Student Diaries: Nuts about Crumble

Student Diaries: Nuts about Crumble: " Okay so you've opened all the presses in the house and theres NOTHING to eat! And hey you don't want to go to the shop..So what to do???..."

Nuts about Crumble

    Okay so you've opened all the presses in the house and theres NOTHING to eat! And hey you don't want to go to the shop..So what to do??? Get what you got and make this delicious nut crumble!
      It feeds four hungry stomachs or yourself if your on the brink of serious starvation!  Best thing about this is that you can adapt it to fit WHATEVER you got in the house.  I'm always doing it and I love that this dish is so adaptable that its perfect for all of us who got vegetarian friends/roommates. 

Ingredients:

Crumble:

• 4oz plain flour
• 2oz butter
• 1 oz porridge oats
• 2oz mixed nuts

Filling:

• 1 carrot
• 1 parsnip
• 8oz broccoli 
• 8oz swede
• 8oz celeric
• 1 onion
• 1 1/2 oz butter
• 1 1/2 oz plain flour
• sea salt & black pepper

Nutting the Crumble

1. Turn your oven onto 190 c
2. Peel and chop your vegetables (or do whatever with what you got!)
3. Fill a large saucepan with 500ml of water with a teaspoon of salt
4. Bring it to the boil add all the vegetables except the broccoli.
5. Leave to cook for 5 minutes
6. Add the broccoli and cook for another 5 minutes
7. Take 150ml/1/4 pint of the water from the saucepan
8. Drain the rest of the water
9. Peel, slice & dice the onion
10. Melt the butter in the pan & cook the onion for 2-3 minutes

CRUMBLE

1. Sieve flour in a large mixing bowl
2. Rub the butter in with your finger tips
3. Stir in the oats and nuts

SAUCE!

1. 1. Stir in the flour and cook for a minute
   2. Take off the heat and add a little milk
   3. Stir well and continue adding a little milk at a time
   4. Now stir in the cooking water
   5. Put the sauce back on the pan and cook for a minute

The Finishing Touches

1. Spoon the vegetables into the dish & pour the sauce over it
2. Season with salt & pepper
3. Evenly pour the crumble over the vegetables
4. Bake for 35 minutes until golden brown

Now spoon it on to the plates

and EAT it before everyone else does:p

Scrumpidillyicious Biscuit Cake

   So todays my Birthday and hey feeling a bit selfish with this post because...this is MY post really...-

 Joke Joke :p 

  Nothing in the World compares to it..even Prince Willian agrees munching it down there at his weeding last week! You don't need much funds or even heat to create this YUMNESS! 

So come on have some biscuit cake with me  :D

Ingredients:

-6oz sugar
-2 eggs
-2 tablespoons cocoa powder
-few drops of vanilla essence
-2-3 packets of plain biscuits
-6oz of butter (or dairy-free alternatives)
-chocolate for cake covering (optional but you know you want too!)

Biscuit Time

>Melt butter and sugar in saucepan

>Beat eggs and add vanilla essence and cocoa powder

>Break (not crush) up biscuits

>Add egg mixture to butter and sugar mixture (in a bowl) and mix together, add in biscuits and mix until biscuits are well covered

>Press firmly into a buttered/oiled tin (use knuckles and a wooden spoon to press in)

>Leave in fridge overnight or until set

>Remove from fridge and melt chocolate for covering the cake and cover then cover the cake

And Voilà Biscuit Cake

 Student Style!

Fishy Friday - Cajun Spiced Salmon

Seeing that today is Good Friday and that Friday is a traditional day to have fish, I said it was only fitting of me to post a recipe on it. 


Now student DON'T run away because you see FISH!!! Believe me once you go Cajun style you'll NEVER go back.  Packed with omega 3 (good for skin, eyes and overall brain function), protein and loads of other nutritional benefits its a meal you can pat yourself on the back for having once a week!! 


You can either buy it frozen or fresh depending on your money status but either way it works really reasonable in comparison of paying a whopping €14 for it dinning out! Not only that it takes less than 10 mins to complete :0 Lastly, if you are feeling like a bit more than a side salad team it with some couscous and steamed vegetables. :) 

Ingredients:


1 Salmon cutlet


Mixed peppers thinly sliced


Handful of Iceberg lettuce


1 Tomato chopped


2 tbps of Cajun Spices

COOKING

1. Sprinkle the Cajun spices over your Salmon 
2. Grill it under a medium heat for 5-10 mins
3. Prepare your salad
4. Serve up your salmon on a plate with your side salad

Snubbing it UP!

If you are cooking for the parents, holding a dinner party or so forth you can posh it up with some steamed potatoes and vegetables. Then pair this fabulousness with a zippy red wine such as a California Zinfadel.

 Gordon Ramsay eat your heart out ;)

Milk Sucks!: Porridge-Dairy Free

Milk Sucks!: Porridge-Dairy Free: "Eating oats is the best way to start the day. Traditionally porridge was made using water, and served with Salt in Scotland. However, it w..."

Eggy Bread

This is ESPECIALLY for my best friend Joe who hasn't been having BREAKFAST!!!! Now this Eggy bread is for all YOU Joe's this is going to be the start of your breakfasts's^^
 It serves four hungry mouths but if one if you refusing to share;)
Plus its easy peasy and at less than a EURO how could you go wrong!  
 This is even great as a quick snack with Tomatoe sauce.  However, if you want to work it American style, stack it with crispy bacon with lushings of maple syrup!

Ingredients:


3 eggs, beaten
1 tbsp milk
4 thick slices of white/ brown bread
2 tbsps sunflower oil for frying for frying

COOKING!

1. Put 1 tbsp of oil in a frying pan over a medium heat
2. Whisk the milk, eggs and salt in a bowl with a whisk/fork
3. Dip the bread in the egg, soaking as much of the egg the bread can take!
4. Soak the opposite side
5. Cook the bread in a frying pan for 1-2 minutes, flip over and cook the other side.

Your bread should appear golden and cooked through.

Now eat it up STRAIGHT away before anyone else takes it ^^

Fresh Tomato Pasta

           Are you a bit of a pasta addict like me? I'm just mad for pasta like if there was no pasta in the world tomorrow..don't know how I carry on!! That would be scary! For now though we shall embrace all that we love about pasta with my dish for ye ^^

           Its a simple dish that has everything- attractiveness, flavor with a cheap as chops price of €1.50! Plus if you are cooking for yourself or have some leftover, you can refrigerate it.  This will make a great lunch with some rusty rolls.  Ahhh love pasta:)    

Ingredients

·       

•      Tin of tomatoes/ 250g Cherry Tomatoes
• ·       Oregano
• ·       Salt/pepper
• ·       Olive Oil (1 tbs)
• ·       Mushrooms (optional)
• ·       Crushed Garlic
•      3 oz Tomatoe & Cheese filled pasta/ any pasta you fancy

    COOKING

1. Pour chopped tomatoes or place cherry tomatoes in a roasting tin.
2. Drizzle in the olive oil and season with salt, pepper & oregano
3. Add in the crushed garlic & chopped mushrooms
4. Oven roast for 10 mins at 180
5. Now simmer the pasta in lightly salted boiling water for 2-3mins
6. Drain Pasta in a colander
7. Take sauce out of the oven
8. In a bowl combine the sauce and pasta.
9. 
   

NOW!

If you want to ad a little something something ...you can top top it off with some 

Parmesan shavings & serve it with a Greek salad.

So kick off the shoes, put on some tuneage and enjoy the YUMMINESS :)