference. Remove and divide chicken and cheeses over bread slices.Garnish with salad, tomato, chili sauce and mayonnaise. Sprinkle with black pepper. Slice and serve!

Pita Pizza Sausage

Ingredients

4 herbs Pita Breads
1 tbsp olive oil
1 packet sausage, sliced
2 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
4 ounces cheddar cheese
1 tsp salt and pepper
1 pinch dried basil
1 pinch dried oregano

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Warm pitas in the preheated oven or in a microwave for 1 minute, or until soft. Spread lightly with olive oil, pressing to flatten while spreading. Sprinkle with sausage, mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese, basil, oregano, salt and pepper. Spread the pitas on a large baking sheet and place in the preheated oven 8 minutes, or until the pita bread has reached desired crispness. Serve whole, or cut into slices.

Chicken Tortilla Wraps

Ingredients :

4 tortillas
1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into thin strips
1 medium sized onion, sliced
1 small garlic clove, finely chopped
1 tablespoons chicken seasoning powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 cups shredded Lettuce
1 medium sized Tomato, chopped
1/2 cup low fat-mayonnaise
1 tbsp olive oil

Directions:

Heat oven to 350°F.
Wrap tortillas in foil. Heat in 350°F oven 10-15 minutes until warm.
Coat large nonstick skillet with cooking oil. Place skillet over med-high heat. Add chicken, onion and garlic; saute until chicken is no longer pink in the center, 4-6 minutes. Stir in chicken seasoning powder, salt and pepper.
Divide chicken mixture among tortillas. Top each with lettuce and tomato. Drizzle each with 2-3 tbsp mayonnaise. Roll up tortillas, cut into 2 and serve.

Egg Pita Pizza

INGREDIENTS:

Cheese pita bread,
extra virgin olive oil,
mozzarella cheese,
large eggs,
cherry tomatoes,
red onion,
basil,
Habbatus sauda, (optional)
salt and pepper.

INSTRUCTIONS: Pre-heat the oven at 375 degrees. Drizzle oil over the pita bread and layer on top some Mozzarella cheese. Bake the pita bread for two minutes then crack one egg over the pita bread and sprinkle your favorite toppings. I used cherry tomatoes, red onion and basil. Bake for about 5 minutes. Use some habbatus sauda, salt and pepper for flavoring and bon appetite!

Ground Beef in Pita Bread

Ingredients

5 Pita Breads(pocket), cut in halves
1 green pepper, diced
1 red pepper, diced
2 onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 kg ground beef
Sat & pepper to taste
1 tsp fresh or dry thyme
1 tbsp olive oil

Directions:

Brown ground beef with onion and garlic in large skillet. Add above ingredients; cook until mixed well and ready to serve. Put into pita bread pockets and garnish with lettuce, tomato & cucumber.

Avocado on Bread

Ingredient :

1 ripe avocado
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp olive oil
1 slice of toasted Wheat bread
Salt & pepper to taste

Halve and pit avocado and mash into a bowl. Add lemon juice . Toast bread until lightly browned and crispy. Spread avocado onto the slice of bread with a fork. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, drizzle with olive oil, and serve.

Try and make this if you can, it’s so filling and good! Enjoy!

Baguette Beef With Parmesan Cheese.

Ingredient

1 baguette, sliced
1/2 kg Minced Beef
1 tbsp olive oil
3 large Onions, finely chopped
1 cup mix vege
1 tsp sugar
Salt & pepper to taste
1 cup Parmesan Cheese

Directions

Heat a nonstick skillet, add olive oil, cook onions and sauté till the onions have softened. Add minced beef over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until beef is thoroughly cooked.Stir in sugar, mix vege , salt and pepper to taste.Slice baguette into 12 (1/2-inch-thick) slices. Spoon beef mixture evenly onto baguette , spreading mixture to edges. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese. Bake 5 minutes until cheese is melted.

CARAMEL BREAD PUDDING

Ingredients Bread Pudding

8 slices bread
1/2 cup water
1 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoon butter/margerin
2 eggs
2 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt

Additional

Raisin
Choclolate chips
White Chocolate

Preheat an oven to 180 C. Lightly butter a baking dish. Combine all the ingredients and put into the blender and blend until smooth. Pour the mixture into the baking dish and spread raisin on top of the bread pudding. Bake at 180 F for 50 to 60 minutes or until a knife inserted near the centre come out clean. Let cool for a couple of minutes. Serve the bread pudding with caramel sauce, chocolate chips or white chocolate. Serve warm or cold.

Ingredients Caramel Sauce

1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon water
6 tablespoon butter
1/2 cup whipping cream

Heat sugar and water moderate high heat in a saucepan. As the sugar begins to melt, stir vigorously with a whisk or wooden spoon. As soon as all of the sugar crystal have melted ( the liquid sugar should be slightly dark brown in colour), immediately add the butter to the pan. Whisk until the butter has melted. Once the butter has melted, take the pan of the heat. Then slowly add the whipping cream to the pan and continue to whisk to incorporate. Whisk until caramel sauce is smooth. Let cool in the pan for a couple minutes, then pour into a jar and let sit to cool to room temperature. Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. Warm before serving.

ROTI ARAB WITH ROASTED CHICKEN

Ingredients

Roti Arab- cut into half
Salad
Tomato-sliced
Cucumber-sliced
Roasted Chicken-sliced
1 large onion-chopped finely
Dried Parsley
Basil
Mayonnaise
White , black pepper & salt

In a large skillet, heat 2 teaspons oil over medium - high. Add onion and season with salt and pepper. Cook until onion is soft and translucent about 10 minutes. Add onion to bowl with chicken, dried parsley, basil, mayonaise and stir to combine all together. Top the Roti Arab with salad, a few sliced cucumbers, tomatoes and roasted chicken. Ready to serve.

Blueberry Muffins

Ingredients

• 300 g self-raising flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 50 g butter
• 80 g caster sugar
• 200 g blueberries
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 225 ml fresh milk
• 1 tsp vanilla essence

1. Preheat oven to 200 C. Grease a standard 12 cup muffin tin or line the cups with paper muffin cases.
   
2. Mix the flour and baking powder in a large bowl. Rub the butter into the flour mix until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar and the blueberries into the mixture.
3. In a separate bowl or jug, mix together the milk, eggs and vanilla essence. Pour the egg mixture all at once into the dry ingredients and mix briefly until just combined.
4. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups. Bake in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes or until golden (test with a skewer, when a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean, the muffins are done).
5. Allow to cool for 10 minutes, the turn out onto a wire rack. These are delicious both warm and cold.

Sausage Bread Roll

Ingredients

• 10 Sausages (beef or chicken)
• 10 pieces Gardenia bread
• 2 spring onion leaves, sliced
• 1 tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 red chilli, sliced
• 10 sliced cheese
• 2 cups bread crumbs
• Oil for frying
• 1 egg , beaten and add salt & pepper

1. Roll the bread thinly with the rolling pin , cut the edges of each pieces of bread.
2. Mix onion leaves, chilli and mayonnaise.
3. Spread the mixture to the bread.
4. Place one sliced cheese and sausage on the bread and roll.
5. Put a bit of egg at the end of the bread.
6. Dip the rolls in the egg and coat with bread crumbs.
7. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry till golden brown.
8. Remove from oil and onto a kitchen towel.
9. Ready to serve with chilli sauce. Yummy !!

Sardine Cheese Bread

Ingredients

• 6 pieces of bread, cut the edges
• 1 small tin Sardine
• 2 large onions, thinly sliced
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 red chilli, sliced
• 1 tbsp mayonnaise
• 2 spring onion leaves, sliced
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Cheese

Preheat oven at 180 degrees C. Roll the bread flat with rolling pin and cut into 4 squares. Butter a muffin pan. Stuff the bread into the muffin pan so that it resembles a cup. Bake in oven on moderate temperature for about 5 minutes or lightly browned. Remove from oven and butter the inside of the bread. Mix sardine, onions, mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste. Add some mixture sardine into each cup. Top the sardine with chilli, spring onion leaves and cheese. Re-bake them for another 10 minutes. Remove from muffin pan and ready to serve. ( The Sardine Cheese Bread is delicious to be served with chilli sauce and mayonnaise.)

Buttermilk Scones

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder
  
• 1 tbsp caster sugar
• Pinch of salt
• 60g butter, chilled, chopped
• 3/4 cup fresh milk or low-fat milk
  
• 1 egg, stir for brushing
• Strawberry jam and whipped cream, to serve

Preheat oven 200°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Position oven rack in the top half of oven. Sift flour, sugar and salt into a bowl. Add butter. Using fingertips, rub butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Make a well in centre of mixture. Add buttermilk. Using a flat-bladed knife, stir until a sticky dough forms. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead gently until just smooth. Using a lightly floured rolling pin, gently roll dough out until 2cm thick. Using a 6cm round cutter, cut out scones. Press leftover dough together. Repeat to make 12 scones. Place scones, just touching, on prepared tray. Brush with egg. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden . Serve with strawberry jam and whipped cream.

Heart Shaped Donuts

Ingredients


1000g all-purpose flour
11g (1 packet) dry yeast
340g (1 1/2 ) cups warm water
60g (2/3 cup) milk powder
2 eggs
180g (1 cup ) butter
60g (6 tbsp) castor sugar
5g (1 tsp) salt
14g (1 tbsp) baking powder
Icing sugar
Chocolate Rice / walnuts (optional)

Mix dry yeast and 1 tbsp sugar with warm water. In another bowl combine the eggs, butter, sugar , salt and mix well. Add the sifted baking powder, milk powder and flour into the bowl and after that knead for about 5-10 until it turns into a smooth shiny ball. Leave the ball of dough in the mixing bowl in a warm place. Cover with a damp, clean towel. Wait for the ball to expand twice its size. It takes only 30 minutes on a hot afternoon. Otherwise, wait further. The dough is ready when the indent you make does'nt spring back. Punch the big ball of dough. This is to remove air. Then, knead a bit and roll out to a floured surface. Gently roll dough 1cm thick with floured rolling pin. Cut with heart shape cutter. Keep a distance from each other. The dough will rise further. leave for about 30 minutes. You may end up with some leftovers tiny balls from the cutter. Keep them for frying as well. Fry until golden brown. Remove from oil and drain with kitchen towels. While the donuts are still hot dip into the icing sugar coating. For icing topping, mix the sugar with the water and stir. Then, dip half surface of the donut into the mixture. Finally sprinkle the chocolate rise or walnuts on the surface. Ready to serve.