Chocolate Kisses

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:

1. 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
2. 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.
3. 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

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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

1. Sprinkle one sheet of filo pastry with cheese and parsley. Top with another sheet of filo and sprinkle on more cheese and parsley.
2. Cut pastry into 4 and roll up tightly like a swiss roll.
3. Repeat with remaining sheets of pastry
4. Brush rolls with a little oil and sprinkle with poppy seeds.
5. 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

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

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

ENJOY

Liam the Hawk

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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"!

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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

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

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

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

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.

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