Netty's Easy Peasy Scones

1 small tub (300 ml) whipping cream
3 cups SR flour
pinch salt

Fold the flour and salt through the cream.

Gently flatten mixture into around 3/4 inch batter.

Cut scones with round glass.

Put on tray dusted with flour. Arrange scones so they will be touching when they expand (this ensures they are soft and not all dry on the outside).

Bake in hot oven (200C) until golden (should be around 15 mins).

Enjoy with jam and cream. I love a good rasberry jam. Mmm

Grublover comment
My aunt Netty made these for my family when enjoying gracetown on the Australia Day weekend. They are great for weekends away because you don't need many ingredients or jazzy tools.
Jazz them up by adding extra flavours.
Some ideas:
- savoury: add fetta and spinach
- sweet: add raisins

Choc-Bananzacs.....recipe by Claire Hollingsworth

1 cup plain flour
1 cup rolled oats (regular oatmeal) uncooked
1 cup desiccated coconut
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
100 grams of choc chips (milk or dark, or a mix)
1 banana (cut into small chunks, or mashed)
2 tbsp golden syrup (or honey)
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 tbsp boiling water

Preheat oven to 180 celcius.

Combine the flour (sifted), oats, coconut and sugar in a bowl.

Melt the butter and Golden Syrup in a saucepan over a low heat.

Mix the bicarbonate of soda with the water and add to the butter and Golden Syrup.

Pour the liquids into the dry ingredients and mix well, add banana and choc chips.

Dollop onto tray and cook for 15 - 20 minutes.

Grublover comment (Today's Grublover = Claire)
This is a variation on an old war time Aussie favourite treat- Anzacs. The only reason I added banana and chocolate was because I thought it'd be cool name - "choc-bananzac"...turns out they taste pretty good! Next time I'll add peanut butter - choc-peanut-buttanzacs, for kel and ange

Kelly is doing some slow cooking

Message from my pal Kelly Gillespie:




Hey,
we just got a slow cooker, do you have one? i'm going to back a black bean and beer braised pork dish... i'll let you know how it goes.





I am still waiting to hear how it went...I'll keep you posted!

Pork Chops with gnocchi and creamy sauce

2 pork chops, bash with mallet in bag to make thin
Fry in oil - 5 mins each side
Cook gnocchi
Take chops out

Pour into pan hot pan glassful cider
1 Tb grain mustard
Slosh in some cream (around 1/2 cup)
Stir - ends up being thin white sauce. don't have to cook for long.
Spoon sauce over chops

put gnocchi in pan with remaining sauce, stir and serve with pork chops

Linguine with mushrooms, thyme, lemon

100g mushrooms sliced
pour into bowl with 2 Tb olive oil
crush 1 clove garlic
zest and juice of small lemon
salt and pepper
thyme a few sprigs stripped
mush around

take 1 cup water out of pasta and set aside

drain pasta
pour into bowl and toss
pour hot water over top, toss more
generous amount parmesan grated over top
rip parsley over top

Nigella's Green Chicken Curry in a Hurry

heat vege oil in a wok. add garlic and ginger.
snip in 2 spring onions
add 2 Tb green curry paste
add 1kg chicken thighs and let cook
add coconut milk 1 jar
add some stock
add fish sauce 1 Tb
add frozen soya beans, peas (ok frozen)
fresh coriander chopped
add beans
squeeze lime over the top