Peanut Butter Fudge

This simple recipe uses ingredients you have around the house and is sweet and creamy. The peanut butter makes this fudge extra special!

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups white sugar
• ½ cup milk
• ¾ cup peanut butter
• 1 tsp vanilla essence

Directions

• Heat the milk and sugar to boiling point and then boil for 3 minutes
• Take off the heat and stir in the peanut butter and vanilla essence and quickly pour and spread into a dish.
• Put it in the fridge to cool before cutting up.

That's it! Enjoy your week!

Keep it cooking,
Kelly

2 minute banana pancakes

This is one of the quickest and easiest recipes I have come across, and so scrumptious! The pancakes have that slight caramelised banana taste to them and they are delicious drenched with syrup. You can add coconut to the recipe for a tropical taste or add cinnamon and nutmeg for a warm, spicy taste or just have them plain.

Ingredients:

• 1 egg
• 1 banana
• 1 Tbl coconut or 1 tsp cinnamon and nutmeg (optional)

Directions:

• Put the egg and banana in bowl and blend until smooth (I used my stick blender)
• Heat a pan and add a teaspoon of oil. Pour the mixture into little rounds all over the pan, wait till the top starts to bubble and then flip and cook the other side. They can a bit tricky to flip so use a nice flat spatula. Don't worry if they are quite a dark brown, that is just the banana carmelising!
• Serve with syrup and cream!

The wonderful thing about this recipe is that you can eat a whole plate of pancakes without feeling guilty! I did!

Keep it cooking,
Kelly

Breakfast Ice-cream

Surprise your kids tomorrow morning by letting them have ice-cream for breakfast! This ice-cream requires no churning and is ready in 5 minutes. You can make the vanilla or chocolate versions of this recipe, both are delicious. The fact that it is super healthy is one more reason why you should try this as soon as possible!

Ingredients:

• 2 bananas cut up and frozen overnight, slightly over ripe bananas work best but if you can't find then just add a little sugar to the recipe
• 2 Tbl milk
• 1 Tbl vanilla essence or 1 Tbl cocoa

 Directions:

• Place all the ingredients into a food processor or blender and zap till it's creamy like soft-serve. If you have a hand blender or your blender doesn't seem to handle it then blend the bananas in smaller batches
• Add sprinkles on for an extra treat and enjoy!

So that's all there is to it! Guilt free ice-cream for breakfast!

Keep it cooking,
Kelly

Healthy Potato Bites

Not only are these delicious and addictive, but they are also have a hidden ingredient that make them good for you too! This recipe is perfect if your child is a fussy eater (or if you have a husband who is a fussy eater!) They are delicious deep fried or baked and can be frozen for future use.

Ingredients:

• 3 large or 4 medium peeled potatoes
• 1 medium sized head of cauliflower
• 5 Tbl flour
• 5 Tbl breadcrumbs + more for coating
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp salt + other spices to season (I used thyme, oregano and mixed herbs)
• half a cup of grated cheese

Directions:

• Boil the potatoes in salted water for 10 minutes. Place in cold water until they are cool enough to handle and then grate them.
• Steam the cauliflower for 3 minutes, leave to cool then crumble into small pieces.
• Place cauliflower and grated potato onto a dishtowel and place another dishtowel on top, then push down to get as much moisture out as possible.
• Empty into a bowl and add the rest of the ingredients. The mixture should be firm enough to roll into balls.
• Take spoon fulls of mixture and roll into balls then coat in breadcrumbs and set aside.
• Place balls on baking paper and bake at 220⁰ for 15 minutes then flip and bake for another 10 minutes. Alternatively fry in hot oil till golden brown. If you have too many then just freeze them for another day.

If your kids pick up on the cauliflower and complain then just take it out, it will work the same! Else ignorance is bliss and you will feel better knowing they are getting a good dose of veggies.

Keep it cooking,
Kelly  

Quick Stix Breadrolls

This recipe is a real time  saver if you want some nice fresh bread without having to wait for it to proof. The rolls are dense and moist and are delicious when slathered with butter.

Ingredients

• 350g of bread flour
• 30ml baking powder (try to use fresh baking powder for better results)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 125ml water (half a cup)
• 2 larger eggs
• 1 Tbl oil

Directions

• Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar together
• Whisk the eggs into the water
• Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and mix to form a dough (add more flour if needed)
• Form the dough into 6 small balls
• Heat the oil up in a pan on medium heat (cast iron pans work best). You can also bake these straight on the braai.
• Cover the dough balls with the pan lid or tin foil and cook for 5 minutes on each side.

Keep it cooking,
Kelly