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Anzac biscuits - a quick easy flapjacky kind of biscuit.

Melt together
5 oz butter
6oz sugar
1 tbsp golden syrup

Add and mix well
3 oz coconut
4oz oats
3 oz self-raising flour

Drop heaped teaspoons of mixture onto 3 greased baking trays.You should get about 12 on each.

Bake at 180c/gas 4 for 10-12 mins until golden brown round the edges.
Leave on the trays for about 10 mins to harden before lifting them off with a palette knife.

Chicken breasts chopped into chunks (I found 3 fed 5 of us easily)
1 egg
1 tablespoon wholegrain mustard
approximately 10 crackers(or breadcrumbs)
chicken seasoning

1 Mix the egg with the mustard and set aside.
2 crush the crackers in a bag with a rolling pin until crumbs or use breadcrumbs. I used an assortment of crackers from the remainder of a crackers for cheese box.
3. Add a heaped tsp of chicken seasoning to crackers and shake to mix.
3 put about 5 pieces of chicken into the egg mustard mix then into the cracker bag and shake to coat.
4. place on a lightly greased baking tray and repeat until all the chicken has been used.
5. bake at gas 7 220c for about 20 minutes.

The coating tastes very like kfc but a little less spicy, perfect for kids and much healthier.

Take 2 onions chop and fry till soft, add some garlic to taste, add 1-2 chopped red peppers and fry off, then add 1 tin of chopped tomatoes and a tin of tomato puree, mix through and add chicken stock( or veg to suit dietery requirements) leave to bubble for a while, attack with a stick blender and serve with a dollop of yoghurt. ............. really tasty!

Slow Cooked beef Goulash - very tasty

Ingredients
800g (1 3/4 lb) beef stewing steak/braising steak
2 tbsp seasoned flour
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 large onions, chopped
1 green pepper, de-seeded and sliced
150ml (1/4 pint) beef stock
400g (14oz) can chopped tomatoes
2 tsp paprika
2 tbsp tomato puree
1 bouquet garni
salt and pepper to taste
142ml (1/4 pint) soured cream or natural yoghurt

Method
1. Coat the meat in the seasoned flour
2. In a large non-stick pan, heat the oil and fry the steak until lightly browned.
3. Add the onion and pepper and cook for a further 2 minutes.
4. Add the stock, tomatoes, paprika, tomato puree and bouquet garni, season to taste. Bring to the boil.
5. Transfer goulash mixture into your slow cooker stoneware. Cook on low for approx 6-8 hours or high for approx 3-4 hours.
6. To serve, pour soured cream or yoghurt over the goulash.
Serve with rice or mash and veg

Serves about 5-6 I make one batch and its enough for a partner with hollow legs and myself - for two nights , with some left for the babies.

Enjoy

Healthy Flapjack type biscuits (dead easy!)

Just made a batch of these biscuits, which I make VERY often, as they 'hide' lots of good stuff I find difficult to get into at least one of my children...thought someone might like the recipe - ideal for lunch boxes as well as after school snack:-

8oz oats
6 oz butter or margerine
2 to 3 oz sugar (depending on how sweet you like things)
2 oz dessicated or shredded coconut
1 good handful of crushed cornflakes (ideal way of using up the powdery bits at the bottom of the box)
1 heaped tablespoon of wheatgerm
1 heaped tablespoon of crushed seeds (I use a mix of linseed, sunflower, sesame and poppy...I grind a potful at a time and keep in fridge for easy use)

Melt butter in large bowl in microwave, add everything and stir well, press down into lined flat tin, cook at 190 deg for about 10 to 15 minutes (depending how brown and crispy you like them).

Very easy to make when you've got time and then leave them until you put the oven on for dinner before cooking.

Eat and enjoy!