10 Second Coconut Date Loaf

Quick, healthy, easy and delicious! This is amazing when it is fresh and hot, spread with a thick layer of butter!! PS. my husband wanted me to name this 'A Date with a Coconut'! ;)

10 Second Coconut Date Loaf

10 SECOND COCONUT DATE LOAF

Ingredients:

180 grams wholemeal plain flour
170 grams milk
160 grams pitted dates
70 grams coconut oil
50 grams coconut sugar
30 grams desiccate coconut
2 x eggs
1 teaspoon bicarb soda

Method (Thermomix):

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
2. Add all ingredients to bowl. Mix 10 seconds/Speed 5.
3. Pour and spread into loaf pan.
4. Bake for 30 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.

Method (Non Thermomix):

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
2. Chop dates into 1cm pieces, and melt coconut oil.
3. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl.
4. Pour and spread into loaf pan.
5. Bake for 30 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.

Add all ingredients to bowl. 

 Mix 10 seconds/Speed 5.

Pour and spread into loaf pan.

Bake for 30 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.

10 Second Coconut Slice with Lemon Drizzle

This is a really quick, easy and light sweet treat! Coconut and lemon are a delicious combination!!!

10 Second Coconut Slice with Lemon Drizzle

10 SECOND COCONUT SLICE WITH LEMON DRIZZLE

Ingredients:

Coconut Slice

230 grams self raising flour
130 grams butter
130 grams milk
110 grams sugar
80 grams desiccated coconut

2 x eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

Lemon Drizzle

200 grams icing sugar
60 grams lemon juice

Method (Thermomix):

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
2. Add all coconut slice ingredients to bowl. Mix 10 seconds/Speed 5.
3. Pour and spread into baking tin and bake for 15 - 20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
4. Cool before icing and cutting. Clean and dry bowl.
5. Add all lemon drizzle ingredients into bowl. Mix 10 seconds Speed 5.
6. Drizzle over the top of the coconut slice.

Method (Non Thermomix):

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
2. Melt butter, sift flour, and mix all ingredients together in a bowl.
3. Pour and spread into baking tin and bake for 15 - 20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
4. Cool before icing and cutting. 
5. Add all lemon drizzle ingredients into bowl. Stir until mixture is combined.
6. Drizzle over the top of the coconut slice.

Add all coconut slice ingredients to bowl.

 Mix 10 seconds/Speed 5.

Pour and spread into baking tin...

 ...and bake for 15 - 20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

Cool before icing and cutting. Clean and dry bowl.

Add all lemon drizzle ingredients into bowl. Mix 10 seconds Speed 5.

Drizzle over the top of the coconut slice. 

Homemade Recycled Paper

This is a great way to reuse the magazines, newspapers and junk mail lying around your house!

Homemade Recycled Paper

This is an easy way with stuff you have at home - 'proper' equipment for paper making includes a wire mesh with frame to get a thinner, regular shaped piece of paper.

The paper has a cardboard consistency (it will be too brittle if it is too thin), however you can make it as thick as you want for crafts or other projects you can think of!

You can use this sooo many ways! Here are a few examples:

• Gift tags
• Food labels for a table setting
• Arts and craft 
• Table setting place cards
• Christmas ornaments

The texture is quite rustic and rough so to write/draw on it use paint, fabric paint, coloured textas, or permanent marker works well (pencils/pens may be harder to draw on). You can also be crafty and stick things on with glue!!

HOMEMADE RECYCLED PAPER

Ingredients:

160 grams paper
500 grams water

Note: add more water if you want a 'finer' consistency  or if your blades are resisting. The above measurements are for a more 'rustic' consistency, however more water = more drying time and you will need to squeeze out additional excess water before putting in moulds/tray + patting dry with a paper towel.

Method (Thermomix):

1. Cut up paper into smaller pieces and remove any staples.
2. Add paper and water into bowl. 
3. Mix 10 seconds/Speed 5. Scrape down. Repeat 3 times or until desired consistency.
4. Place into moulds and press down, or lined baking tray and roll flat with a rolling pin.
5. Pat down with paper towels to absorb excess water.
6. Either leave to dry in the sun/in front of the heater for a few days, or bake in oven at 70 degrees for 2 - 3 hours or until hard and dry.
7. Leave to cool before cutting/drawing/painting etc.

Method (Blender):

1. Cut up paper into smaller pieces and remove any staples.
2. Add paper and water into bowl (depending on the size of the blender you may need to do it in batches). 
3. Blend until desired consistency. 
4. Place into moulds and press down, or lined baking tray and roll flat with a rolling pin.
5. Pat down with paper towels to absorb excess water.
6. Either leave to dry in the sun/in front of the heater for a few days, or bake in oven at 70 degrees for 2 - 3 hours or until hard and dry.
7. Leave to cool before cutting/drawing/painting etc.

160 grams paper = 1 x Coles Magazine (Sorry Curtis!!)

Cut up paper into smaller pieces and remove any staples.

Add paper and water into bowl. 

Mix 10 seconds/Speed 5. Scrape down. Repeat 3 times or until desired consistency.

Place into moulds and press down, or lined baking tray and roll flat with a rolling pin.

Pat down with paper towels to absorb excess water.

Either leave to dry in the sun/in front of the heater for a few days, or bake in oven at 70 degrees for 2 - 3 hours or until hard and dry.

Leave to cool before cutting/drawing/painting etc.

  

Table name place cards 

Gift Tags

Arts and Craft

Food Labels for a Table Setting

Chocolate Soil

This is a fantastic way to give your desserts a WOW factor!!! It gives another element to your dessert with a crunch texture! This edible soil pairs really well with any of my Milo Recipes!!

Chocolate Soil

This is inspired by Heston Blumenthals Chocolate Soil - his recipe requires a sugar mixture to be heated to 130 degrees (which a Thermomix doesn't get up to) so this is a quick and easy way to get the same chocolate soil effect! 

This tastes like dark chocolate as it has a bitterness from the cocoa which is great to accompany sweets. The sugar granules give a really realistic texture in soil, like the sand particles in the dark rich soil.

The texture varies from a sandy granulated texture to small and medium sized 'dirt' clumps. This has a long shelf life, you can make it beforehand and keep a stash in the fridge, ready to go! This is also a great gift, especially around Christmas and you can package it up in a nice plastic gift bag or bottle.

Note: you can melt the butter in the Thermomix however I find it quicker and easier to melt in the microwave! 😊

CHOCOLATE SOIL

Ingredients:

80 grams butter
220 grams sugar
120 grams cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt

Method (Thermomix):

1. Weigh out butter. Melt in microwave - 30 seconds/high.
2. Add sugar, cocoa and salt in bowl. Set on 1 minute/Speed 2 and pour butter on the lid so it trickles slowly into the bowl.
3. Serve immediately or store in airtight container in the fridge.

Method (Non Thermomix):

1. Weigh out butter. Melt in microwave - 30 seconds/high.
2. Add sugar, cocoa and salt in bowl. Stir with a whisk until combined, and slowly pour and stir through the melted butter until combined.
3. Serve immediately or store in airtight container in the fridge.

Weigh out butter. Melt in microwave - 30 seconds/high.

Add sugar, cocoa and salt in bowl. 

Set on 1 minute/Speed 2 and pour butter on the lid so it trickles slowly into the bowl.

Serve immediately or store in airtight container in the fridge.

Milo Fudge Cake served with Chocolate Soil

Milo Mousse topped with Chocolate Soil