Recipes

Here are the recipes for the Weetibix Slice and the Lemon Meringue Pie. These are both very very yummy AND very very easy to make. The pie is probably a little more 'difficult' than the slice, but they really are both easy.

MORE IMPORTANTLY

these are really budget recipes!!! I am still amazed at how much money people are wasting (including me yesterday as we got 2 KFC snack boxes on the way home from Mum and Dads - naughty!!!) on food or eating out. Up here the Pizza, Chinese and Chicken takeaway shop are always packed out. I don't think many people make snacks anymore either? Oh well, I am just going to keep doing what I do as my family loves it and it saves us money. We are really, REALLY light on with $$$ at the moment due to paying for the Wedding, so every bit helps (the KFC was a treat as it is school holidays for Jemma - WOW KFC & McD's in a week - very spoilt!!).

Chocolate Weetbix Slice

(warning: VERY addictive, hard to stop at one piece, you would NEVER know it had weetibit in it)

1 Cup Self Raising Flour
1 Cup dessicated coconut
1/2 Cup brown sugar
1 Cup crushed weetbix (about 4 weetbix)
3 Tablespoons cocoa
120g butter
2 Tablespoons golden syrup

• Preheat oven to 180deg C. Line a slice tin with baking paper (just put a ripped off rectangle of that Glad Bake stuff (I use the elcheapo brand) into a slice tin with edges overlapping, it won't sit in properly at the moment but will once you put the slice stuff in)


• Mix dry ingredients together


• Melt butter and golden syrup together


• Mix wet and dry ingredients together - it will be a bit crumbly. Combine with hands if necessary.


• Press into a slice tin and bake for 15mins or until cooked.


• Make thin chocolate icing and pour over hot slice

Thin Chocolate Icing

Approx 1.5 Cups Icing Sugar/Icing mixture

2 Tablespoons cocoa

Water to make into a thin/pouring consistancy

• Mix together icing and cocoa


• Mix in water a little at a time until you have a pouring icing


• Pour over hot slice and spread out.


• Sprinkle with coconut


• Put into fridge until set


• Remove from tin and cut into squares (will be quite hard to cut through)


• Keep in an airtight container for up to a week

YUMMO

Lemon Meringue Pie

1/2 pack plain biscuits (eg no name arrowroot or scotch finger)

80g melted butter

1 tin sweetened condensed milk (no name or make your own)

3 egg yolks

1/2 Cup lemon juice

3 egg whites

1/4 castor sugar

BASE

Combine crushed biscuits with butter and press into a pie plate. Chill overnight is best but can be put into freezer until you have made the filling.

Filling

Beat the condensed milk, egg yolks and lemon juice together until well combined. Pour onto pie base. Bake at 180deg C for 10 mins, whilst you make the meringue top.

Top

Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar and continue beating until mixture has firm peaks. Spoon mixture onto pie filling ensuring you touch the sides of the pie plate.

Bake at 180deg C (fan forced 150deg C) until lightly browned on the top (watch it).

Chill in fridge overnight (or until cool).

We had this for dessert 3 nights in a row (Greg and I) and it was delish!!!!

Here is a pic of all the food I made for Michael all put into containers for freezing. I think I calculated it at about $8 to make it all up. This would be over a weeks worth of food - so well worth making my own :-) Oh and he LOVED it too!!!!