The Cooking Challenge Week 4

Beef stroganoff - this was one of those things that I had wanted to make for ages and never got round to it because I thought it was a difficult recipe. Oh my, how wrong was I! And how yummy is it?! For those who watched Masterchef, I used Julie Goodwin's recipe, with a slight change, as always. It can be found here: http://www.juliegoodwin.com.au/recipe-beef-stroganoff.html

I can definitely see this as a "cook a double batch to stick in the freezer" type of meal. I might look for a slow cooker recipe, so I can add this to my "when I return to work and have no time to cook" repertoire. When I do I'll share with everyone!

The Cooking Challenge Week 3

After seeing my Easter cupcakes, it was soon my turn to bring morning tea for my mother's group. I wanted to make something not too chocolatey ( yeah right!) and decided to make white chocolate and raspberry cupcakes. Raspberry is a fruit and fruit is good for you. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it!

Again I use my regular cupcake base recipe, added chopped white chocolate and folded in raspberries at the end. I actually used frozen ones to see how they would go, and it went well. You be the judge.

I piped white chocolate ganache on top. Think next time I might just cover lightly as I think it was a little too much ganache.

The Cooking Challenge Week 2

This week I was running out of healthy ideas for Miss S to eat, so I made her ham and veggie muffins. Thanks to Stay at Home Mum! Get the recipe here: http://www.stayathomemum.com.au/recipes/biscuits-slices/ham-and-vegetable-muffins/ As usual I change things round a bit and I added pumpkin, and whatever I had round. These are great for a snack or breakky on the run and they freeze really well.

It wasn't browning at the top as much as I would have liked so I grilled it for about 10 mins.

Turns out that the tops were a bit hard for Miss S to eat so next time I might skip that bit. They were a hit at home, both hubby and bubby are fans of my muffins and they were gone in less than a week!

the house.