Quirkys Paprika Chicken and BUTTER!

Being Anzac Day you would think I should have made biscuits. But I am the worst Anzac biscuit maker EVER! 

So we made a couple of loaves of bread....

Scones with mulberry jam for lunch...

(isn't the color beautiful??)

and we made our own butter! 

Zara loved making the butter too, especially the part where she licked the spatula!

I get an immense kick out of making the normal things we have been buying for years. Pasta, tomato sauce, bread etc. I am always pleased to find another something I can make for myself instead of heading to the supermarket. I have spent a lot of time day dreaming about self sufficiency over the years......
Now I am dreaming of a cow so I can have loads of 

lovely cream to make butter from!

I used the recipe from the EDC, it was so easy and quick! I whipped in 1/2 tsp of salt and 50gms of Rice Bran oil at the end to make it spreadable out of the fridge. We'll be making it again for sure!

Lastly I made Quirky Jo's Paprika Chicken ...recipe here.

I was delicious! I didn't have any Herbamare (or even know what it was!) I just gave the chicken a sprinkle of salt and pepper instead, but have since found a homemade recipe of herbamare here

that I might made in the future. 

So the Paprika Chicken is a winner (I could happily have it minus the meat), lovely and creamy without the cream thanks to the cashews, which will be appreciated by my dairy free lad!

Look what happens when no ones watching!

Happy Cooking!

 

Hello Scones!

 I think the banner on top of the blog should also say

'Bringing back the art of feeding your family' 

because it seems like while many people are taking up cooking again, it seems like a competition of who can make the fanciest stuff!

I love the simple and delicious. So easy and appreciated!

Like these scones.... (makes about 12)

Preheat oven too 220 degrees

In your Thermie, whip the cream first as per the EDC.

 

Scrape out the cream into a bowl and refrigerate for later!

Don't bother washing out the bowl, add 2 cups of plain flour, 4 tsp of baking powder, 60gm chopped butter and hit turbo a few times untill its like breadcrumbs.

Add 160 gms of milk and mix on the wheat setting until it starts to form a dough, add a little more milk if needed. The trick with scones is to work as little as possible.

Tip out onto a floured bench, it should look like this

Pat down until until 1cm (or more) thick and cut with a floured MC, pat together scraps and cut out more!

Brush with milk and cook until brown

Enjoy with Strawberry Jam and the cream you whipped earlier.

And it won't be long until the plate looks like this!

I often make these after school, apparently it makes me the best mum ever!  ;-)