Liam's Recipes

Photos +

2008-06-12T13:28:00.003+10:00

I have found a lot of people coming to my blog and looking for pictures of a recipe and staying for 1 or 2 second because my site has no pictures of Recipes. So If any of you have any pictures of a recipe I have up here, please email it to me at liamthehawk@gmail.com with 'Picture for your Blog' as the Subject. If Requested, I will give details of the supplier, otherwise, the photo will remain anonymous.
Also, If you have any home recipes from your Great-Great-Grandmother or something (no Copyright Please!), fell free to send them to me at the above address an I will put them up here. With details, it will be the same a photos.
Thanks,
Liam the Hawk

Some Quick, Easy Drinks

2008-06-05T12:00:00.000+10:00

Here are a few quick drinks for the Sunday afternoon relaxation time:

LEMONADE:
Squeeze the juice of 3 lemons into 2 cups of water. Add Sugar to taste.

Variation:
Orangeade:
Squeeze 1 1/2 oranges into 2 cups of water and add sugar to taste.

BBQ Vegetables

2008-05-05T12:00:00.000+10:00

This is a great Recipe to have with your family weekend BBQ's.

Cut some large corn cobs in half, then slice some medium tomatoes into quarters. Add some thinly sliced potatoes and mushrooms. Mix in some onion rings and some crushed garlic. Cook all of it until the onion rings go transparent. Serve with sausages or steak.

Fruity Feast

2008-05-03T12:00:00.003+10:00

This is a great Idea to get kids eating healthy.

Get all sorts of fruit (eg. paw-paw, apple, banana etc.) and cut up. Arrange in patterns. Below is an example:

Cut two slices of Banana (you can leave the skin on to make it more interesting) for the eyes, a slice of watermelon or paw-paw for the mouth, half a strawberry for the nose and to add a salady touch to it you could put some curly parsley for the hair.

Another Snack

2008-03-11T15:32:00.003+10:00

Here is another snack post that the Children will enjoy. Great for Party's.

Swamp Anacondas
Make 2 or 3 lots of green Jelly, depending on the depth of 'swamp' you want. Pour into a large Baking Tray and put in the fridge until half set. When half set, drop in a small handful of lolly snakes around the 'swamp'. You could any other Lolly's in like rocks or plants to get it more interesting. Then put it in the fridge til thoroughly set. Cut into generous slices and serve.

See ya again soon!

Liam The Hawk

More Snacks

2008-03-02T12:33:00.003+10:00

It seems that people liked the Snack Posts so I will continue to put up posts of this type although not in a series. Here is one now!

Dried Fruit Charachters
Get a collection of Dried fruit such as Dried Apricot, Dried Apple, Dried Dates and maybe a few prunes. Put them together in the shape of different Animals. eg. A Prune Snake, an apricot person, a date bettle. You can add features with Marzipan or soft Icing.

Enjoy Snacking!

Liam the Hawk

Snack Post 1 of 5 Snack Post 2 of 5 Snack Post 3 of 5 Snack Post 4 of 5

Snack Post 5 of 5

Site Poll + more stuff

2008-03-01T10:06:00.003+10:00

For those of you who havn't noticed, I have a poll running for you to let me know what you think of my site. I would appreciate it if you coud please vote on it and maybe leave a comment on this post on what you liked about this site or what you think I could do better. Also, if you would like to see a certain Recipe, please post a comment on this post and I will try and get back to you. I will reply to each comment induvidually.
Thank You!
Liam the Hawk

Snack Ideas 5 of 5

2008-02-28T17:22:00.002+10:00

This is the final post I will put up in this series. Please leave a comment if you liked them!

Snack Idea #9
Snack Armour
Get one gingerbread man for each person. Do the same with with an iceberg lettuce leaf, a stick of licorice and half a strawberry. Use the leaf as a breastplate and the stawberry half as a helmet. Cut the licorice stick into two unequal pieces and put them in a sword shape. If you want you can 'glue' the armour on with a little icing.

and..............
SNACK IDEA # 10
Bread Baskets
Cook some apple and lemon Juice in a saucepan until soft. mix in some sultanas and sugar if you want. Push one slice of bread in a patty pan and cook until hard and crusty. Fill with the apple mix.
Optional: Cut another piece of bread to size for a top.
P.S:You can use any filling you want, including savoury.

Enjoy!

Liam the Hawk

Chicken Schnitzel

2008-02-03T10:28:00.000+10:00

This Recipe is from my own cooking experience:

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 kilogram Chicken thigh fillets (about 7)
1/2 cup Flour
1 egg

METHOD:
Cut all the chicken thighs in half. Tip 1/4 cup of flour into 2 bowls. Crack egg into another bowl and whisk lightly. Dip each piece of chicken into first flour, then egg, then flour again. Cook on a frypan
or Barbeque for 5-10 minutes on medium heat.
Serve with mashed or baked potatoes.

Tip: Don't cook your chicken to long or it will go tough.

See ya!!!
Liam the Hawk

Chocolate Kisses

2008-01-28T12:17:00.000+10:00

This Recipe is an adapted version of Coffee Kisses from Family Circle's Step-by-Step Scones, Muffins and Teatime Treats:

PREPARATION TIME: 30 MINUTES
TOTAL COOKING TIME: 10 MINUTES
MAKES ABOUT 30

INGREDIENTS:
Biscuits
3 cups self raising flour
160 g butter, chopped
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon Coco powder
1-2 tablespoons cold water

Chocolate Buttercream
80 g butter
1 cup icing sugar, sifted
1 tablespoon water
2 tablespoons Coco powder

METHOD:

TO MAKE BISCUITS: Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Brush two biscuit trays with oil. Line with baking paper. Sift flour into a bowl. Add butter and rub into flour with your fingertips, until it resembles fine bread crumbs. Add combined sugar, egg and coco powder, dissolved in water, all at once. Mix with flat bladed knife until ingredients come together to form a soft dough. Lightly knead until smooth
Roll out dough between two sheets of baking paper to a 4 mm thickness. Cut into 5 cm rounds with a fluted cutter. Place on prepared trays. Bake 10 mins or until lightly golden. Transfer biscuits to a wire rack to cool.
TO MAKE CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM: Using electric beaters, beat butter and icing sugar until light and creamy. Add combined water and coco powder and beat until combined. Place mixture in a piping bag fitted with a fluted nozzle and pipe buttercream onto half the biscuits. Top with another biscuit and sandwich together.

Serving Suggestion: Drizzle with melted Chocolate and top with a chocolate drop.

IDEAL FOR MORNING/AFTERNOON TEA

See ya!!!
Liam the Hawk

Snack Ideas 4 of 5

2008-01-19T08:46:00.000+10:00

MORE Snack Ideas!!!!

Snack Idea #7
Poppy Parmesan Cigars:
INGREDIENTS
8 sheets filo pastry
1 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
1 tablespoon Poppy seeds

Sprinkle one sheet of filo pastry with cheese and parsley. Top with another sheet of filo and sprinkle on more cheese and parsley.
Cut pastry into 4 and roll up tightly like a swiss roll.
Repeat with remaining sheets of pastry
Brush rolls with a little oil and sprinkle with poppy seeds.
Bake on a lightly floured oven tray at 200 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes.

SERVING SUGGESTION:
Serve Hot with Soup.
Adapted from Peter Russel-Clarke's Family Cookbook

Snack Idea #8
Fruit 'n Nut "Chocolate":
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups almonds
1/2 cup tahini
1/2 cup carob powder
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup dessicated coconut

Mix well in food processor. Roll into balls then roll in coconut. Place on a greased dish and freeze.
(TIP: If the mixture is to wet, add some more nuts, or if it is to dry, add some oil)
Adapted from Serene Allison's Rejuvenate Your Life

Eat away!!!!!
Liam the Hawk

My Mate's Bacon and Egg Muffins

2008-01-18T13:04:00.000+10:00

This Recipe is adapted from Peter Russell-Clark's Family Cookbook:

SERVES 4
INGREDIENTS:
4 eggs
2 bread rolls
2 rashers of Bacon, halved and cooked
4 slices of Tomato
4 slices of Cheese
Chopped Parsley

METHOD

Cut bread rolls in half and scoop out the insides to leave a shell
Break an egg into each of the bread roll cases and place on a lightly floured oven tray.
Cook rolls and eggs at 180 degrees Celsius for 25 minutes or until egg is set
Place bacon, tomato and parsley over "egg roll" and top with cheese slice.
Place under grill and cook for 2-3 minutes, until cheese is melted.

ENJOY

Liam the Hawk

Snack Ideas 3 of 5

2007-10-04T17:03:00.000+10:00

Here are some more Snack Ideas:

Snack Idea #4: Chocolate "bullets"

Cut a few sticks of licorice in to pieces about 2 cm long. Melt about 5 rows of chocolate. Coat the pieces of Licorice with the chocolate. Cool until chocolate is hard.
ENJOY!

Snack Idea #5: Jelly Jewels:

Follow the directions on the jelly packet to make jelly molds (tip: use less water than usual) Cool until set. The jelly should not fall apart when tipped out. Make into jewel shapes. ENJOY!

Hope you enjoy these new "Snack Ideas"!

Snack Ideas - 2 of 5

2007-07-15T10:27:00.000+10:00

Hello again! Here are some more great snack ideas:

Snack Idea #3: Ant Sticks:

Cut a stick of celery in to pieces about 10 cm long. Mix about 4 tablespoons of peanut paste with 2 tablespoons of sultanas. Spread in the groove of the celery pieces. Mmmm!
Idea from Seeds magazine, produced by The Bible Society Australia

Snack Idea #4: Squirmy Wormys

Mix about 4 tablespoons of peanut paste with 2 tablespoons of sultanas. Put 2 leaves of lettuce on top of each other. Spread about 1 Tablespoon of the mixture onto the leaves. Roll the lettuce up. Wriggle wriggle!

Snack Ideas - 1 of 5

2007-07-14T20:02:00.000+10:00

Here are a few snack Ideas. I will get 5 posts of this type up so if you have any ideas, could you please comment on any of these posts.

Snack Idea #1: Apricot logs

Blend up some dried apricots then mold the mixture into log shapes. Roll in dessicated coconut and refrigerate until chewy. Enjoy!

Snack Idea #2: Dried Fruit salad

Cut about a handful each of dried apricots and dates in half. (If the dates have seeds, remove these before continuing). Add a handful of sultanas or raisins and any other dried fruit (eg. dried apple, banana, pineapple, pawpaw etc.). For some variety you could add some nuts, crushed or whole.

OK, see you soon,

Liam the Hawk

Impossible Coconut Pie

2007-05-13T10:43:00.000+10:00

I would call this recipe from the "Grass Roots" Magazine (Dec 06-Jan 07) more of a slice but it is still delicious.

SERVES 8

4 eggs
220 g caster sugar
100 g butter, softened
100 g almond slivers
1 cup desiccated Coconut
2 Tablespoons grated lemon rind
2 Tablespoons grated orange rind
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup orange juice
1 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup plain flour

Preheat Oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Place Ingredients into a food processor and blend until well combined. Pour the mixture into a buttered 28 cm pie tin and bake for 1 hour or until lightly browned. Cool and Refrigerate for 1 hour before serving*. Serve with whipped Cream.

* I found this alright when not completely cool.

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All-Raw Cheesecake

2007-05-08T09:58:00.000+10:00

This is a delicious Raw food recipe for those who have a sweet tooth. It is adapted from "Nourishing Traditions" by Sally Fallon.

SERVES 12-16

2 cups almonds
1 cup pitted dates
4 cups cream cheese (preferably home made)
4 eggs, separated, at room temperature
1 1/4 cups milk (preferably raw)
2 tablespoons Gelatin
1/2 cup raw honey
1 tablespoon vanilla
pinch sea salt

In a food processor, process dates and almonds until they form a sticky mass. press into buttered 9x13 inch tray to form the crust.
Put egg yolks and milk in a saucepan, beat lightly, sprinkle with gelatin and warm slightly until gelatin is dissolved. In a food processor, combine cream cheese, honey and vanilla and process until smooth. Add yolk mixture and process until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and place in fridge while beating eggs. Beat egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff, fold into cream cheese mixture and pour into crust. Chill several hours before serving.

Irish Oatmeal

2007-05-03T20:23:00.000+10:00

Good for Breakfast in Winter, this Recipe is adapted from Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon.

SERVES 4-6
1 cup whole oats
2 cups warm water
4 tablespoons yoghurt or buttermilk
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 1/2 cups water

Place oats on baking tray and bake a t 350 degrees until they turn light brown. Grind Oats in Grinder. (The Resultant meal should be part flour part small bits). Soak from 7 to 24 hours in a warm place in 2 cups warm water plus Yoghurt or buttermilk. The fine flour particles will rise to the top and may be lifted of carefully with a spoon. Bring Additional 1 1/2 and sea salt to a boil, add soaked oatmeal and cook over a very low heat, stirring frequently , for a bout 10 minutes.

Cook Book

2007-04-23T20:05:00.000+10:00

Hi There!
Just writing to let you know that a collection of all the Recipes on this Blog, Whacky Recipes and Nathan's Recipes will soon be available via email.

Mushroom Soup

2007-04-23T19:59:00.000+10:00

This is a delicious Recipe for a main meal and it is very simple.

Ingredients:

2 Medium Onions, peeled and chopped

3 tablespoons butter

1 Kilogram fresh mushrooms

4 table spoons butter

4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1 litre chicken stock

1/2 cup dry white wine or sherry

1 piece whole grain bread, broken into pieces

Pinch of nutmeg

Method:

Sauté the onions gently in butter until soft. Meanwhile, wash the Mushrooms and dry well. In a heavy cast-iron skillet, sauté the mushrooms in small batches in a mixture of butter and olive oil. Remove with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Add sautéed mushrooms, wine or sherry, bread and chicken stock to onions, bring to a boil and skim. Reduce heat and simmer for about 15 minutes. Puree soup with a hand held blender. Add nutmeg and season to taste. Ladle into heated soup bowls and serve with plain or sour Cream

Basil Pesto

2007-04-20T14:36:00.000+10:00

This Recipe goes well with pasta and you can add some tomatoes to make it even better!

Ingredients:

2 cups packed fresh Basil leaves, washed and dried

2-4 cloves Garlic, peeled

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

1/4 cup crispy pine nuts

1/4 cup good quality grated Parmesan cheese

1/4-1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

Method:

Place basil leaves in food processor. Pulse until well chopped. Add garlic, salt pine nuts and cheese and blend well. Using attachment for adding liquids drop by drop, and with motor running, add olive oil to form a thick paste. Pesto will keep several days, well sealed, in the fridge; or it may be frozen

BON APPETITE!!!

NEW BLOG!

2007-02-08T15:12:00.000+10:00

The Whacky Recipes Blog is now up! Visit it now by clicking on the link below!

www.whacky-recipes.blogspot.com

ALERT!

2007-02-05T14:40:00.001+10:00

Sorry for the delay! We are in the process of combining my Blog with my brother Nathan's. We should be up and running in the next week so keep your eyes open! You could also visit Nathan's before the combination by clicking here

Raw food "Colourful Cabbage" salad

2007-01-04T15:39:00.000+10:00

FINALLY! RAW FOOD! This one is a cabbage salad from "Rejuvenate your Life" by Serene Allison.

COLOURFUL CABBAGE SALAD
SERVES A LOT
INGREDIENTS
1 Finely chopped medium red cabbage
1 Finely chopped medium green cabbage
2 or 3 apples cubed
Approx. 1/2 cup raw apple cider vinegar
Approx. 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
Fresh black pepper
1 TBS. sea salt
2-3 TBS. poppy seeds
1/4 cup pure maple syrup

Chop Cabbage by hand. Throw in everything else. Mix around a few times Taste and adjust flavours. It should have a sweet edge with a vinegary and zesty tang.

YUM YUM!

Chicken-in-a-hurry

2007-01-03T17:28:00.000+10:00

Hi again! Here I have yet another from "Simply to good to be true"! This one is called chicken in a hurry.

CHICKEN-IN-A-HURRY
SERVES 4
INGREDIENTS
1 BBQ Chicken
1 pkt cream of chicken Soup
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup stock water (optional)
1 x 500g pkt mixed frozen vegies
1 diced onion
1/2 teaspoon basil

Remove chicken from bones. In a large saucepan cover vegies and onion with boiling water, cook for 5 minutes.drain, set aside - keep 1/2 a cup of the stock water(may be needed later). In the same saucepan combine milk, soup mix and basil, bring to boil. Add vegies and chicken, mix together. Cook 3 minutes, if mixture is to thick add left over stock water till the right consistency is achieved. Serve with cooked rice, pasta or potatoes.

EAT UP!
P.S. Don't forget to comment!

Tuna Mornay

2007-01-03T12:23:00.000+10:00

Hi again! I've got another recipe from "Simply to good to be true" by Annette Sym. By the way, can you please write a comment after you have tried any of the recipes to tell other veiwers how it tasted. If you feel like it you could even give it a rating (eg. *** = 3 stars)!

TUNA MORNAY
SERVES 4
INGREDIENTS
2 x 225g can tuna drained
2 cups milk
2 Pkts single serve mushroom soup
2 teaspoons margarine/softened butter
1 tablespoon flour
1 small onion diced
1 teaspoon chicken stock powder
1/2 teaspoon tarragon (optional)

Microvawe onion in a little water on high for 5 minutes. Melt Margarine in medium saucepan, add flour, mix well. Gradualy beat in milk(use whisk to avoid lumps) until white sauce is made. Add soup, stock and mix well. Stir in tuna, onion and tarragon. Bring to Boil, Simmer for 5 minutes. Serve with boiled rice or pasta.

BON APPETITE!

Minestrone Soup

2007-01-02T15:57:00.000+10:00

Hi there! Heres a recipie theat I found in a cookbook called "Simply too good to be true" by Annette Sym

MINISTRONE SOUP
SERVES 10
Ingredients
2 litres (8 cups) water
1 cup each of sliced celery, small Brocolli florets, cubed carrot, cubed zucchini an diced potato
1 onion chopped
1 x 410g can chopped tomato
1 x 440g can drained washed Kidney beans
1/2 cup (60g) raw small pasta noodles
1/2 cup tomato paste
4 teaspoons beef stock powder
1 teaspoon crushed garlic
1 teaspoon basil
1 teaspoon oregano
1/2 cup chopped parsley
salt and pepper to taste

Place all ingredients into a boiler or large saucepan. Bring to boil. Simmer 20-25 minutes or until vegtables are tender. To avoid pasta sticking, stir occasionally.

ENJOY!

Hi!

2007-01-02T13:29:00.000+10:00

Welcome to my site! I hope to post at least 1 recipe per week. There will be a variety of recipes including raw food (!!!) ;-) Anyway, I hope you enjoy this site
se ya!
Liam