Welcome to cook club - Making Caramel Crunchies

This week was the first week of cookery club that we recorded on the blog. We made Chocolate crispy cakes and Caramel Crunchies.

Here is how you make Caramel Crunchies:
You need
100g hard margarine
100g marshmallows
100g caramels (toffees)
200g rice krispies

1. Measure the margarine, marshmallows and caramels into a large saucepan and gently heat until all of the ingredients have melted. This will take about 5 minutes.
2. Stir in the rice krispies and mix well.
3. Spoon into a roasting tin and level the surface with a palette knife.
4. Leave to cool until set and then cut into squares.

What did you think of the cakes?

Making Mini Pizzas

This week we made mini pizzas.

We did it like this:

Cut a breakfast muffin in half and spead tomato puree on the top.

Put some vegetables (or whatever pizza toppings you would like) on

Sprinkle with grated cheese

Bake in a hot oven, or under a grill for about 5 minutes (until cheese is melted)

Enjoy - yum yum yum!!

Fruit and Vegetable Dips

This week we made some scrummy dips to dip fruits and vegetables in. They were delicious. This is how we did it:

Fruit Dip

Cut up a mango and put into a bowl. Mash the mango.

Mix in 150g of greek yoghurt and a tablespoon of honey.

Dip in your favourite fruits, to make them extra yummy.

Vegetable Dip

Cut an avacado in half. Remove the stone and scoop of the flesh.

Squeeze in 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.

Mash the ingredients up.

Mix in 2 tablespoons of sour cream.

Chop up one tomato and add to the dip. Mix in a few chives

Dip in your favourite vegetables - celery, red or yellow pepper, cucumber or mini sweetcorns would be great.

Yum Yum Yum!!

MAKING SANDWICHES

THIS WEEK WE HAVE MADE SANDWICHES. WE HAD LOTS OF DIFFERENT FILKLINGS INCLUDING

GRATED CHEESE

EGG MAYONNAISE
HUMOUS

SWEETCORN

TOMATO

BEETROOT

GRATED CARROT

RED AND YELLOW PEPPER

WE HAD DIFFERENT TYPES OF BREAD, INCLUDING PITTA BREAD, WRAPS AND ROLLS.

WE CHOSE WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN OUR ROLLS - EITHER EGG, CHEESE OR HUMOUS. WE THEN CHOSE LOTS OF VEGETABLES TO MAKE OUR SANDWICHES REALLY HEALTHY.

MAYBE YOU COULD TRY SOME OF THESE FILLINGS IN YOUR LUNCHBOX - THEY ARE YUMMY!!

Making Crispy Cakes

US ENJOYING THE RICE KRISPY CAKES

This week we made chocolate crispy cakes. These are really tasty treats, you could even make them to go in your lunchbox.

Here is how to do it:

1. Melt a bar of chocolate (either in the microwave or over boiling water) YOU MUST DO THIS WITH AN ADULT.

2. Pour in lots of rice Krispies and stir.

3. Add in some raisins if you want to.

4. Decorate the cakes with marshmallows, hundreds and thousands, or smarties.

5. Put into the fridge for 15 minutes to chill.

Let us know what you thought of the cakes, and maybe you could even try and make of your own.

MAKING SCONES

This week we made scones. They were very nice. This is how we made them. You will need:
225g flour (self-raising)
55g butter
25g of caster sugar
150ml milk
Pinch of salt

If you are making cheese scones, leave out the sugar and add some grated cheese. If you want to make sweet scones, add the sugar and add some raisins.

Here is how you do it:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 220C. Grease a baking tray.

2. Mix the flour and salt together. Rub the butter into the mixture.

3. To get a dough, first stir in the sugar and raisins or the cheese, and then the milk.

4. Knead the dough onto a work surface that has been floured. Roll out the dough to about 2cm thick. Then cut out small circles using a cutter.

5. Brush the top of the scones with a little milk and then put inot the oven. Bske for 12 - 15 minutes until golden brown.

6. Cool on a rack and then enjoy.

Which scones did you prefer - the sweet or the cheesy scones?

Pasta Salad

This week we made pasta salad. This healthy snack can be used as a lunch or dinner and you can you whatever foods you would like in it. We made a vegetable pasta, but you could add anything you would like. This is how to do it:

1. Cook the pasta

2. Chop up the vegetables.

3. When the pasta is cooked, drain and then add the vegetables.

4. Add some mayonnaise to make it really nice.

5. Enjoy it.

We hope you enjoy making it at home.