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Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies

Chocolate chunk cookies

Submitted by: Rebekah

8 oz butter

8 oz sugar

10 oz plain flour

2 tspn baking powder

6 oz oats

2 eggs

400g dark chocolate cut into chunks
400g white chocolate cut into chunks



Cream butter and sugar together and add eggs.
Combine flour, baking powder oats and chocolate and add to the mixture and mix with your hands!!
Bake at 175'C for 8-12 minutes oven dependant.

Enjoy because we all know that chocolate is a vegetable!

Souper Soups

Souper Soups

Submitted by: Rebekah

Roasted Butternut Squash and Red Pepper Soup


1 medium butternut squash
3 peppers (red, yellow or orange-NOT GREEN)
Olive oil
Rosemary
Coarse black pepper
Sea salt
Chicken stock 2-3 pints
§ Chop up the vegetables and sprinkle with oil, rosemary, sea salt and black pepper.
§ Roast for approx 1 hour (oven dependent) at 200oC
§ Make up the stock as directed
§ In a large pan add half the stock to the vegetables and blend with a blitzer mixer
§ Add more stock as required
§ Serve or freeze after cooling as desired

Leek and Potato Soup

1kg Potatoes
2 large leeks
Butter
2 bay leaves
Salt
Pepper
½ pint single cream
Vegetable stock (2 pints)
§ Wash and slice the leek and fry in the butter for about 5 minutes
§ Chop the potatoes into small pieces and add to the pan along with the bay leaves, salt and pepper
§ Cover with stock and boil for 45 minutes
§ Blend and add the cream
§ Serve or freeze after cooling as desired

New Cookery Blog

I decided that its high time I created a cooking blog as I delight in all things of a culinary nature. I will add any recipe that is sent to me and acknowledge the sender. Preferably send recipes with a photograph of the finished article. If you do not already have my email address please use delectatiousdelights@googlemail.com. Here's to the sharing of recipes and delectatious delights!