Showing posts with label fruit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fruit. Show all posts

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Heart felt apple pies



Ingredients

  • 4 pastry sheets
  • 1 x 400g can of apple pieces [for cooking]
  • Dash of cinnamon or nutmeg mixed with a little sugar.
  • a little milk or water.
Method


  1. Prepare the work area first.
  2. Preheat the oven to 220 Deg C [ 425 deg F].
  3. Spray the baking sheet or cooking tray.
  4. Mix the cinnamon / nutmeg and sugar into the apple mix.
  5. For each apple pie two pieces of heart shaped pastry cut out are used.
  6. On the base one place 1 to 2 tbsp of apple mix.
  7. around the edges run a finger that has the milk or water on it slightly dampening the outside edge.
  8. place the upper pastry over the top of the apple.
  9. Press the edges of the top and bottom pastry pieces together.
  10. Use a fork to crinkle press the edges together  as well as to make a couple of holes in the top.
    1. allows the steam to escape.
  11. Bake for 10 to fifteen minutes - or until golden brown.
  12. Allow to cool before biting into these pies.


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  3. Cut out the heart shape

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Valentine Apple Pies



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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Apple Smiles

Ingredients
  • 5 medium red or green apples - cut into wedges
  • squeeze of a lemon
  • Peanut butter or other nut butter of your choice.
  • 315 g [10 oz] bag of mini-marshmallows.
Method
  1. Prepare work bench.
  2. Cut the apple into wedges.
    1. remove the pipes.
    2. Place the sides of the apple into a little lemon juice.
  3. Spread the nut butter on to one side of each wedge.
  4. Position the mini- marshmallows around the outside edge.
  5. Top the mouth with the other apple wedge.
  6. Press the skinny inside pieces of the apple together.
Normally an interesting natural snack. If you are going to use these smiles during Halloween the conside addin strawberry topping as fake blood.




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Family Corner


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Monday, January 16, 2012

Asian Pear Pizza

This one is family sized.
Many people may think that a fruit pizza is a strange thing to have in a children's cooking area.  However one of the things with education and children is that children are usually more open to variations in recipes and food from different cultures than adults.  There fore when adults support what could be a healthy diet extra then children will follow suit.  Especially when that same recipe for a big family size pizza is made into child size portions from the beginning.  Making child size portions does take extra dough  though.


Ingredients

  • Cover the work area first.
  • One amount of pizza dough.
  • 2 to 3 Asian Pears - cored and very thinly sliced. [better a more experienced knife handling person do this section] let the slices drain off for a short while.
  • 120 gr [1/8 lb] of Pancetta (bacon) -cooked until crisp and drained on paper towels.
  • 50 g [2 to 3 oz] of Gorgonzola cheese - crumbled.
  • 90 g [ 4 oz] Mozarella cheese - shredded.
  • freshly ground black pepper to taste.
Method
  1. Preheat oven to 220 deg C [425 deg F].
  2. Roll out the dough into pieces that are child size. 
    1.  I have found the best measurement was from the wrist to the large finger tip.  These may be square or round in shape.  Usually depends on how many children you are cooking for at one time.
  3. Pre cook the dough so that the dough is not soggy when the children eat this pizza.
    1. Cool this pizza base so that there is less heat for the children to work over.  Also cooler base has the actual oven heat melting the cheeses when placed into the oven again for cooking.
  4. Starting from the outside work around the edges and towards the middle covering the Pizza shape with the slices of the Asian Pear.
  5.  Since the Pancetta , as well as the Gorgonzola cheese, is relatively strong in flavour go easy on these as they are crumbled onto the top.
  6. A sprinkling of shredded Mozarella will hold everything together.
  7. bake until the centre has melted completely.
  8. Remove from heat and cool.
  9. Slice and enjoy 



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Unique and delicious

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Wacky Witches Brew



Makes 20 cups [12 litres or5 quarts.] 
        4       cups Cranberry juice cocktail
        1       cup chopped candied ginger
        2       large oranges
        12      ounce can thawed frozen apple juice
        6       ounce can thawed frozen limeade
        2       cups seedless grapes
        4       cups water
        2       bottles gingerale (1.2 ltr / 8 cups or 32 ounces each)
        450 to 900g or 1-2     pounds dry ice

1. In a large pan, bring 1 cup of cranberry juice and candied ginger to a boil over high heat.
  2. Boil uncovered, about 2 minutes, then set aside. 
   3. With a vegetable peeler, pare peel from oranges.
   4. Cut orange peel into thin 2-inch long worms.
   5. Add orange peel to cranberry mixture. 
   6. Cover, and chill at least four hours or overnight.  
   7. Squeeze the juice from the oranges. 
   8. Put juice in a large pan, or heavy bowl. 
   9. Stir in cranberry-ginger mixture, plus3 cups of cranberry juice, the apple concentrate, limeade, grapes and water. 
   10. Add ginger ale and 450 g [1 pound piece] of dry ice (***Never touch dry ice! Use tongs to handle).
              - Ice should smolder at least 30 minutes. 
              - For an extra scare, add a the gory hand.


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Brain Cell Salad


Ingredients
  • 1 pk 200 g(6 oz) blueberry jelly mix
  • 1 ct   500 (16 oz) small curd cottage cheese
  • 1 cn  750 g (16 1/2oz) can blueberries In syrup
    •  3/4 c Frozen blueberries, thawed
  • Blue food coloring

Tools:

  • 2 Mixing bowls
  • cn Opener
  • Spoon
  • 6 Salad plates

Method
  1. Prepare jelly according to package directions.
  2.  Chill 4-5 hours or until firm.
  3. Scoop cottage cheese into a bowl. 
  4. Drain and set aside the syrup from the blueberries. 
  5. Add the berries to the cottage cheese and mix well. 
  6. Add three drops of food coloring to turn the corrage cheese a nice grayish color with blended.
  7. To serve salad, place a few spoonfuls of firm gelatin, (congealed brain fluid), onto individual serving plates. 
    1. Top with a scoop of cottage cheese (brain tissue) mixture and serve. 
    2. Serves 6.



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Reference  - Just Kids Recipes

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Sail Boat Rolls

Ingredients:

  • Hot dog roll
  • Hard boiled eggs
  • Cheese slices
Directions:
  • Butter the roll and place eggs slices side by side  on the roll.
  • Stick toothpick through a cheese slice to make a sail and poke into the roll.

Fuzzy Grub

Ingredients:

  • 200g dried fruit medley
  • 1/2 cup hot water
  • 1/2 cup coconut
  • 1/2 cup powdered milk
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1/4 cup crushed almonds
  • Extra coconut
Directions:
  • Soak fruit in water to soften.
  • Mix all ingredients together into a sticky dough.
  • On a piece of alfoil covered with some extra coconut, shape into a log and wrap tightly
  • Put in fridge to set for a couple of hours then remove it and decorate before cutting into slices.

Funny Faces

Ingredients:

  • Rice cakes
  • Peanut butter
  • Cream or cottage cheese
  • Shredded carrot
  • Sultanas
  • Banana slices
  • Strawberries
  • Red apple wedges with skin left on
Directions:
  • Spread rice cake with cheese or peanut butter.
  • Place the carrot around top for hair
  • Place two banana slices with sultana on each one beneath the hair for the eyes
  • Place a strawberry in the middle for the nose
  • Place the apple wedge along the bottom for the mouth

Butterflies

Ingredients:

  • Slice of brown bread
  • Peanut butter
  • Sultanas
  • Apple cut into wedges
Directions:
  • Spread bread with peanut butter
  • Arrange apple wedges to form butterfly wings and the sultanas to form the body

Crunch Fruit Pops

Ingredients;
  • Strawberries
  • Bananas
  • Kiwi Fruit
  • Watermelon
  • Yoghurt in dipping bowl
  • Favourite crunch cereal in a dipping bowl
  • Paddle pop sticks. 
Directions:
  • Cut fruit into bite sized pieces
  • Push a piece of fruit onto the end of each paddle pop stick
  • Holding the stick, roll the fruit piece in yoghurt and then in cereal
  • These treats are better eaten straight away.