Sue Evans Fund for Families. A community charity inspired by Sue Evans who lost her life in the Black Saturday bushfires. This book has been compiled by staff at the Maternal and Child Health Line, to raise funds for the Sue Evans Fund for Families, a community charity inspired by Sue Evans who lost her life in the Black Saturday bushfires. Grateful thanks to Kristy Lillyst for typing and to Sophie Gaur for the illustrations, layout & design. The Sue Evans Fund for Families This book has been compiled to raise funds for the Sue Evans Fund for Families, a community charity inspired by Sue Evans who lost her life in the Black Saturday bushfires. This is a selection of tried and true family favourites from the work colleagues of Sue’s sister Carolyn. The love of food and the importance of sharing good food in the well- being of families has led to sharing lots of recipes over a number of years in our workplace. Sue’s charity has been created to assist the vulnerable families of the community. The charity will: • assist people in their recovery from the Black Saturday bushfires, • assist families who need additional support through the parents’ well-being groups; and, • help to fund future editions of a book on traumatic grief that has been written by the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement. Support for families in the community. Sisters do not come much closer than Sue and Carolyn. They shared their lives and their dreams. Their hearts were sufficiently full as to look to the needs of others. Sue, Carolyn’s sister, tragically died in the Black Saturday bushfires in Strathewen, along with Sue’s partner, Bob, Sue’s son and his two mates. Sue and Bob owned the pet shop in Diamond Creek for nine years and were well-known and well-liked in the community, and gave so much of themselves. The bushfires were the worst in Australia’s history, and have had a devastating impact across Victoria. Sue and Carolyn were going to start a charity together before the bushfires. To make their dream a reality, Carolyn has taken the baton alone and is following through on their planned dream – Sue Evans Fund for Families. Carolyn has written a book about motherhood and postnatal depression, and one-third of the proceeds from the book will go to Sue’s charity. Carolyn said: “We would like to be able to help the community in this way, in memory of Sue and her beautiful family.” Grateful thanks to Kristy Lillyst for typing and to Sophie Gaur for the illustrations, layout & design. Entrees & Nibbles Mains Feta and Broad Bean Dip 1 Nola’s Beautiful Chicken Jenny’s Spinach Dip 2 with Potatoes 33 Spicy Carrot Dip 3 Thai Chicken Patties 34 Mary’s Baked Ricotta 4 Chicken Hotpot 35 Cheese Puffs 5 Jane’s Camping Little Chicken Meatballs 6 Holiday Recipe 36 Wrapped Pears 7 Spicy Baked Meatballs 37 Chicken Sandwiches 8 Sue’s version of Jamie Oliver’s Meatloaf 38 Savoury Mince with Topping 40 Salads Low Fat Kofta Curry 41 Cous Cous Salad 11 M’C Mummy Burgers 42 Cypriot Grain Salad 12 Kashmiri Lamb 43 Japanese Quinoa Salad 13 Superb Marinated Pork Fillet Pea, Mint and Spinach Salad 14 Roasted on Rhubarb 44 Yellow Vegetable Salad 15 Thai Fish Bake for Two 45 Spinach &Strawberry Salad 16 Atlantic Salmon Spiral Pasta Salad 17 with Udon Noodles 46 Middle Eastern Fattoush Salad 18 Tuna pasta Chinese Chicken Salad 19 for the kids to make 47 Middle Eastern Chicken Pumpkin, Spinach & Grilled Capsicum Salad 20 & Feta Frittata 48 Vegetable Tagine 49 Light Meals & Soups Risotto of Tomato and Basil 50 Zucchini Fritters 51 Socca 23 Rigatoni con Verdue 52 Spicy Fridge Rice 24 Dutch Egg Casserole 53 Tomato & Parmesan Chorizo & Saffron Rice 54 Rice Cakes 25 Feta & Olive Pies 26 Lazy Man’s Quiche 27 Sweet Potato & Coconut Cream Soup 28 Pumpkin Soup 29 Red Lentil & Tomato Soup 30 Cakes, Cookies & Slices Desserts & Sweets Apple & Pecan Cake 57 Baked Fruit with Honey 79 Old fashioned Sultana Cake 58 Italian Berry Dessert (Trifle) 80 White Chocolate & Orange No fail Lemon Meringue Pie 81 Muffins 59 Fig Torte 82 Crushed Orange Tiramisu 83 & Almond Cake 60 Chocolate Raspberry Pavlova 84 The Sponge 61 Lemon Tart 85 Basic Cake Chocolate Mousse 86 to be Personalised by You 62 Everybody’s Tried & True Macaroon Syrup Cake 63 Flourless Chocolate Cake 87 Nonna’s Ricotta Cake 64 Plum Dessert Cake 88 Gluten Free Choc Brownie Mini Baked Cheesecakes 89 with Chestnut Flour 65 Rocky Road 90 Mary’s Lemon Syrup Cake 66 Banana Bread 67 Miscellaneous Easy Fruit Slice 68 The Lattice Slice 69 Quick Easy Bircher Muesli 93 Claire’s Florentine Slice 70 The New York Times’ Chocolate Chip Cookies 71 No Knead Bread 94 Anzac Biscuits 72 Scroggin Recipe 96 Cecelia’s Melting Moments 73 Effie’s Cauliflower Coconut Rough Biscuits 74 or Choko Pickles 97 Festive Christmas Cake 75 Anda’s Tomato & Café Hedgehog Slice 76 Capsicum Chutney 98 Spiced Fruit Chutney 100 Tomato Relish 101 Brandy Cream 102 Lemon Butter 103 Dr Harry’s Canine Cookies 104 Contents Entrees & Nibbles Feta and Broad Bean DIP Jenny’S Spinach DIP Spicy Carrot DIP Mary’S Baked RicottA 7 Cheese PuffS Little Chicken Meatballs Wrapped PearS Chicken Sandwiches les & NIBB ees R nt E • es I L I M OR FA F D FOO In bowl of food processor combine broad beans, ricotta, feta feta beans,ricotta, broad combine processor In bowloffood Feta andBroadBeanDip Place in a serving bowl, drizzle with olive oil and scatter witholiveoilandscatter bowl,drizzle inaserving Place Refresh under cold water and remove skins. andremove water undercold Refresh and garlic. Process untilsmooth. and garlic.Process Cook broad beans until tender. beansuntiltender. broad Cook 1 small clove ofgarlic,crushed clove 1 small 2 cups of frozen broad beans broad 2 cupsoffrozen extra virgin olive oil to serve oliveoilto virgin extra smoked paprika to serve to paprika smoked 100g marinated feta 100g marinated I paprika ontop. paprika ngredients 100g ricotta M ethod FOOD FOR FAMILIes • EntRees & NIBBles 1 FOOD FOR FAMILIes • EntRees & NIBBles 2 mine now, because because now, mine recipe originally, but it is is it but originally, recipe Mix together and refrigerate until soup mix softens. mixsoftens. untilsoup andrefrigerate Mix together my not is ‘This 1 pkt frozen spinach (defrosted, drained andchopped) drained spinach(defrosted, 1 pktfrozen famous!!’ it Jenny’s SpinachDip – Jenny – 1 pkt spring vegetable soup mix soup 1 pktspringvegetable I’ve 3 spring onions, finely sliced 3 springonions,finely made made 2 tbspmayonnaise 400ml sour cream 400ml sour I ngredients M ethod A healthy option. Makes a lot and keeps well in the fridge. Spicy Carrot Dip Ingredients 1 kg carrots 1 tsp cumin 1 tsp turmeric 3 tsp grated fresh ginger 2 cloves crushed garlic 1 tbsp oil 2 tbsp lemon juice ½ cup hummus chopped coriander leaves 3 Method Peel, chop and steam/microwave carrots. Drain, cool and puree. Heat oil and saute cumin, turmeric, ginger and garlic. Add to carrots. les Add lemon juice and hummus. Add coriander prior to serving. & NIBB ees R nt E • es I L I M OR FA F D FOO ‘This is an idea rather than a set recipe.’ Mary’s Baked Ricotta Ingredients 2 cups fresh ricotta cheese 1 egg Mix these well and then flavour to your taste. Savoury version options - any of these 2 tbsp basil pesto 2 tbsp red capsicum pesto ½ cup sliced black olives ½ cup sundried tomatoes 4 2 tbsp caramelised onions Sweet versions - any of these (good with fruit) honey/maple syrup/sugar cinnamon les Method & NIBB Pile the mix on a baking tray lined with baking paper. ees R Drizzle a little olive oil over. nt E Bake at 180°C until golden - about 25 minutes. • This tastes best served at room temperature. es I L I M OR FA F D FOO Janet freezes gruyere cheese in 100g blocks to have some on hand. These are a quick good emergency option. Cheese Puffs Ingredients 1 cup water 90g butter 1 cup plain flour 3 eggs pinch of salt, pepper and nutmeg 100g grated gruyere cheese Method 5 Bring water and butter to the boil in a saucepan. Add flour all in one go and mix, it will form a ball. Add eggs one at a time, then add grated cheese, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Shape into teaspoon sized balls and bake on a greased tray at les 200°C for approximately 20-25 minutes. Best eaten warm with chutney or quince paste & NIBB ees R nt E • es I L I M OR FA F D FOO Little Chicken Meatballs Ingredients 500g minced chicken 1 cup grated carrot 2 cloves garlic, crushed 2 tbsp grated lemon rind 1 or 2 fresh chillies, finely chopped 2 tbsp fresh coriander, chopped light vegetable oil for frying Method 6 Mix everything togther, and form the mix into little balls. Fry them and drain on paper towel. les These can be served with dipping sauce (eg sweet chilli soya sauce) & NIBB as an entree, or as ees part of a buffet. R They also freeze well. nt E • es I L I M OR FA F D FOO Wrapped Pears Ingredients 4 pears 500ml verjuice or dry white wine 6 peppercorns 2 bay leaves 4 cherry bocconcini 8 slices prosciutto Method 7 Peel pears, leaving stalks on and keeping them whole. Brush with lemon juice. Place snugly in a pan upright in a mixture of verjuice (or wine), peppercorns and bay leaves.