500g lean beef mince 1tbs vegetable oil 1 onion, sliced 1 carrot, sliced 250g beans, sliced 3 stalks celery 1 cup rice 1 pkt Chicken Noodle Soup 1/2 small cabbage, shredded 2 tsp curry powder Salt 3 cups water Method: Wash hands. In a large saucepan, heat the oil and brown the mince and the…
500g pumpkin, peeled 2 onions 1 carrot 1 litre chicken stock Salt and pepper 1/4 tsp nutmeg Method: Wash your hands well. Cut the pumpkin into large chunks. Peel and dice the onion and the carrots. Put all of the vegetables into a large saucepan and pour over the chicken stock. Add the salt, pepper and…
2 cups self-raising flour 1 tbs butter 1 cup cold mashed pumpkin 1/2 cup sugar 1egg 1 tbs hot water Pinch of salt Method: Wash hands. Preheat oven to 220°Celcius. Put a flat tray into the oven to get hot. Use an electric beater to cream the butter and sugar. Add in the hot…
1 large zucchini 1 large carrot 1 onion 3 rashers bacon (optional) 1 cup cheddar cheese, grated 1 cup self-raising flour 1/2 cup oil 6 eggs Salt and pepper Method: Wash hands. Preheat oven to 180°Celcius. Prepare a 20 x 24cm baking tray or lamington tin by wiping it with oil. Grate the unpeeled zucchini…
How to Grow Tomatoes Tomatoes come in all sizes but lets talk about the big ones, like grosse Lisse (grosse meaning large!). This is a favourite variety of tomato that produces lots of large, round red fruit. It’s names is pronounced ‘gross’ as in toss, and ‘liz’ as in the girl’s name. A lot of people think it’s…
How to Grow Zucchini Zucchini are a delicious sausage-shaped vegetable that grows on vines that spread along the ground. They have a dark green, thin skin which is edible and inside the flesh is creamy white with tiny seeds that can also be eaten. Although zucchini can grow very large indeed, mostly it is grown…
How to Grow Watermelon Watermelon must be one of Australia’s favourite fruits. There’s nothing more refreshing on a hot summer’s day than to be sitting outside with a big slice of watermelon letting the juice drip all over your chin and your arms. Watermelons are so easy to grow that there’s no real need to…
How to Grow Dwarf Cherry Tomatoes Cherry tomatoes are the tiny tomatoes that will fit in your mouth whole! They grow in a bunch, called a truss, and whilst some grow on a vine that climbs, dwarf cherry tomato grows on a small bush that only gets to 30cm tall. So, the small bush is called…
How to Grow Climbing Cherry Tomatoes Cherry tomatoes are delicious and much sweeter than large tomatoes. Plus, they are so small that the whole thing can fit in your mouth at once. Climbing cherry tomatoes grow on a vine which climbs up a frame and the small fruit grow in a bunch, called a truss. Tomatoes are scientifically…