Bee’s Kitchen

These are so tasty, not too sweet, great with a cup of coffee and tea. I’m going to take them to my parents place tomorrow for my big brother’s birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY A!

125 grams butter (cubed)
1/4 cup caster sugar
3/4 cup plain flour
1/4 cup corn flour
1 tsp vanilla essence

1. Preheat oven for 180 degrees celcius and line a tray with baking paper.
2. Cream butter and sugar together in medium bowl till you have a light yellow colour.
3. Add vanilla essence to mixture then sift in flour and stir till combined.
4. Drop teaspoons of cookie mixture onto tray, leaving them 2 cm apart.
5. Place in oven for 10 minutes, remove from heat and carefully place on a cooling rack. Once cool these can be stored in an air tight container.

I felt like something different tonight and being a fan of Lebanese food, i wanted to try my hand at Kafta which is tasty minced beef cooked on skewers.

1 medium onions (grated)
500 g lean beef mince
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp ground all spice
1/4 bunch fresh parsley (finely chopped)
1/4 tsp finely ground black pepper
salt to taste

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Soak wooden skewers in water.
2. Combine all ingredients together in large bowl (using your hand to blend is the easiest) adjust salt and pepper to taste.
3. Shape the meat onto a skewer to form a log shape then flatten with hand.
4. Cook in oven for 10-15 minutes, serve with lebanese bread and tabouli salad.

Tabouli Salad

1 tomato (diced)
1/2 bunch fresh parsley (roughly chopped)
1/2 onion (finely chopped)
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp olive oil
salt & pepper

1. Combine tomato, parsley and onion together in medium bowl, then pour lemon juice and olive oil. Use salt and pepper to taste.

Wow new discovery!! for those that don’t have much time after coming home from a long day at work, consider visiting Lenards chicken. Everything is prepared for you and you just need to cook following their cooking guide.

Chicken Filo Florentine

Tasty chicken breast wrapped in a delicious filo pastry and filled with spinach, bacon and cheese. I’ve served it here with a side salad with mayo dressing and a cheesy pasta.

Chicken Kiev

Crumbled breast fillet filled with delicious garlic butter.

1. For both the Chicken Filo Florentine and Chicken Kiev, preheat oven at 180 degrees, and bake for 30 minutes.

Mayo Dressing

1 tbsp mayonaise
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 clove garlic (crushed)
1 tsp chives (chopped)
1 anchoive (minced)

Combine ingredients together in jar, shake well then pour on salad.