Vanilla Cupcakes

Vanilla Cupcakes

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup oil
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence

Method:
1. Sift dry ingredients together.
2. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and beat well until smooth and creamy.
3. Place paper liners into muffin tray and fill each cup 3/4 full.
4. Bake for 15 mins or till golden brown at 180 degrees C

Icing:
1. Cream together 125g margarine and 125g icing sugar.
2. Add 2 tbsp of milk and mix well.
3. Add cocoa or food colouring.

Cinnamon Maple Twist

Cinnamon Maple Twist

Ingredients:
150 ml marshmallows
50 ml chocolate chips
25-30 ml maple syrup
25-30 ml caramel syrup
5ml cinnamon
20ml margarine
small size fresh pizza dough

Method:
1. Spread margarine and maple syrup on rolled out pizza dough.
2. Add marshmallows and chocolate chips.
3. Drizzle half of the caramel.
4. Cut the pizza dough into strips and twist each strip.
5. Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 mins or until golden brown and fluffy.
6. when out of the oven cut the twists into bite size pieces (if desired) and serve hot and fresh with caramel and maple drizzle.
7. Enjoy!

Vegetable Spring Rolls

Vegetable Spring Rolls







Ingredients:
15-17 spring roll wrappers
1/2 cup bean spouts
1/3 head cabbage chopped
1 cup thin noodles
1 stalk green onions (optional)
1/4 bell pepper (optional)
1 1/2 carrot
1 tbsp lime juice
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp oil (to steam vegetables)
f.g herbs and flavouring (if desired)

Method:
1. steam vegetables with oil for 5-10 mins.
2. Let vegetables cool
3. Toss vegetables and all other ingredients in a bowl except for spring roll wrappers.
4.Sprinkle wrappers with hot water and add 2 tbsp of mixture into each wrapper.
5.Fold wrappers and deep fry till golden brown
6. Serve with dipping sauce of choice (I used plum sauce) and Enjoy!

Chocolate Chip cupcakes

Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup oil
2 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
100-125 ml chocolate chips

Method:
1. Sift dry ingredients together.
2. Add blended wet ingredients to dry ingredients alternating with chocolate chips.
3. Place paper liners into muffin tin and fill each cup 3/4 full.
4. Bake for about 15 mins at 180 degrees C.
5. Put icing on the cupcakes when they cool if desired.

Icing:
1. Cream together 125g margarine and icing sugar.
2. Add 2 tbsp of milk and mix well.
3. Add cocoa or food colouring.

Coconut Vanilla Milkshake

Coconut Vanilla Milkshake







Ingredients:
1 cup ice
1/2 cup milk
1 tbsp coconut powder
5-7 scoops vanilla ice cream

Method:
1. Blend ice cream, and milk
2. Add ice and coconut powder and blend.
3. Enjoy!

Berry Banana Shake

Berry Banana Shake

(Blueberry Banana Shake)

Ingredients:
-2 Bananas
-1/2 cup Frozen or Fresh Berries of choice
-2 scoops ice cream
-1/2 cup ice
-60 ml milk (if desired)

Method
1. Blend Bananas and Berries.
2. Add ice cream, ice and milk if desired
3. Blend and Enjoy!

Mango Milkshake

On a beautiful day like today where it's 28 degrees outside try making this great mango milkshake recipe.
Texture: rich,creamy and smooth

Mango Milkshake

Ingredients:
1 cup ice
1 cup mango puree
6-7 scoops vanilla ice cream
50 ml milk to make the milkshake more rich (optional)

Method:
1. Blend the ice cream and mango puree on medium until smooth.
2. Add in ice and milk (if desired). Blend
3. Enjoy

Amazing Pizza

I ate this awesome pizza today from Newton Pizza (cloverdale location).
 Try it, it's really good. It was cheesy and satisfying .

Introduction

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