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A Chocolate Slice Recipe That's Childs Play

June 30th 2009 05:08

A Rawfish subscriber recently left a comment on a recipe I posted for a cheap and easy vanilla slice. He suggested making a chocolate slice, and that is exactly what I have done. The following recipe, with step by step pics, is so easy a child could make it, as there is no heating required. Getting kids involved in cooking is fun, and teaches them self reliance. My three brothers and I are all good cooks thanks to a weekly family tradition called ‘make your own’ night.

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Ingredients
1pkt Arnotts Lattice Biscuits @$2.59
1pkt Chocolate instant pudding mix @$1.26
300ml Cream @$1.68
250ml Milk @$1.91L÷4= $0.28
Total cost= $5.81÷11 portions =$0.53 EACH

Lattice biscuits chocolate pudding recipe ingredients

Method
Brush the underside of the biscuits generously with milk to allow them to start softening.
Line a suitably sized tray with greaseproof paper and lay half the biscuits face down over the bottom.
To make the chocolate filling, follow the recipe on the pudding mix, substituting 300ml of cream for 300mls of the milk.

After adding the pudding mix to the milk (and cream) and beating it by hand, spread it evenly over the bottom layer of biscuits.
Arrange the remaining biscuits face up over the top and gently apply downward pressure.
Use a spatula to smooth along the sides if necessary.
Refrigerate for at least half an hour to allow the filling to set.
It is preferable to refrigerate for 24 hours to allow the biscuits to soften, but it is hard to wait that long!

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Simple Japanese Wakame Salad

June 19th 2009 12:18

Wakame is a type of seaweed commonly used in Japanese cuisine. In Australia wakame can be purchased fresh or frozen, from an Asian grocery store. It can be served as a simple salad, made into sushi ships or combined with other ingredients, eg. Cucmumber and wakame salad. Dried wakame is also available but when reconstituted the colour is khaki. It is used in some Chinese dishes.
Ingredients
150g Wakame

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Gordon Ramsay Hits Sanctuary Cove

June 14th 2009 02:16

celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay in Australia

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Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has landed on the Gold Coast amid a storm of controversy. The potty mouthed Brit arrived in Australia to perform at the Sydney and Melbourne Good Food Shows and will now be demonstrating his culinary flair at a series of exclusive dinners at the Hyatt Regency, Sanctuary Cove.

Mr Ramsay made headlines in Australia and the old Blighty during a recent A Current Affair interview with Tracy Grimshaw. During the interview Mr Ramsay made numerous derogatory remarks, including referring to a mole on Ms Grimshaws’ lip as ‘your little sister

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Wintersun Festival Rocks On In Coolangatta

June 10th 2009 06:14

50's 60's Rock and Roll Dancing Nostalgia

Image by Wintersun

The 21st annual Wintersun Festival was held at Coolangatta and Tweed Heads last week from 29th of May to the 8th of June. This hugely popular nostalgia festival features Rockabilly bands, rock and roll dancing competitions and a plethora of Elvis’s. The festival culminates with a spectacular street parade of immaculately restored classic cars from the golden era of Rock and roll.

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Rio Tinto Puts Brakes On Chinalco Deal

June 5th 2009 15:00

Mining giant Rio Tinto has rejected a 24billion dollar buy in of 19 per cent by China’s Chinalco in favour of a deal with BHP. Instead Rio Tinto announced it will raise 15 billion from its shareholders for a joint venture with BHP on its iron ore operations in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The 5 billion dollar merger between two of the biggest iron ore producers will give them strong leverage over the price of iron ore, once markets normalize.

The decision, which is bound to thwart Chinese steel producers, excuses Prime Minister Rudd of making a sensitive decision an whether to allow the Chinalco deal, preventing further loss of face and a voter backlash in Australia

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Blues On Broadbeach Serves Up Soul Food

May 28th 2009 06:05

Blues On Broadbeach Music Festival Adam Hole Marji Trio

The eighth annual Blues On Broadbeach Festival opened yesterday with Adam Hole and the Marji Curran Trio, and will run until Sunday the 31st of May at a variety of venues throughout the village. This free festival will feature more than forty-five acts, including the17 year old winner of ‘Australia’s Got Talent,’ young guitarist Joe Robinson.

Blues On Broadbeach will also feature Dai Pritchard, the guitarist in the House Band for all the "Long Way to the Top" concerts!! Dai has opened for some of the world’s biggest Music Stars including the likes of Guns n Roses, Motorhead and Iron Maiden

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Four Ingredients Make A Cheap And Easy Dessert

May 25th 2009 06:29

Homemade dessert vanilla slice cheap recipe

This simple recipe, using just four ingredients, makes 14 serves of homemade vanilla slice and costs about seven dollars. The four ingredients are; a packet of Lattice biscuits, a packet of vanilla instant pudding, 600ml of cream and 200ml of milk.

Simply arrange half the biscuits neatly on the bottom of a tray. Combine the milk and cream with the pudding mix and spread it evenly over the base. Then layer the rest of the biscuits on top and press down slightly

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Million Dollar Boats At The Sanctuary Cove Boat Show

May 22nd 2009 08:26

Sanctuary Cove Boat Show Luxury Sunseeker

The 21st Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show opened today, a day later than planned due to the wild weather lashing SE Queensland. New products confirmed at the Show include the Australian debut of the 75 Lazzara LSX and Bluewater Cruising Yachts’ Bluewater 450M seen for the first time at a boat show.

The internationally acclaimed Marten 49 offers sailing luxury while first time Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show exhibitor NorseBoat introduces sailing and rowing cruiser, the NorseBoat 17.5 to the Australian market

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Gold Coast Wildlife - Golden Orb Weaver Spider

May 20th 2009 05:40

Australian Giant Spider Golden Orb Weaver

This large spider weaves an orb web, of strong yellowish silk, in excess of a metre wide. It is usually strung in a sunny spot between trees or, in suburbia, across paths and around buildings. There are over 300 known species of arachnids on the Gold Coast, belonging to 50 different families, with many more yet to be identified.

Deadly Australian Animals Arachnids Spiders Venomous

Golden Orb Weavers (Nephila sp.) have purplish grey bodies with black and yellow legs. They inhabit warm moist areas along the East coast of Australia. They are capable of biting people when forced to defend themselves, but their venom only causes mild irritation.

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Gluten Free Food Show For The Intolerant

May 15th 2009 05:59

The Gluten Free Food Show will be held at the Brisbane Convention Centre this weekend, the 16th and 17th of May. Great news for sufferers of Coeliac Disease, Gluten Intolerance, fructose malabsorbption, bloating, wind or irritable bowel after eating.

There will be cooking demonstrations by celebrity chefs, information sessions by expert dietitians and a huge range of gluten free products on sale. Accredited practising Dietitian & Cook Book Author, Dr Sue Shepherd, initially ran the show in Melbourne to enable companies to showcase their products for people with special dietary requirements

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