Banana, white choc chip and pecan cupcakes

This is a rough guesstimate as I didn't really pay attention to how much of what I was using. I'll make it again next time with more accurate measurements

Ingredients

120g butter

100g raw sugar 

3 ripe bananas 

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla essence 

60g milk

1 tsp baking powder

200g plain flour

Handful white choc chips

Handful pecans (or walnuts)

Method 

1. Melt butter and sugar in TM bowl 100d/2 min/sp2

2. Add bananas and blend sp4/20 sec

3. Add egg, vanilla essence, milk, flour and baking powder and mix sp2/20-30sec

4. Scrape down bowl and add choc chips and nuts. Mix on reverse for 15 sec/sp4

5. Spoon mixture into lined/greased cupcake (I used mini cupcake tins in the picture) tins and bake in preheated oven at 180degrees for approximately 20mins or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let it cool on a cooling rack. Enjoy!!

Thermomix pizza dough

You can also hand knead this recipe using the same ingredients (make sure the water is lukewarm). 

But I have a thernomix so it only takes me a few minutes :)

Ingredients

280g water

25g olive oil

1 sachet (1 tbs) of yeast

500g bakers or plain flour

2 tsp salt

Rosemary (optional)

Method

1. Weigh in water and oil and mix for 1min/37d/sp2. Add yeast around 40sec mark

2. Add flour and salt. Mix for 6 sec/sp 8

3. Knead for 2 min

4. Pour dough onto Thermomix mat (or greased bowl) and lightly hand knead forming into a ball. Let it rise until double the size. 

5. Roll dough out into desired pizza sizes. Top with your favourite pizza sauce and toppings. 

6. Bake in preheated 200deg oven for about 20 minutes 

Spinach & cheese lasagna

A very easy and quick comfort food. 

This recipe makes a small batch as I made it for my small family. Can easily double to make a large tray. 

Spinach & cheese ingredients:

1 tub of Aldi Ricotta cheese

1 box of Aldi frozen spinach (squeeze all the liquid out)

1 egg

1-2 handful shredded cheese

Salt and black powdered pepper to taste

Mix in a bowl. Set aside

Lasagna sheet ingredients:

4 eggs

400g flour

15g olive oil

Mix, knead and roll out using pasta machine. 

(Or alternatively, buy a fresh supermarket lasagna sheets... I think they're about $2 for a 250g pack)?

Red sauce:

Just use your favourite pasta sauce!

Or you can buy pasta sauces in jars if you are really cutting time 

Easy to adapt to what you have available in your fridge or pantry. 

To assemble:

Layer red sauce, lasgna sheets, red sauce, spinach & cheese mix in an oven proof tray. 

Repeat until last layer is pasta sheet and a some red sauce on top. 

Sprinkle with more shredded cheese (I also add Parmesan cheese too) as the final layer. 

Bake in preheated oven until the cheese is nice and golden. Serve hot with a side salad.