Cooking Bucket List

Savoury Pinwheel Scones (they won't be as good as Nana's but I can try)
A teacher aide at school brought in a batch for us while I was acting principal for a day.  I worked in the staffroom a metre away from the basket of warm scones tempting me with their delicious aroma.  They had chow chow, cream cheese, onion etc on them.

http://www.allysongofton.co.nz/recipe/Relish-and-bacon-pinwheel-scones/?r=3278

http://www.nzwomansweekly.co.nz/food/recipes/savoury-pinwheel-scones/

Cheesecake
Never made one, baked or otherwise.

Fondant iced cake (Mack or Fin will get a special birthday cake one day)

Cooked salmon (tasted some kind of salmon bake in white sauce on a conference,  I was a wee bit dubious but starving and there was no other option so I served myself a hefty portion, sat on the ground outside in the sun- as you do on a conference and was very pleasantly surprised- hunger is the best seasoning.

Preserve something

Wontons from scratch

Cauliflower pizza

Homemade Stock Winter 2014

Piece of cake ={D

French Onion Soup with cheesy bread

I remember making this in 3rd form, haven't had it since.

Chicken Noodle Soup Winter 2014

Nailed this! Made it twice this winter with homemade chicken stock from a rotisserie chicken.  Very happy with the results

Should have written down the recipe because I mashed together what I found on Google and went by feel, I mean taste.  They both had a buttery quality which made them decadent without any butter in sight.  

Tin o Salmon

Here's my lunch. Salmon, lettuce, capers, celery, dill, EVOO, lemon juice, cracked pepper. I can't believe I used to just eat the salmon straight out of the tin for lunch. These quick few additions are so worth it. Happy lunching

Quiches and Date and Walnut Loaf

Grandma's Bottomless Quiche
Beat 4eggs, 2 cups milk, S&P. Add 2cups grated cheese (tasty is tastiest). Stir in 1/2cup bran flakes (baking bran not breakfast cereal) and 3/4cup flour. Weird mix but okay.

Add whatever you got on hand - onion, courgettes, ham, bacon, toms, mushies, leek, salmon, tuna, asparagus, corn, spinach. Bake Mod oven til set and lightly brown on top. About 25mins.

Roast Vege Quiche

Leftover roast veges- I used potatoes, red onion, and capsicum

Feta

Bacon or ham (optional)

Handful of grated tasty cheese

Cherry Tomatoes

6 eggs (depending on the size of dish being used, you only want just enough liqud to come up to veges)

Cream or milk

S&P

Savoury Short ready rolled pastry

I blind baked the pastry first with tinfoil and rice or about 8 minutes.

Then added veges and some fresh thyme sprigs on top.

Whisk together the eggs and cream and S&P

Bake for about 20 minutes on 190C keep an eye on the mixture to see if it is cooked.  Leave to set for about 20 minutes before serving.

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We deserved a cooked lunch after prepping the front garden ready for river stones and plants.  

It's now all finished

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We also had Date and Walnut Loaf which was delicous

2 Cups plain flour and 3tsps BP instead of SR Flour

Tip- leave the date and butter mixture to cool to luke warm before adding flour. 

Cobb Picnic Loaf

Picnic Loaf, slice off top and pick out the middle of a cobb loaf, spread with cottage cheese and chutney. Layer a jar of roasted veges (eggplant, red peppers...), champagne ham grated cheese and cooked kumara sliced in discs. Put top back on, wrap tight with glad wrap and chill overnight with something heavy on top. Slice in wedges- surprisingly delicious. I hate kumara and cottage cheese so thats saying something

Copy Cat Tank Wrap

I have this for lunch twice a week. It's my Copycat 'Tank' Lemon and Herb Wrap . I love their food and juices and managed to come up with a pretty tasty version. If I do say so myself. 
Lemon and Herb Wrap
Wholemeal Tortilla Wrap
Lettuce- mixed leaves are nicer, but I only had iceberg this time 
100g Cold Chicken breast (I cheat with packet chicken- pretty good)
Small cold potato cubed (save one from dinner night before)
1T Pine Nuts
1T Grated Parmeson (I use packet stuff and keep in freezer)
1tsp Mrs Dash Lemon Pepper (trust me on this one- from New World)
Squeeze of lemon
1 T Basil Pesto (make it runny with EVOO if its a thick one)
1tsp Poppy Seeds (optional)
Mix it all up, put wrap on gladwrap then dump it all on the wrap, roll it up and wrap with gladwrap.