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This website is for all those who love to cook, and may even be into tinkering with a recipe to get it just right.

The general idea is this, we post a recipe , you take that recipe and make it.  Tell us in the comments how it turned out for you, what you changed in the recipe, even drop in a photo of it! Its always great to compare the difference in how each oven, kitchen, person creates the same things, and its even better when somebody who had a lot of problems can see how somebody else changed it to work for them.

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If you have any recipes you have created yourself and want others to try, by all means email them to me ( liz at velofille.com), ill credit you and post it and we'll all give it a go.

All and any recipes will follow, not just the ones you see.

Quick Easy Ginger Beer (24 hours)

April 25, 2011 at 1:30 pm , by admin

  1. 2X 2.25 Coke bottles
  2. 2 litres (or just over) bottle of boiled/clean water
  3. 2 tablespoons of grated ginger
  4. 1 lemon (size doesnt matter much)
  5. 1 cup of sugar ¼ teaspoon of dried yeast
  1. Using a plastic funnel, pour the sugar into the bottle.
  2. Add the dried yeast to the bottle.
  3. Mix the grated ginger and lemon juice together in a cup or other suitable piece of crockery.
  4. Next you need to add the ginger/lemon mixture to the bottle using your funnel
  5. Add the water to the bottle until it is about ¾ full, then put the cap on and shake the bottle until all the sugar is dissolved.
  6. You then need to top the bottle up until there is approximately a one inch gap at the top. This gap is to prevent explosions once the yeast gets to work.
  7. Put the cap on the bottle as tightly as you can, then place the bottle somewhere warm. I put mine in my airing cupboard. You’ll need to leave it for 24-48hours to let the yeast go to work.
  8. Once the bottle is very hard, and can’t be squeezed, the ginger beer is done. It took 24 hours for my batch to be ready.
  9. Place the bottle in the fridge overnight. This halts the yeast and stops the bottle exploding.
  10. Once the ginger beer is chilled, pour it into the 2nd coke bottle through a sieve to remove lumpy bits.
  11. Pour it into a glass and enjoy.

Notes: You really don’t want to leave that bottle in a warm place for any longer than 48 hours.

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European Chinese (takeaway style chop suey) with noodles or rice

April 25, 2011 at 1:15 pm , by admin

Ingredients

  • large packet frozen veges (or up to 1kg fresh chopped veg)
  • 1 Table spoon ground ginger
  • 1 Tablespoon Garlic crushed
  • 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
  • 500gms sliced meat of your choice (optional)
  • 1-2 Tablespoon Cornflour.
  • 1 Cup of water

Instructions

  1. Put the Vegs, water, meat, everything but the cornflour into a pan with a lid and let it simmer.
  2. Once they have cooked for about 5-10 mins, mix the cornflour with a bit of water till disolved and slowly mix it until it thickens to desired amount.
  3. Cook rice or noodles to go with it as required.
  4. Serve!
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Waffles anyone?

April 7, 2011 at 10:02 pm , by admin

Found this website a while back, but i keep going back to it, its amazingly inventive and comes with great ideas and recipes.
Basically, they can make everything from Waffles, cupcakes, doughnuts,to Pizza, Burgers , and even Macaroni Cheese ….. in a Waffle maker! No, i’m not joking!

Go check it out over at http://www.waffleizer.com/

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