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Sharyn Smart has some quick and tasty ideas for March

Snowballs

2T cocoa  

 2 cups icing sugar

2 cups coconut 150g chocolate chips
250g butter 1 drop vanilla essence

100g packet Betta Mallow Bakes Mini Marshmellows

Extra coconut for rolling

Combine cocoa, coconut, icing sugar and chocolate chips in large bowl.

Melt butter and add to dry ingredients. Add mallow bakes and a drop of vanilla essence. Mix all ingredients thoroughly.

Roll into small balls. Roll in extra coconut. Set in fridge.

 

Macaroni Cheese

2 cups macaroni  225g crushed pineapple in natural juice
3 cups boiling water ¼t mixed herbs
1 cup bacon (diced) ¼t dry parsley
1t onion stock  
Sauce  
1T butter                          1½T flour (approx)
1 cup milk  1 cup grated cheese

 

Place macaroni in microwave-safe casserole dish. Pour over boiling water. Add herbs, parsley, onion stock and bacon. Cook on High for 10 minutes.

 

Add pineapple, reserving the juice. Cook for a further 5 minutes. Put to one side.

Sauce

Place butter in large microwave jug and melt. Add sufficient flour to form thick paste.  Gradually add pineapple juice, stirring constantly. Add milk, still stirring. Cook for 2 minutes on High. Stir well. Cook until thick, stirring at minute intervals. Add grated cheese and stir well. Combine sauce and macaroni. Cook a further 2 minutes.                     Serves 6.

 

Carrot Cake

1 cup flour  1 cup sugar
1t baking powder 2 eggs
1t baking soda ½ cup oil
1t ground cinnamon  2½ cups grated carrot

Grate the carrot.

Put flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and cinnamon into a bowl.

Beat eggs and oil together.

Add egg mixture and grated carrot to dry ingredients. Stir well to combine.

Pour mixture into a 20cm ring tin. Leave to stand for 5 minutes.

Bake at 180°C for 35-40 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.

Leave in tin for 10 minutes and then turn onto cooling rack.

Ice with cream cheese icing.

 Cream Cheese Icing 

50g butter  150g cream cheese
1 cup icing sugar ¼t vanilla essence

Place butter, cream cheese, vanilla and icing sugar into the bowl of the food processor.  Process until smooth – alternatively, beat with a wooden spoon.

 

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