Happy Easter

Yesterday I made my first environmentally friendly cleaners. I made an all purpose cleaner for bench tops etc and an air freshener.

Here are the recipes:

Cleaner:
600mls of white vinegar
300mls of water
20-30 drops of eucalyptus oil.
Place in spray bottle and shake.

Freshener:
150mls of water
10-15 drops of your favourite essential oil
Place in spray bottle and shake

Tonight some vegetarian Pizza - very easy and yummy.

(Not missing meat one bit)

We did an easy dinner because Miss R had her Easter Hop at school today and then we came home from school early.

Happy Easter everybody and if you are going away -enjoy your holiday.

Cheesy Mustard Turnovers

3 sheets puff pastry - defrosted

Half cup dijon mustard

2 cups chopped sun dried tomatoes

asparagus spears - fresh

210gms of tasty cheese - grated

1 egg - beaten (add a pinch of salt)

Preheat oven to 220 degrees.

Line baking trays with baking paper. Place one sheet of pastry on each tray. Leave a 2cm border and spread the pastry with the mustard.

Cover half the pastry with a third of the grated cheese, a third of the sun dried tomatoes and one third of the apsparagus spears.

Fold the pastry over to enclose the contents and use a fork to press the edges of the pastry together. Cut two slits in the top of each pastry for ventilation. Brush the top with beaten egg. Repeat with the other pastry and ingredients.

Bake turnovers in the oven for 25-30 minutes until puffed and golden. Allow to stand for 5 minutes and serve with salad.

Bon Appetit

Chocolate Wheaties

1 cup self raising Flour

4 weetbix - finely crushed

One third cup desicated coconut

One third cup firmly packed brown sugar

125gm butter - melted

1 Tablespoon milk (approx)

Combine flour, weetbix, coconut, sugar and butter. Mix well and then add enough milk to bind ingredients together. Press a heaped teaspoon of mixtuer into a ball then flatten slightly between your palms and then place an a greased oven tray.

Bake biscuits at 200 degrees for 10 minutes, until they are a light brown.

Allow biscuits to stand on trays for a minute or two then transfer to a wire rack. Spread biscuits with warm chocolate icing and sprinkle with extra coconut.

To make icing

Sift three quarters of a cup of icing suger and 2 tablespoons of cocoa into a bowl. Add 1 tablespoon of soft butter and 1 tablespoon of milk (approx) to make a stiff paste. Heat in microwave for 20-30 seconds till icing is smooth and spreadable. Use icing while it is warm as it will set when cool.

My mixture made 20.