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    Wednesday, October 24, 2018

    Beef and Noodle Salad - Vietnamese Style

    We have a new BBQ and already it has been well used
    A beautiful piece of Scotch Filet was cooked up in the weekend and of course
    there were leftovers
    Also we have the garden
    In fact to prove how fresh our cabbage is
    It still has little slugs living in it
    In amongst that Wilderness, there are loads of Cabbages and Kale
    To be honest, I’m not that wrapped in Kale but it amazing what butter and garlic will do
    I digress
    So back to the Beef. 
    We had mint, coriander  and chilies in the Fridge
    A Vietnamese Beef Salad came to mind
    What I love about this style of salads is the flavour, the freshness the crispness
    All the food groups almost

    If you wish to start from Fresh
    This will feed 4-5

    600 gms scotch Filet
    A little oil
    Sea salt and ground black pepper

    Dressing
    3 spring onions chopped
    1 red chilli deseeded and chopped
    2 cloves garlic chopped finely
    6 tablespoons lime juice
    6 tablespoons fish sauce
    4 tablespoons soft brown sugar. I used coconut sugar
    2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
    2 tablespoons grated ginger


    Rice or wheat noodle 50 gms per person

    Cook  noodles according to manufacturers instruction
    Drain, run under cold water and set aside
    At this stage with kitchen scissors, cut the noodle into pieces easy to pick up

    Salad
    2 carrots grated
    1/2 small cabbage
    1/2 telegraph cucumber de-seeded and finely sliced
    1/2 yellow pepper sliced
    1/2 red pepper sliced
    Handful of coriander leaves roughly chopped
    Handful mint Leaves roughly chopped



    Rub beef with a little oil and season well with salt and pepper
    Cook to desired doneness
    Preferably rare (not blue )
    Slice across the grain and set aside
    To make dressing
    Place all ingredients in a jar with a screw top lid
    Shake well



    To Assemble
    Place all vege into a large bowl
    Place cooked and drained noodles on top
    Then the beef

    Drizzle the dressing over
    Then get your hands in and toss it all well
    That's the fun bit
    Done
    Serve
    Just what the Doctor ordered...Fresh, Crisp, Delicious

    Monday, October 22, 2018

    Miss Cleo's Favourite Waffles



    This weekend the Family bought a Waffle Iron. 
    One member of the Family is mad on them
    Our Miss Cleo of Course
    Cleo’s Best Waffle Mixture

    2 cups all purpose flour
    1 teaspoon salt
    4 teaspoons baking powder
    2 tablespoons white sugar
    2 eggs
    1 1/2 cups warm milk
    1/3 Cup (76 gms) butter
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract 


    In a large bowl mix together flour, salt, baking powder and sugar
    Warm milk with butter to just melt it

    Pre heat waffle iron

    In another bowl beat the eggs, stir in milk and butter
    Add vanilla
    Pour this milk mixture into dry ingredients

    Stir well till combined

    Ladle the batter into preheated waffle iron
    Cook waffles until golden and crisp

    Personally I just like butter on them
    But Miss Cleo loves that cream and maple syrup

    Maybe its a kid thing?
    Finished product excellent
     We found this recipe of the allrecipes website