Annette Syms Mud Cake Food

ANNETTE SYM'S CREAMY TUNA BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven 180ºC fan forced.
• Cook pasta as instructed on packet, leave to one side.
• Thoroughly drain tuna, roughly break up and leave to one side.
• Coat a large non-stick pan with cooking spray, sauté garlic and mushrooms for 2 minutes.
• Add tuna, shallots or onion, corn kernels, cream corn and stock powder and combine.
• In a small bowl combine 4 cheese sauce with boiling water until blended.
• Fold cheese sauce into the mixture in the pan, taking care that the cheese sauce and the other ingredients are well-combined.
• Add pasta and stir well.
• Transfer the tuna pasta mixture to a lightly greased casserole dish.
• Sprinkle cheese over top and bake for 30 minutes or until cheese has melted and browned on top.

ANNETTE SYM'S LOW FAT MANGO CHICKEN

Steps:

• Sauté onion and garlic for 2 minutes in a non-stick pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
• Add chicken and sauté for 5 minutes, or until nearly cooked.
• Combine curry powder, tomato paste and chicken stock powder, and cook for 1 minute.
• Stir in milk and coconut essence.
• Blend cornflour with mango juice, and add to the pan, stirring until the mixture thickens.
• Add the drained mango slices.
• Serve with your favourite boiled rice or pasta.
• VARIATION: Replace mango nectar and canned fruit with apricot nectar and canned apricot halves.

CRUNCHY NUT CHICKEN (LOW FAT)

Steps:

• Preheat oven 180deg C (350 deg F) fan forced.
• Place corn flakes in a plastic bag then using a rolling pin crush finely.
• Add nuts and stock powder into bag and shake, tip onto a flat plate.
• Using a fork beat egg white and milk.
• Dip flattened breasts in egg mixture, then coat each side of chicken with crumbs.
• Place on a flat baking tray that has been coated with cooking spray, spray over top of chicken and bake 25-30 mins or until cooked and coating is golden brown.

ANNETTE SYM'S MUD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• To make cake: Mix chocolate, margarine, sugar, coffee and water in a microwavable bowl. Microwave on MED-HI for about 2 minutes or until all ingredients are dissolved. Stir every minute.
• Stir together applesauce and baking soda. Add to the melted chocolate along with egg whites. Mix well.
• Sift the flour and cocoa powder, then gently fold in until combined.
• Pour into a 19 cm pan greased with cooking spray.
• Bake 45-50 minutes or until cake springs back when touched. Ice when cool.
• Icing: Mix all ingredients together until smooth.Spread over cake then refrigerate.