Apple Cake

This cake is best eaten warm with either icecream or my favourite warm custard and is reasonably quick to put together. Please note the batter will be thick which makes it one of those cakes that needs to be eaten the same day and preferably warm.

Crock Pot Lamb Shanks

Modified version of a recipe I found on the ‘net that I thought turned out great. Apart from a few small changes to seasoning the original recipe called for a cup of wine rather than beer, sometimes I feel with tomato that makes things a bit rich when slow-cooked and I thought the beer substitution worked well. If you don’t want to use beer try a cup of beef stock instead of the stock powder / beer. Also whole garlic cooked this way doesn’t taste strong at all, if you want it to have a strong garlic taste you’d need to crush some of it.

Chicken in Coriander / Cilantro Sauce

My neighbour was telling me about this dish a while ago and they way she explained it made my mouth water. I asked her a copy of the recipe and here it is now on Zaar. I’ve only tried it once and next time I make it I may remove the liquid/sauce and puree it so it could be a thicker green sauce. I will also try it with chicken thighs as I used chicken breast and it wasn’t tender as I wanted it to be. Overall the flavours were yummy and I served it with cous cous. UPDATE!! After much consideration and experimentation, I’ve double to sauce as suggested by the reviewers – NOTE!! An “average” sized bunch of coriander is 60 grams (2 oz) = 1 1/2 cups chopped

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