Pickled peppers

4 capsicums

3 tbsp salt

1 cup white vinegar

3/4 cup sugar

2-3 cloves garlic - peeled and finely diced

1 inch root ginger - peeled and diced

2 tsp yellow mustard seeds

1/ slice capsicum finely- mix with salt, cover and sit over night in fridge

2/ next day drain and wash capsicums - add all ingredients to a pot and bring to the boil.

3/ summer for an hour then bottle in the usual way

Red Hot Capsicum Jelly

Awesome flavour explosion

Easy to make

Ingredients

1 cup fresh chillies

1.5-2 cups red capsicum

1 green apple cored

1 cup white vinegar

2 cups sugar

Chop the chillies apple and capsicum in a food processor

Put in a medium pot with the vinegar and sugar

Bring to the boil then cook for 25-30 mins until the Kelly thickens

Bottle in the usual way.  Makes 3 small jars of intense flavour.

Made Up Marrow banana cake

I had brown splodgy bananas which no one will eat and are always destined for some form of baked good.

Recently I experimented with making cake with grated marrow as one of the main ingredients.  It was very tasty as I had used lemon and marmalade to substitute for most of the sugar.

Round two I thought but this time I would use stewed apple and banana to provide the sweetness.  

All was going to plan as I mashed and grated and mixed the wet ingredients. To the cupboard for flour and baking soda...

Very little of the former and none of the latter.  After searching the pantry I managed to pull together a mix of flours and cereals. And 1 small tsp of baking powder.

It is baking now and smells fantastic but I think it will be a dense slice rather than a proper cake.  As long as tastes nice with coffee I'm happy.

1 cup stewed apple

3 small ripe bananas

1.5-2 cups grated marrow

1 tsp vanilla essence

60 gm cranberries

3 tablespoons brown sugar

70 gm flour

130 gm cornflour

3 crushed weetbix

1 cup Allbran

1 tsp baking powder

Mix the wet and dry ingredients separately, then combine them together. Bake at 160c and hope for the best.

To make the cake as I planned use 3 cups of self raising flour and mix a teaspoon of baking soda into the wet ingredients just before adding the flour.