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.

Lychee Coconut Cocktails

This is my all time favourite cocktail! I love the flavour combination and it is soooooooooooooooooooo easy to drink! It is a hit at any party!! This is particularly amazing in summer, but cocktails are delicious ANY time of the year!! Rain, hail or shine - it's always cocktail time!!

Lychee Coconut Cocktails

I actually loaded this on Recipe Community but it never made it to my Blog! So here it is! :)

LYCHEE COCONUT COCKTAILS

Ingredients:

150 grams sugar
1 x can lychees with syrup (min. 440gm)
1 x can coconut milk (400g gm)
550 grams ice
200 grams Vodka (or Malibu)

Method:

1. Add sugar to bowl. Blitz 10 seconds/Speed 10.
2. Add lychees with syrup, coconut milk, ice and vodka. Blitz 20 seconds/Speed 9.
3. Serve with glasses dipped in water then dipped into sugar or desiccated coconut.

Note 1: omit Vodka for Mocktails!
Note 2: IF there is leftovers or if you want to prepare beforehand, you can refrigerate for the next day.

Add sugar to bowl. 

Blitz 10 seconds/Speed 10.

Add lychees with syrup, coconut milk, ice and vodka. 

Blitz 20 seconds/Speed 9.

Serve with glasses dipped in water then dipped into sugar or desiccated coconut.

Dipped in sugar

Served with desiccated coconut on the glass rim

Healthy Choc Chip Cookies

A delicious healthier version of chocolate chip cookies! Super easy, tasty and my family looooves these!!

Healthy Choc Chip Cookies

You can customise this recipe by putting in whatever fillings you like instead of or in addition to the dark chocolate chips!

HEALTHY CHOC CHIP COOKIES

Ingredients:

130 grams butter
150 grams coconut sugar
1 x egg
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste/extract
220 grams wholemeal self raising flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
120 grams dark chocolate chips

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
2. Add butter, sugar, egg and vanilla to bowl. Mix 1 minute/Speed 5. Scrape down.
3. Add flour and salt. Mix 20 seconds/Speed 5.
4. Add chocolate chips. Mix 20 seconds/Speed 2/Reverse.
5. Spoon teaspoons of dough on lined baking tray.
6. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until browned.

Add butter, sugar, egg and vanilla to bowl. 

 Mix 1 minute/Speed 5. Scrape down.

Add flour and salt. 

Mix 20 seconds/Speed 5.

Add chocolate chips. 

 Mix 20 seconds/Speed 2/Reverse.

Spoon teaspoons of dough on lined baking tray.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until browned. 

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