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When I first moved over here twelve years ago . . . there were some things that you just couldn't find. Things like Betty Crocker cake mixes, Marshmallow Fluff, and Skippy Peanut Butter, amongst other things. You never know what you will miss until you can't have it any more . . .
Over those years I have had to learn to adapt some of my favourite recipes to use other ingredients that are available over here . . . but there were still some things that you just couldn't adapt no way . . . no how. I used to bring back oodles of stuff each time I went over to Canada to visit my family. Todd used to do a lot of moaning about that . . . but I just reminded him of how he would feel if he couldn't get marmite anymore!
I'm happy to say though that in recent years quite a few things have become easily available . . . things like Gold Fish Crackers, Marshmallow Fluff, Skippy Peanut Butter and at least a few cake mix flavours . . . such as Devils Food and Carrot. I'm still waiting for Crab-Apple Jelly, Captain Crunch Cereal and Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Dinner to catch on . . . but I live in hope.
Being able to get some of these things though, means that I can now cook some of our favourite treats in my English Kitchen, like these delicious Brownies that I baked for the Missionaries yesterday . . .
Yes, they are a bit of a cheat because they use a boxed cake mix . . . but I know you won't hold that against me. I've tried through the years to develop my own base . . . but I just haven't been able to crack it just yet. The base for these is soooo moist and fudgy and chocolatey . . .
And that fluffer nutter topping. Fluffer nutter is a popular sandwich combination in North America . . . sandwiches spread with marshmallow cream and peanut butter. In fact I do believe that it is so popular that you can now find it already mixed in jars.
I think though . . . fluffer nutter sandwiches were an Amish invention . . . but you can feel free to correct me if I am wrong.
How can something that is soooo bad for you be soooo good!!
In any case, no matter if it is a cheat . . . and no matter where it comes from . . . you can now make them here . . . in the UK, and with British ingredients. The bottom line is this . . . they're fabulously delish and now I can make them here, at home . . . without dragging a heavy suitcase across the Atlantic, or paying an outrageous price at one of those speciality shops.
Life is very, very good.
*Fluffer Nutter Brownies*
Makes one 9 by 15 inch pan
Printable Recipe
These could not be easier, and they are fabulously, moreishly delicious! I bet you can't eat just one!
1 500g box of Devils food cake mix (Betty Crocker, double layer cake)
2 large free range eggs
125ml of sunflower oil (1/2 cup)
120g of smooth peanut butter (2/3 cup)
1/2 of a 213g jar of marshmallow cream (2/3 cup)
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 397g tin of sweetened condensed milk (14 ounce)
a couple handfuls of milk or dark chocolate chips
Preheat the oven to 180*C/350*F/ gas mark 4. Butter a 13 by 9 inch baking dish really well. Set aside.
Mix together the oil, eggs and cake mix until well blended. Spread this mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Set aside.
Whisk together the peanut butter, marshmallow cream, vanilla and sweetened condensed milk, until smooth and amalgamated. Spread this mixture evenly over top of the chocolate mix. Scatter the chocolate chips over top.
Bake for15 to 20 minutes, just until the edges are light golden brown and the centre is almost set. You want it to be a bit gooey. Allow to cool completely before cutting with a sharp knife into bars for serving. Store any leftovers in an airtight container for up to two days, or in the refrigerator for longer, allowing them to come to room temperature for serving
You can now buy Marshmallow Fluff at Asda and I believe Sainsbury's. The Cake mixes are pretty much available in all of the shops and you can get the Skippy Peanut Butter in Waitrose and Sainsbury's.
Are you looking for a quick and easy dessert that is delicious and yet won't take up a lot of time? Look no further! I bet you didn't know you could cook bread pudding in the air fryer.
Well you can, beautifully. This air fryer bread pudding has a golden crisp top and yes is beautifully soft and indulgent inside. It's perfectly sweet and goes together lickety split.
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In fact you can be enjoying this delicious dessert in pretty much less than half an hour from when you put it together. (Excluding the time it takes to preheat the fryer.)
Not only that, but it uses relatively few simple ingredients to make it. Its also a great way to use up stale bread.
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This is also the perfect summer dessert for when you want something a little bit heartier as there is no need to heat up the kitchen by having your oven on!
Quick and easy to make? Simple ingredients? Keeping the kitchen cool? Delicious as well? Count me in!!
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WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE AIR FRYER BREAD PUDDING
A few simple every day kitchen ingredients, a six inch cake tin or casserole dish and an air fryer.
You will need:
- 4 cups (140g) cubed white bread (3/4 inch cubes, Italian, French, Brioche, Challah)
- 4 TBS sultana raisins (golden)
For the custard:
- 2 large free range eggs
- 1 cup (240ml) whole milk
- 1/4 cup (60ml) heavy cream
- 5 TBS sugar
- 2 TBS melted butter (hot)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- pinch salt
To serve:
- icing sugar (confectioners) to dust
- vanilla ice cream
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The best breads to use are Brioche, French or Italian Bread or Challah. They give the nicest softest bread custard, but you can also use other kinds if you wish of that's all you have.
You can use stale sandwich bread, burger buns, hot dog rolls and dinner rolls. Place the cubes onto a baking sheet and let them air dry for a few hours prior to using.
You may also use a stale French baguette. In this case, assemble and allow the pudding to rest overnight in the refrigerator, covered.
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Don't like raisins??? NO problem! Just use some fresh or frozen berries. If using frozen, thaw and drain first.
You can even use chopped dried apricots or date. Chocolate chips are also very nice. Just saying. 😉
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HOW TO MAKE AIR FRYER BREAD PUDDING
You won't believe how simple this really is to make!! As I said you will need a six inch deep cake tin or casserole dish.
To make the custard, whisk the eggs in a bowl until emulsified. Whisk in the milk, cream, vanilla, salt and sugar. Whisk in the hot butter. (If the butter is hot it blends in better instead of coagulating.)
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Butter a six-inch round cake tin or casserole really well. Add half of the bread cubes. Sprinkle 2 TBS of the sultana raisins over top. Pour over half of the custard. Press down lightly with the back of a spoon.
Repeat with the remaining bread cubes, sultanas and custard. Again pressing the bread down gently to submerge it in the custard.(Don't worry if it pops up again, you only want to dampen it all.)
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Preheat the air fryer to 350*F/180*C for 15 minutes.
Place the pudding into the air fryer basket and into the air fryer. Cook for 15 minutes at 350*F/180*C. At this time the top should be nicely golden brown and a bread knife inserted near the center should come out clean. (If not done return to the air fryer and cook for a few minutes longer at the same temperature.)
Leave to set for about 10 minutes and then dust the top with icing sugar. Serve warm with scoops of vanilla ice cream.
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I personally love this served warm with ice cream on top. I use my cookie scoop to scoop out several small balls of ice cream for each serving. I think it looks very pretty that way.
In the UK they would probably serve this with warm custard or cold pouring cream. Either way would be delicious also!
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Wanting bread pudding, but don't have an air fryer? No problem, you can cook this in the oven if you wish. Preheat the oven to 350*F/180*C/ gas mark 4.
Place the pudding dish into a Bain Marie holding hot water to come halfway up the sides of your baking dish. Bale for 30 to 35 minutes until the top is golden brown and a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
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VANILLA SAUCED BREAD PUDDING - For those who enjoy a rich sauce with their bread puddings. Deliciously indulgent.
CHOCOLATE BOX BREAD PUDDING FOR TWO - A smaller sized bread pudding perfectly sized for two people in which you can use chopped up chocolate bars or leftovers from a box of chocolates. (What are those?)
SWEET ALMOND BREAD PUDDING WITH BLACKBERRY SAUCE - These little baby bread puddings have beautiful flavor and the sauce goes just perfect with them. They are great for entertaining.
Air Fryer Bread Pudding
Yield: 4
Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 15 MinTotal time: 20 Min
You won't believe how quick and easy this dessert is to make. And all in the air fryer. No fuss, no muss and delicious! You will need a six-inch casserole or cake dish.
Ingredients
You will need:
- 4 cups (140g) cubed white bread (3/4 inch cubes, Italian, French, Brioche, Challah)
- 4 TBS sultana raisins (golden)
For the custard:
- 2 large free range eggs
- 1 cup (240ml) whole milk
- 1/4 cup (60ml) heavy cream
- 5 TBS sugar
- 2 TBS melted butter (hot)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- pinch salt
To serve:
- icing sugar (confectioners) to dust
- vanilla ice cream
Instructions
- To make the custard, whisk the eggs in a bowl until emulsified. Whisk in the milk, cream, vanilla, salt and sugar. Whisk in the hot butter.
- Butter a six-inch round cake tin or casserole really well. Add half of the bread cubes. Sprinkle 2 TBS of the sultana raisins over top. Pour over half of the custard. Press down lightly with the back of a spoon. Repeat with the remaining bread cubes, sultanas and custard. Again pressing the bread down gently to submerge it in the custard.(Don't worry if it pops up again, you only want to dampen it all.)
- Preheat the air fryer to 350*F/180*C for 15 minutes.
- Place the pudding into the air fryer basket and into the air fryer. Cook for 15 minutes at 350*F/180*C. At this time the top should be nicely golden brown and a bread knife inserted near the center should come out clean. (If not done return to the air fryer and cook for a few minutes longer at the same temperature.)
- Leave to set for about 10 minutes and then dust the top with icing sugar. Serve warm with scoops of vanilla ice cream.
Notes
You can use stale sandwich bread, burger buns, hot dog rolls and dinner rolls. Place the cubes onto a baking sheet and let them air dry for a few hours prior to using.
You may also use a French baguette. In this case assemble and allow the pudding to rest overnight in the refrigerator, covered.
You can leave out the sultana raisins and use fresh or frozen berries (thaw and drain.)
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I had some cooked chicken which needed using up the other day and so I decided to make some chicken salad. I am not a real fan of chicken salad, but sometimes I don't mind indulging.
I had seen a recipe on Yummiest Food for Chicken Salad Wraps. It looked quite good, It had dried cranberries and pecans in the recipe and I love both of those. I also promised to be a somewhat healthy chicken salad.
The only problem was I did not have any large tortillas or wraps and I'll be honest here. I don't really like wraps all that much.
I find them very messy to eat and the filling never stays in them. That has just been my experience. As they say . . . 'just sayin!
I did have some six inch flour tortillas however and the wheels in my brain started turning and I thought to myself, what if I layered the filling in between these like a cake?
So that is what I did, I layered the filling between six-inch flour tortillas and then chilled it for an hour so I could cut it into wedges.
I also cut the recipe for the filling in half because I am only one and I cannot eat that much chicken salad! I also know this is a problem for a lot of my readers, so this is the small batch recipe!
I did tweak the recipe a bit as well. I added a few flavor ingredients because to be honest, I found the original a bit lacking in flavor.
I added spring onions and a bit more seasoning. This made all the difference in the world!
WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE CHICKEN, CRANBERRY PECAN SALAD WEDGES
Its simple really. I bet you have everything in your kitchen right now. I know I am always saying that, but its true. Most of what I cook and share is not complicated!
- 1 1/2 cups diced cooked chicken
- 1/3 cup dried sweetened cranberries
- 1/3 cup chopped toasted pecans (8 to 10 minutes in a moderate oven on a baking tray does the trick to toast them properly. The flavor is intensified immensely.)
- 1 stick chopped celery
- 1 spring onion (also known as green onions or scallions)
- 1/3 cup real mayonnaise (use a quality one, not low fat)
- fine sea salt and black pepper to taste
- 1/8 tsp garlic powder (not salt)
- six inch flour tortillas
I always toast my nuts before cooking with them or using them in things like this salad. Toasting your nuts always brings out a beautiful depth of nutty flavor.
Its not hard to do, about 8 minutes in a moderate (350*F/180*C) does the trick. Spread them out on a baking sheet for toasting, and, when done, let them cool before you use them.
I used poached chicken breasts for this recipe. I scored some lovely skin on, bone in ones at the grocery store the other day.
To poach chicken breasts, place them in a sauce pan and cover them with some chicken stock and water. Bring to the boil and then reduce to a simmer. Simmer, covered, for 10 to 15 minutes until no longer pink inside.
Leave to cool in the water until lukewarm. Remove, peel off the skin and discard, along with the bones. What you are left with is beautifully moist and delicious chicken.
HOW TO MAKE CHICKEN, CRANBERRY, PECAN SALAD WEDGES
Again, nothing could be easier. Making the filling is as simple as stirring all of the filling ingredients together until they are evenly and well combined.
To prep the celery, I cut the stick of celery, lengthwise into quarters and then crosswise into 1/4 inch slices. Nicely diced.
I trimmed the spring onion, washed it really well, making sure any grit was removed and then I cut it in half down the length of it and then into thin slices crosswise, using only the light green and white bits.
I diced the chicken into a 1/2 inch dice and I cut the pecans, crosswise into 1/4 inch pieces. If you have a sharp knife, none of this is any problem.
I also chopped the dried cranberries a tiny bit. You don't need to do this, but I think you get a nicer salad that spreads better if you do.
Once you have your salad fixings prepped and mixed together with the mayo and the seasonings, you can start building your wedges. Just divide the salad into thirds and sandwich it in between the tortillas, having one tortilla on the bottom and on the top and two in between.
Effectively you sandwich is in three layers with a tortilla between and enclosing each layer. Press gently so that everything compacts a tiny bit, wrap tightly in plastic cling film and then chill for about an hour so that everything sets up nicely.
And that is basically it. Cut the chilled filled tortilla into wedges to serve. As you can see everything stays nicely inside the tortillas and is not falling out all over the place. These are quite manageable and very pleasant to eat!
Delicious actually. These would also make great appetizers, cut into thinner wedges, but they made a fabulous lunch served with a few potato chips. I highly recommend. The recipe would work with turkey also! Enjoy!
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I am really excited to show you this delicious store cupboard recipe today for a Hearty Tomato & Bean Soup. This makes a lovely, quick supper for those nights when you are rushed off your feet and yet your family is nipping at your heels wanting supper NOW!
I was going to go shopping this morning, but it started snowing and I decided to stay home. The roads are very clear, but not having driven in snowy weather for the better part of the last 23 years, I thought I just wasn't willing to chance it!
So I took a boo into my store cupboard and freezer to see what I had to make myself a meal from. I had some potatoes that had seen better days, but were still good for making mashed potatoes. I had a package of Cube steaks in the freezer, an onion in my cupboard and so I was good to go!
Cube Steak, which is also known as Cubed Steak or Minute Steaks. They are typically made from round steak, which has been cut into thin, smaller portions and then put through a tenderizing machine. The tenderizing machine gives them a rough texture covered with little indentations.
You can also often find pork steaks which have been tenderized in the same way.
They are less expensive than other cuts of meat, which is something that makes them quite welcome these days when we are all watching our pennies, and trying to make our grocery dollar/pound go as far as we can. They are a great way of being able to enjoy a piece of steak without breaking the bank! You can find out more about cube steak here.
I buy mine at Sobey's grocery store. Foodland and Safeway are stores which are associated with Sobey's. They don't always have it so when I see it I always buy a couple of packages (they usually come in packs of two) and then I wrap it tightly at home and freeze it for sometime in the future when I want a cheap steak dinner!
You can also make your own cube/minute steaks very easily. Just buy a piece of round steak, and then pound it with a meat pounder or a serrated knife. Just take care not to cut it all the way through. You only want indentations about 1/8 of an inch into the steak.
They lend themselves to either long slow cooking, or quick flash frying. They are beautiful cooked slowly in the crock pot with some mushroom soup. They are also great flash fried and used for a steak sandwich.
Today I decided to simply flash fry them and serve them with a tasty onion gravy. I was in a gravy kind of a mood. Especially where I had some potatoes I needed to use and knew would make great mashed potatoes. Steak, gravy and mashed potatoes. Food for the God's!
WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE CUBE STEAK & ONION GRAVY
There is nothing complicated about this. Nothing at all. Simple ingredients done well. Quantities are given for two servings but can easily be multiplied to serve more if need be.
For the steak:
- 2 cube steaks (each one about 1/4 inch thick and approximately 4 inches by 5 inches in size)
- salt and black pepper to taste
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder (not salt)
- 1/4 tsp onion powder (not salt)
- plain all purpose flour to dust
- 1 TBS butter
For the gravy:
- 1 medium onion, peeled, halved and cut into half moons
- 1 TBS butter
- 1 TBS flour
- 1/2 cup milk (you may need a bit extra to thin the gravy as per your taste)
- 1/2 cup of beef stock
- 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- splash of hot sauce
- salt and black pepper to taste
You can of course use whatever herbs, etc. you wish to season the steak with. I like onion and garlic powders to use as a seasoning for beef and pork. Just make sure you use the powders not the salts. If you do happen to use salts, then you will not need any more salt for the recipe and do be judicious in its use.
There are many dried herbs which would work well with beef. Rosemary, oregano, tarragon and thyme immediately come to mind.
Any ordinary cooking onion will work well in the gravy. I used a medium sized one, but if you are really fond of onions you can use a larger one. I would not use a red onion as it wouldn't look nice in the gravy, but if you don't care what it looks like, then go right ahead!
For the beef stock I used Knorr Beef Bullion concentrate. I always keep some of that and the chicken one in my refrigerator. They are great for making up small amounts of stocks as needed, or for flavoring gravies, etc. They are concentrated and are easily re-constituted with water.
They also take up a lot less room than traditional cartons of constituted stock. When you live in a small place like I do where storage is at a premium things that don't take up much room just make sense.
HOW TO MAKE CUBE STEAK & ONION GRAVY
This really is quick and easy. So much so that you might want to have the other elements of your meal ready before you start cooking the steak.
First do the steaks. Preheat the oven to 200*F/90*C. Have a small dish ready to hold your steaks to keep them warm while you make the gravy.
Dust your steaks all over with the onion powder, garlic powder, salt and black pepper. Dust them with the flour patting it into help it adhere.
Melt the butter in a medium sized skillet over medium high heat. Once it begins to foam, add the steaks.
Cook until you just see a small amount of liquid collecting on top and then flip over. Fry briefly on the other side until golden brown. Remove to a small dish and pop into the oven to keep warm while you make the gravy.
Turn the burner heat down to medium low. Add the other TBS of butter. Once it melts add the onions. Cook, stirring frequently, until they have softened and begun to caramelize.
Add the flour to the skillet. Stir it into the onions.
Whisk in the stock and the milk. Cook stirring over medium heat until the gravy bubbles and thickens. Add the Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce and season with salt and black to taste. (I like lots of black pepper.)
Cook for several minutes to cook out any flour taste. If you think the gravy is too thick you can add a bit of milk to thin it.
Serve the steaks with some of the onion gravy spooned over top and your favorite sides.
Mashed potatoes are also very easy to make. I have to say that I really miss the packages of frozen mashed potatoes that you could buy in the UK. They were really good and to be honest it was cheaper to buy a bag of them than it was to make mash from scratch.
You could usually get a bag of mash for one pound at the shops. There was enough in the bag to feed four people generously.
Mashed potatoes frozen in pellets, ready to shake out into a casserole dish and heat up in the microwave. I used to dress them up with sour cream and spring onions sometimes. I really liked that you could shake out as little or as much as you wanted to use.
They also had very good frozen jacket potatoes over there that I used to buy. You could get packages of four larger ones, or packages of about six smaller ones. For seniors with smaller appetites the smaller ones worked out well.
They made for a very easy supper heated up with a can of baked beans spooned over top, or some tuna mayonnaise, or whatever you wanted on them really. A can of chili was especially nice heated and spooned over top, with some cheese scattered over top.
I don't know why they don't do the frozen mash or baked potatoes here in Canada. Pity that!
I enjoyed my steak and gravy today with some fluffy mashed potatoes, sweet corn and some sliced tomato. Someone brought a couple of big boxes of reject beefsteak tomatoes from the local nursery into church yesterday. I brought home a couple to use and they are lovely.
It was a really delicious dinner, and yes, I sat down and ate it while it was still hot, at my table. I had my favorite music playing in the background and it was lovely.
And now, I have to go and do the dishes! I have enough of everything leftover to make myself another meal tomorrow. Perfect!
I have one other cube steak recipe for two on here that is delicious. Pan Fried Steaks with Parsley Butter. Quick and easy, it also makes for a lovely dinner with mash and veg.
You could also use cube steaks to make Swiss Steak. This is something my mother used to make for us and that I also used to make for my family. It was a real favorite. Tender pieces of steak in a rich tomato gravy.
Yield: 2
Cube Steak & Onion Gravy
Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 15 MinTotal time: 25 Min
Tender juicy cube steaks, served with a lush beef and onion gravy. Quick, easy and delicious.
Ingredients
For the steak:
- 2 cube steaks (each one about 1/4 inch thick and approximately 4 inches by 5 inches in size)
- salt and black pepper to taste
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder (not salt)
- 1/4 tsp onion powder (not salt)
- plain all purpose flour to dust
- 1 TBS butter
For the gravy:
- 1 medium onion, peeled, halved and cut into half moons
- 1 TBS butter
- 1 TBS flour
- 1/2 cup milk (you may need a bit extra to thin the gravy as per your taste)
- 1/2 cup of beef stock
- 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- splash of hot sauce
- salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
- First do the steaks. Preheat the oven to 200*F/90*C. Have a small dish ready to hold your steaks to keep them warm while you make the gravy.
- Dust your steaks all over with the onion powder, garlic powder, salt and black pepper. Dust them with the flour patting it into help it adhere.
- Melt the butter in a medium sized skillet over medium high heat. Once it begins to foam, add the steaks.
- Cook until you just see liquid collecting on top and then flip over. Fry briefly on the other side until golden brown. Remove to a small dish and pop into the oven to keep warm while you make the gravy.
- Turn the burner heat down to medium low. Add the other TBS of butter. Once it melts add the onions. Cook, stirring frequently, until they have softened and begun to caramelize.
- Add the flour to the skillet. Stir it into the onions.
- Whisk in the stock and the milk. Cook stirring over medium heat until the gravy bubbles and thickens. Add the Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce and season with salt and black to taste. (I like lots of black pepper.)
- Cook for several minutes to cook out any flour taste. If you think the gravy is too thick you can add a bit of milk to thin it.
- Serve the steaks with some of the onion gravy spooned over top and your favorite sides.
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