"Obama" Does Single Ladies - FUNNY!!

I need to get back to posting recipes, but I just couldn't resist sharing this one with you! LMAO!

Hillary Rodham Clinton

WORD!!!!

Hillary Clinton is now the Secretary of State for the USA, how inspirational! We live in such amazing times!! She is an amazing, intelligent woman and I know she will kick ass! GO HILLARY!!!

At Last The First Dance

This makes me feel all warm and fuzzy!!! The lyrics also gave me goose bumps, B NAILED IT YET AGAIN!!!!! God Bless Mr & Mrs Obama I HEART THEM!!

At last, my love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song
Oh, yeah, at last
The skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped up in clovers
The night I looked at you
I found a dream that I could speak to
A dream that I can call my own
I found a thrill to rest my cheek to
A thrill that I have never known
Oh, yeah when you smile, you smile
Oh, and then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven
For you are mine
At last

Prawn and Chicken Salad

Bokang HEARTS this so much so he irritates me by putting in an order almost on a weekly basis!! Its a very easy recipe and my friend in SA introduced me to it! Excuse the manky looking dish, I also remember for this dish I didn't use chicken breast because I had so many other meaty dishes! I'm going to be showcasing more South African dishes so don't move that mouse!!

INGREDIENTS

Prawns

Chicken Breasts

Mango Chutney - I use Mrs Balls Original Chutney

Hellmann's Mayo

Tomatoes

Lettuce

Cucumber

Cashew Nuts

Cook chicken breasts and prawns. Throw in chutney and mayo heat it all up mixing the chicken and prawns, brown the chicken, make sure not to burn the mixture.

Crush cashew nuts - not too much you still want big chunks of them!

Prepare lettuce, cucumber and tomatoes as you would for any salad. Let it cool then and mix the chicken/prawn/chutney/mayo with the salad and cashew nuts and ENJOY!

I usually serve this with warmed pitta bread!

FAB for Braai's/BBQs

GIRDLEBUSTER PIE

It deserves the UPPERCASE TITLE!! This dessert is to die for dhar-LING!! I enjoyed making and serving this, my boys and nephew HEART it! It's so calorific but who gives a shit when you are enjoying every mouthful, I'm proud to say I SWALLOW! Nigella is not a big girl because she eats lettuce leaves, she's a big gurl cos she loves her food and sometimes cooks gut busting food. All said and done, I HEART it, but this one is for special occasions only!!

BASE

375g Digestives

75g Soft Butter

50g Dark Chocolate pieces or chips

50g Milk Chocolate pieces or chips

(I just used 100g of that red packaged dark choc...Bournville I think its called)

FILLING

1 Litre Coffee Ice Cream

(Fatty Nigella suggests using Vanilla ice-cream if you are feeding children - Fatty Charmz thinks children should just eat what is put in front of them or cook for themselves, lol)

TOPPING

300g Golden Syrup

100g Packed Light Muscovado Sugar

75g Butter

1/4 Teaspoon Maldon Salt (WTF is that) or pinch of table salt (OPTIONAL)

30ml Bourbon (I used Jack Daniels)

125ml Double Cream

Process biscuits and chocolate in food processor, then melt butter and mix to create base.

Press into 23cm pie plat or flan dish. MAKE SURE YOU FORM A LIP OF BISCUIT a little higher than the plate.

Freeze biscuit-lined layer for an hour. In the meantime soften your ice cream.

Spread the ice cream into the hard biscuit lined dish. Cover in clingfilm. Return to freezer.

Put the syrup, sugar and butter into saucepan and let it melt over a low to medium heat, before turning it up and boiling for 5 minutes, then turn off the heat and add the JD, letting it hiss in the pan.

Add the cream and stir to mix into a sauce then leave to COOL, NOT set! Pour it over ice -cream layer put back into freezer covering with clingfilm. Freeze till it all sets.

I made this the night before so it was puuuuurrfect when we started pigging out!

ONE MINUTE ON THE LIPS AND A F*CKING NIGHTMARE TO WORK OFF!! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!!

ANOTHER STEP FOR MANKIND - WELCOME PRESIDENT OBAMA

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

God Bless America

BEYONCE NAILED IT!!!!!!!!!! The gurl can sing! I look forward to seeing her performance on inaugural night!

We live in very exciting times! I've seen so much, experienced so much, I'm watching the world slowly change and hopefully become a better place for my boys! Watch this space!

VIVA OBAMA

Traditional Vanilla CupCakes

The book says "This makes 24 cupcakes" I some how managed to end up with 34 friggen cupcakes!! These are ok, 1st attempt in preparation for the birthday cake Im baking for Mo's birthday party. Not really sure I will be baking it regularly, but I must admit I made a boo boo with the ingrediants, they say learn from your past mistakes thats what this bitch is gona do! So here goes

These are from the Magnolia Bakery Cookbook, page 60, Holla if you want the recipe!

Enjoy FAT COW!

Rolled Stuffed Loin of Pork with Rubied Gravy

Nigella, Nigella, Nigella!!! What a Superb dish! I was sick to death of a Turkey Christmas. My nephew wanted spare ribs (very special recipe I concocted with the help of The Chinese, will post one day) my two boys wanted anything but turkey. Sooo I decided on this! Nigella states "The butcher can do a lot of the work for you; you certainly couldn't embark on this using a generic, untailored supermarket joint" Well I'm SuperWoman I did just that, bought the untailored BONELESS supermarket joint, it was Christmas eve after all, lol! Looking at the pix in the book "Nigella Christmas" it looks so complicated but its easy peasy squeezy! The best part was the Rubied Gravy, "oh my my my" LUSH!!!

Buy the book, page 158 and here is the picture of my 1st attempt!! Doesn't look too appetising but believe you me it was D.E.V.I.N.E - pix of gravy have been deleted accidentally! Will repost when I make it again!

Strawberries and Cream Meringue Cake

Something about the title of this recipe makes you think YUMMYLICIOUS!! Hhhhhmmmm well don't be fooled because whichever Fat Chef thought this one up is on crack or has funky tastebuds!!! I enjoyed the strawberries CHECK! I enjoyed the meringue CHECK! The pistachio sponge just doesn't work for me! Maybe you should try it out and see if YOU like it, I wont be making this again! Maybe I didn't bake it for long enough! I had such high hopes for this to be served at one of my summer BBQs but oh no it was not to be!

For the Cake

100g butter - you all know your butter must ALWAYS be at room temp right??!!

100g Golden Castor Sugar

1 Large Egg, plus 2 Egg Yolk (keep the whites for the meringue)

85g Self-Raising Flour

25g Pistachios finely ground

2 tbsp milk

For the Meringue

2 large egg whites

100g Caster Sugar

For the Topping

284ml Carton Double Cream, softly whipped
200g Strawberries, hulled (whatever THAT means), sliced or left whole

Set Oven @ 180degrees C/Gas4/Fan Oven 160degrees C

Beat the butter and Sugar together for 3 - 4 minutes until pale and creamy.

Beat in the egg and egg yolks.

Gently stir in the flour and ground nuts alternately with the milk.

Spoon into the 20cm/18" round tin

Make the Meringue

Whisk egg whites until stiff, then whisk in the sugar a couple at a time until smooth and glossy.

Spoon into the tin and spread it . Bake for 45 minutes until the meringue feels crisp (I think this is where I went wrong) Personally I would cover with tinfoil and bake for longer!

Leave in the tin to cool completely, then spoon the cream over the meringue then the strawberries!

At 446 Calories per serving, its not fucking worth it!

Orange Crunch Biscuits

Now this recipe I found in a Children's Cookbook and both Mohapi (Mo) and I enjoyed making these together!! These tangy biscuits just melt in your mouth (so the recipe says, I beg to differ!) Mo liked them I thought they were aiight!! They can be served with icing for a tasty treat or plain for a simple homemade biscuit. Ok Ok let me cut the crap, these biscuits will not be made again, they are not awful but they are also lacking that WOW Factor! If they were last years contestant on X-Factor they would have been the blonde haired boy who was dubbed Eggnogg by Griffo on BE! Just Mediocre, LOL But HEY, YOU might like them!

Ingredients for 20/24 Biscuits

125g Self Raising Flour

60g Unsalted Butter

60g Soft Dark Brown Sugar

1/2 Egg Yolk

1 tbsp of Clear Runny Honey

1 tsp of Orange Zest

For the Icing

225g Icing Sugar

3 tbsp of Fresh Orange Juice

Heat Oven at 180degrees C (350 F/Gas 4)

Using a table knife, stir the sugar, orange zest, honey and egg into the flour and butter, until the mixture starts to come together in lumps.

Use your hands to bring the lumps together to form a ball of dough.

Briefly knead the dough and then lightly flour the work surface.

Roll the dough into a log, about 5cm in diameter and 10cm long. Wrap the log in cling film and shill it for 1 1/2 hours or until firm.

Grease baking sheets.

Slice the log int 20 - 24 discs and place the biscuits on the baking sheet.

Bake for 7 - 9 minutes

Icing

Beat the icing sugar and orange juice until they form a smooth paste. Put the icing in a piping bag and then drizzle it over the cool biscuits in some funky patterns!

Peanut Butter Cookies

I participated in Secret Santa '08 with some of the Lovely people who post on the BitchingEtc (LivingEtc online forum) and I received the "Mongolia" (its actually THE MAGNOLIA BAKERY COOKBOOK, I spent months wondering WHAT was SO special about this Mongolian Bakery Cookbook, lololol Blondish moment) as a present.

SSsssooooo this is my very first recipe from this book and they turned out FAB.U.LOUS!! My two boys wolfed them down and they are perfect with a warm cup of milk! I don't think you will see alot of "healthy" recipes on my blogs but I can guarantee you that most of them are DEELISH!! Are these better than sex?? Well......that all depends on who you are shagging, on positions, angles, TPS (Thrusts Per Second) etc. lol, ENJOY!!


1 1/4 Cups all-purpose Flour
3/4 Teaspoon Baking Soda

1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
1/2 Cup (1 Stick) unsalted Butter, Softened

1 Cup Chunky Peanut Butter

3/4 Cup Sugar

1/2 Cup firmly packed Light Brown Sugar
1 Large Egg (at room temperature)

1 Tablespoon Milk
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 Cup Peanut Butter

Makes 2 - 3 Dozen Cookies
Preheat over to 350 Degrees

In a large bowl, combine the flour, the baking soda, the baking powder, and the salt. Set aside.

In a large bowl, beat the butter and the peanut butter together until fluffy. Add the egg and mix well.

Add the milk and the vanilla extract. Add the flour mixture and beat thoroughly. Stir in the Peanut Butter Chips (I omitted them).

Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets, leaving several inches between for expansion. Using a fork, lightly indent with crisscross pattern if you want too. Just remember not to flatten cookies too much. Lightly sprinkle cookies with sugar, I didn't, and bake for 10 - 12 minutes. Do not over bake! Cookies may appear to be underdone, but they are not.

Cool the cookies and Enjoy! then remove to a rack to cool!

Coffee Fudge Cake

This is one of those cakes people just HEART! You can either decorate with or without almonds or hazelnuts! I tend to use hazelnuts. If your local tesco/sainsburys etc. doesn't stock Coffee Essence try M&S they always have some! I will be uploading pix later.

INGREDIENTS
150g Margarine, at room temperature
150g Soft Brown Sugar
3 Eggs
150g Self-Raising Flour (sifted)
1 tablespoon Coffee Essence or very strong Black Coffee
1 tablespoon Black Treacle

ICING
100g Butter
225g Icing Sugar (sifted)
1 tablespoon Coffee Essence
1 tablespoon Black Treacle

Chopped Almonds or Toasted Hazelnuts to decorate

Oven: 190 degrees C/375 F/Gas Mark 5
Baking Time: 20 - 25 minutes

1. Grease and line the bottoms of two 20cm (8") cake tins and dredge with flour
2. Mix all the dry ingredients and beat in the eggs one at a time.
3. Fold in the Coffee Essence and Treacle
4. Divide between the two baking ting, level the tops and bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until well risen and just firm to the touch. Turn out on to wire tray and leave to cool.
5. To make the Icing, cream the butter until soft, gradually beat in the icing sugar, the the Coffee Essence and Treacle to give e smooth spreading consistency.

If you care to know how FAT (welcome to MY world bitch) you are gonna get after consuming, Nutrition content is as follows:

Kilo calories = 515 per slice fat cow!
Carbs = 65g
Fat = 28g
Fibre = 1g