JELLY SLICE

So here it goes... my first recipe of many. As mentioned in my previous post, my inspiration is my broken oven and Sunday being my big bake day. The day I bake my cakes, cookies and even cupcakes for my sons school lunches, as well as our Sunday roast. So without my oven and slow cooker that is too small to fit my cake tins in, I felt a tad lost. Till I had a friend that suggested No Bake Slices. It was just out of luck that I had all the ingredients to make a Jelly Slice recipe that I found on www.kidspot.com.a

JELLY SLICE

Ingredients:

• 1 packet sweet plain biscuits (the only biscuits I had are butternut snap cookies)
• 175g unsalted butter
• 400g sweet condensed milk
• 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon gelatine
• 1 packet of jelly

  

  A 5 ingredient recipe, and these are the main things I always keep in my cupboard, however generally I use the Jelly when I make Custard, and the biscuits and condensed milk are perfect in chocolate balls. Then there is butter, which is used in most recipes. I will say this..... this is the first time i have used gelatine.

  
  
  
  

Method:

Butter a slice tray (16cm x 26cm x 3cm). 

Dissolve jelly in 1 and 1/2 cups boiling water, place in fridge for about 45 minutes until cool.

Crush biscuits in a food processor (or in a plastic bag with a rolling pin). transfer to a bowl and mix in melted butter.

Place mixture in prepared tray and press down firmly. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Dissolve gelatine in 1/2 cup hot water. Combine gelatine mixture with condensed milk in a bowl, pour over biscuit base and place back in fridge for 30 minutes until cool and nearly set.

Pour cold jelly on top of slice and return to fridge to set.

Slice into squares using a butter knife. I wiped the knife occasionally so that the white filling didn't ruin the look of the jelly.

The final result... YUMMMMMY... my older two were hanging around me while I was attempting to cut the slice, which was not the easiest of things to do. I used a butter knife to cut and a spoon to remove off the tray.

First post of many

Well here I am.... in front of my laptop with the timer of my oven going in the back ground. As well as the noise of my two older sons hitting each other with pool noodles, while somehow managing to not hurt each other or break anything and most of all...... not waking their 1 year old brother up.

A little bit about me... I am a stay at home mum of three sons, and before my youngest was born I was a swimming teacher of 3-5 year old. I grew up in foster care, which I believe, is the reason I am so family orientated. I do spoil my sons, but not with possessions, with love, hugs, and memories. I sacrifice alot for my sons and their happiness, but what I refuse to sacrifice is my cooking, or my coffee and tea :)

My gorgeous cup with a hot cup of tea. The cup is from a Maxwell & Williams 2012 collection to raise money for the Breast Cancer foundation. I had bought this cup at the beginning of last year for a dear friend who had cancer, unfortunately before I could give her the cup she passed away. So I cherish every hot cup of tea or coffee. Now I try and buy each collection and end up giving them to friends, as too many of us know others that have been affected by Breast Cancer, as well as other cancers. 

I cook most meals for my sons, apart from the once a week dinner at their Grandparents. I prefer to bake than buy cakes and biscuits, and I love that my sons want to help. I also have the challenge that my little one has a dairy allergy, which means, that even when I bake cakes, I cant use butter or milk. So I replace each with Rice Milk and Nutleg Marg.

I try make things from scratch, but sometime its far too chaotic, or I am far too tired and cheat. Yes that is right I cheat, but by cheating I mean, I buy a recipe base sauce, that all I have to do is add meat and vegies and its a meal.... quick, easy and I can get distracted and not have to worry about measurements.... easy.

These are three of the recipe bases, and I normally but them when they are on special.... $5 for 3. The Creamy Tuscan Chicken is my favourite, however with a child with a dairy allergy I dont cook it too often and when I do, I replace the chream with passata for my little on. Also the Beef Stroganoff and the Honey mustard ones are delicious, however they also involve cream. They have also just release Oven Easy Bake ones as well.

My cupboards are chaotic, my pantry of unorganised and the cupboard where my pots, pans, and machines are is over flowing with chaos... dont believe me.... have a look:

Yep, my Pantry, no order and when I try and look for something, I can never find it, or everything falls out.. I think my aim for this coming week will be to tidy up this mess...aaahhhhh

And my unorganised cupboard.... and yes everything fall out. I have too many machines, and my dream machine would get rid of all of them... a Thermomix....aaaahhhhhh. However it is far too expensive for me, so I must make do with what I have.

So by now, you maybe asking... why has she started this blog? Well the truth is, my oven died last night, and it most likely wont get fixed for about a week. It is Sunday, I have $5 to last till Thursday, and everything I was supposed to cook/bake today, involved the use of the oven.

So I have gone on the hunt for recipes where I can use my slow cooker or bread maker, and for sweat things, such as cakes, I did not come up with hardly anything and all the ones I have found required a cake tin. Which would be fantastic, however my slow cooker is too small to fit any of my tins. And as I have recipes scattered everywhere, with this, if I blog everyday about what I have been cooking, Its a great way for me to store these recipes, as well as share with others.

So enjoy... my first recipe will be a no bake Jelly Slice... hence the 'oven timer' comment earlier.

If anyone has any recipes they would love to share with me, let me know. I love trying new recipes, especially those for my slow cooker.