Butternut Pumpkin Soup With Ginger and Coconut

Pumpkin soup is an Australian favourite, but I sometimes find it a bit bland. This recipe adds a little something extra, without overpowering the pumpkin flavour. You can garnish this with some coriander leaves (AKA cilantro). Can be served hot or cold. Note: if you like to make LOTS of soup, you’ll want to double this. It really does make only about 4 serves. It looks like a lot of pumpkin, but it cooks down to nothing.

Rose Water Soda

This is from a Womans Day cookbook. I haven’t allowed for chill time. An Australian cup is 250ml. Soda water is club soda. Garnish with rose petals.

Cuppa Tea

Make and share this Cuppa Tea recipe from Food.com.

Kiwi Ice

Make and share this Kiwi Ice recipe from Food.com.

Mini Honey Cheesecakes

A recipe I found in a 2002 copy of the Australian magazine “Super Food Ideas”. I haven’t made it yet but I’m posting it here for safekeeping and because I couldn’t find anything similar already posted. From the accompanying picture, these look like cakes (something like Greek lemon cakes) rather than what normally comes to mind as cheesecakes. They sound really easy to make, I love the sound of the ingredients and they certainly sound worth trying! The estimated preparation and cooking times below do not include cooling time.

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