Let’s face it, becoming an adult isn’t everything you thought it would be. I don’t know about you, but I don’t have bubblegum ice cream and chocolate for every meal, I don’t spend my days playing games, riding my bike everywhere or reading every book I could get my hands on. Unfortunately, when you do actually become an adult most of what you thought you’d do and become, may not be what you actually do or become. Society expects you to act like every adult before you, and around you, does. Unless, it’s April Fools Day! Lol. Sure, dad’s can get away with acting like one of the kids most…
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Day 12: Chocolate Dipped Fruit Cones
I’m not usually a fan of both strawberries or watermelon. Frankly, I think watermelon just tastes like nothing 😛 Add chocolate to both of these however, and they weren’t too bad. The kids of course ate it all up – wish they’d eat their dinners as fast 😛 This canapé is kinda like a modern twist on the chocolate fondue. There’s fruit, marshmellows and chocolate involved, & these make a great kids party dessert or even just a light dessert after dinner. Ingredients: Fruit – I’ve used strawberries, watermelon & green grapes. You can of course use any fruit you like but these were in season at the time…
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Day 7 : Asparagus Toast
This canapé was enjoyed by almost everyone that I tried it on. I guess its a twist on the asparagus rolls that were once a familiar sight at any get together in NZ 🙂 I learnt 2 things whilst coming up with this canapé – 1. I don’t know how to cook asparagus & 2. Whilst I’m not a big fan of asparagus (probably because I’ve always only had tinned asparagus), master 4 loved it! Ingredients: Sliced Toast Bread Heinz Seriously Good Aioli Watties Tinned Asparagus Method: Toast the bread. I did mine in a standard pop-up toaster, but you could toast it on a baking tray in…
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Day 6: Cheese Straws
To be honest, before doing this canapé, I’d never actually made cheese straws. It was always something I had bought, but now that I have done these, there’s no way I’d buy them again. The homemade version is so much better, IMHO! They’re great for party food, snacks & even lunchboxes. Ingredients: Puff Pastry sheets (at least 2) Cheese (I used a combination of mozzarella & colby) Barkers of Geraldine Capsicum & Apricot Chutney Method: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Place 1 sheet of puff pastry down on a flat surface Spread the Barkers Capsicum & Apricot Chutney evenly across the pastry On this, sprinkle a thin…
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Day 5: Caprese Sticks
A great, easy, no-cook, make ahead, summer canapé. Ingredients: Bite size Tomatoes (I’ve used grape or cherry) Cheese (Caprese generally uses mozzarella or bocconcini, but I’ve used camembert because its more readily available, cheaper & most importantly, my kids eat it) Fresh basil leaves Method: Cut the cheese you have chosen into cubes or pieces of similar size to your tomatoes Cut each tomato in half Thread the tomato, cheese & basil onto a food pick or skewer in the following order: Basil, top half of tomato, cheese, bottom half of tomato Arrange on a platter Enjoy! 🙂 Note: As with all my 12 days of…
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Day 4: English Muffin Chicken Pizza
Do you know the muffin man, The muffin man, the muffin man, Do you know the muffin man, Who lives in Drury Lane? The good ol’ english muffin. So versatile it can be sweet or savoury. It’s used as a base for one of the best brunch dishes (Eggs Benedict), can be eaten with lots of strawberry jam or great even with just butter YUMMY. It is most used around here, as a quick easy pizza base – great when hubby forgets to take out the meat for dinner from the freezer Swear it wasn’t me 😛 Ingredients: English Muffins Watties Pizza Sauce Crushed Pineapple – canned Tegel…
