Activity of the Week-Chocolate Easter nests

Easter will soon be here and a time to enjoy lots of choccy goodness.  One of my favourite things to make and eat as they are so simple are Chocolate easter nest.  Me and the hubby were discussing whether they taste best with rice krispies, cornflakes or shredded wheat.  You can use any of these and they will be yummy but my personal favourite is shredded wheat so this is what I have used for this recipe.

You will need

• big bar of chocolate of choice. I used plain dairy milk.
• 4-5 large shredded wheat bars
• pack of mini eggs
• 12 cupcake cases
• baking tray
• wooden spoon
• bowl to melt chocolate
• saucepan
• mixing bowl

Method

1.melt your chocolate over boiling water in a glass bowl

2. gradually stir in the shredded wheat into the melted chocolate

3.put the mixture into the cupcake cases and then add a few mini eggs on top.

4. put in the fridge to chill them for a while.

5.Take them out when hard and no longer goey.

For a dairyfree option I would use specialty chocolate. Simple baking again with Nanny Bicester.

Activity of the week-making flapjack

Okay so confession time I did this at home and not with the children(well not yet!).  But this is really simple to do so decided to do a blog about it.

My husband now has an intolerance to dairy products so I looked on the Pure Free from foods website as they have a good selection of free from recipes. For the recipe follow this link below.
https://purefreefrom.co.uk/recipes/flap-jack

The results were good although I left them in 5 mins longer than I should so they were more like biscuits in texture more than flap-jack (story of my life) but they were really yummy regardless and my husband enjoyed them.  The process is simple to do with children and they would enjoy getting involved.  My charges love baking!!

Happy Baking

Simple pizza to make with children

Yesterday I decided to make pizza for my husband. This was the first time I had ever made it for him. Through my own emissions  I am not a cook and do not really do much cooking at home. This often gets mistaken for me not being able to cook which I can do if I have to.   I am lucky at work that I'm not expected to produce gourmet cuisine, thank God!

 One of my charges publically  said the other day she is not keen on pizza any more but love is mine. That is a compliment in a half. So I'm going to share with you my basic pizza recipe.

To make the dough
300g strong bread flour
1 tsp salt
1tsp dried yeast
1tbsp olive oil

Once ingredients  are all measured out mix the flour salt and yeast into a bowl.  Next add the Olive Oil and give it a good mix around till you form a dough which is moist not sticky.  On a well floured clean flat surface knead your dough in a ball shape for about five minutes.
Cover over with a tea towel if you would like your dough to rise more for a thicker based pizza and leave half an hour to forty minutes.  For thin bases this rising period is not essential!

Tomato sauce(for the base)

1 tin of chopped tomatoes
1 squirt of tomato ketchup
Sprinkle of mixed herbs
Some pepper
Basil-dried or fresh and amount your choice
1 clove of garlic crushed
2-3 tbsp of balsamic vinegar

Once garlic has been in pan for a min with a dash of olive oil.  Through in the chopped tomatoes first then gradually add in all the other ingredients and leave to simmer or 5 min on a low heat.

Prepare toppings of choice
For this pizza I used the following:
Lactofree cheese
Pepperoni
Salami
Red pepper
Cherry tomatoes

Constructing the pizza
Turn on oven and preheat at 200
Next rollout your dough and place onto a oven tray which should be well floured.
Cover in your tomato sauce evenly spread all over the base.
Cheese next and should cover the base well.
Then put on toppings.

Finally place in for oven for 15-20 min for thin base.  30-40 mins for thicker base.

That's it enjoy!!!