Category: Food and Drink

Easter treats – Cadbury Creme Egg Brownies

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Easter. Its that time of year when we gorge ourselves on chocolate and find it hard to get off the sofa afterwards… But it’s worth it right?

Too much of the same chocolate can be a bit boring though, so how about something different to the usual Easter eggs?

We found this recipe via Facebook and HAD to share it with you all  (we’re all currently drooling over the picture too).

So what are you waiting for? Go on, get baking!

 

Freshly baked brownies with half a creme egg in the middle in a baking tray.

What you need:

  • 185g unsalted butter
  • 185g best dark chocolate
  • 85g plain flour
  • 40g cocoa powder
  • 3 large eggs
  • 275g golden caster sugar
  • 6 Cadbury’s Crème eggs cut in half.

How to make:

 

  1. Preheat the oven to 160C and grease a 20 cm square baking tin.
  2. Melt the butter and dark chocolate together either in the microwave or in a bowl over boiling water.
  3. Break 3 large eggs into a large bowl and tip in 275g golden caster sugar. With an electric mixer on maximum speed, whisk the eggs and sugar until they look thick and creamy, like a milk shake. This can take 3-8 minutes. You will know it’s ready when the mixture becomes really pale and about double its original volume.
  4. Pour the cooled chocolate mixture over the eggy mousse, and then gently fold together.
  5. Hold a sieve over the bowl of eggy chocolate mixture and sift the cocoa and flour mixture, shaking the sieve from side to side, to cover the top evenly. Gently fold in to the mixture.
  6. Pour into the baking tin and cook for 15 minutes then take out of the over and gently press the cadburys crème egg halves into the mix, spacing them apart evenly. Put back in the over for another 5-10 minutes.
  7. Leave to cool before removing from tin and cutting into squares.

 

Share your brownies with friends or be greedy and eat them all for yourself.
These are the ULTIMATE Easter treat!

Oh and don’t forget to take a picture and send them in to us, we want to see them!

 

Cheap eats – Sausage Casserole

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It’s hard to find time to cook a proper meal at university, especially if you’re a second or third year with a lot of work on.

You rush in after a long day, try to eat as fast as possible and then it’s straight back out again.

Sometimes it’s easy to think you’ll just have beans on toast or instant noodles, but it isn’t always filling or healthy.

And there’s always a time when you’ll realise that you can’t afford those tasty and easy ready meals in Tesco. Maybe because you spend a little too much in that night club last night…

Soooooo Yellow Belly is here to help (along with www.greatlittleideas.com)

Here’s a cheap and easy meal to cook and eat. It’s also one which can feed hungry house mates too.

Tasty sausage casserole

RECIPE_Sausage-Casserole

Serves 4
What you need:

  • 8 sausages (of your own choice) – for cheap sausages try your local market or you can also a pack of 8 from Poundland
  • 1 jar of Homepride Sausage Casserole sauce
  • 4 medium potatoes, thinly sliced
  • an ovenproof dish
  • butter
  • vegetables (carrots, green beans, parnips etc)

How to make:

  1. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees/gas mark 5
  2. Gently grill/fry your sausages until they are evenly browned
  3. Place the sausages into the ovenproof dish and pour in the Homepride sauce
  4. Add the vegetables of your choice
  5. Layer the sliced potatoes over your sausages and vegetables and bake for 35 minutes

 

You can share this delicious dish with housemates/flatmates or use less ingredients for your own portion.

It’s a hearty meal which will keep you happy and full.

Let us know your favourite meals to make for cheap!

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

Calling All Nutella Addicts!

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Hi. My name is Nyasha and I am addicted to Nutella. I say that with no shame whatsoever however my bank account may say otherwise. This amazing substance of joy that’s been captivating chocolate lovers for decades is not the cheapest of items. Nutella can be an expensive addiction for students; we all know that every penny helps.

So if you’ve been so wise as to use up most of your loan but still wish to have the little luxuries of Nutella, here’s how to make it yourself!

Ingredients

  • 275g Hazelnuts
  • 6 tablespoon Cocoa Powder
  • 150g Icing Sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 3/4 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 175ml Rapeseed Oil/Vegetable Oil

 

Instructions

  1. Roast the hazelnuts in the oven on 200C for about 10 minutes until slightly browning.
  2. Add the hazelnuts to a food processor and puree until they are very smooth.
  3. Add the sugar, salt, vanilla and cocoa powder and then puree for 30 seconds.
  4. Add the canola oil and puree for 30 seconds more.
  5. If you have a sieve then strain the mixture to get the last bit out, if not then you can enjoy it a little lumpy.
  6. Enjoy!

 

There, easy steps on how to make your own stash of the gorgeous Nutella. Pop down to Tesco, Morrisons and the like, you can usually find all the ingredients at the local supermarkets.

 

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