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Baked Sweet Potato Fries

Feel like getting a little naughty?

Portion for: 2-3 people
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes

What you need?
3 Sweet Potatoes (peeled with some skin left; sliced into strip size you desire)
Cooking Oil
1tbsp Paprika Powder

Some Salt

How to make?
1 Preheat oven to 230°C.
2 Line baking tray with baking sheet.
3 Put Sweet Potatoes into a large mixing bowl. Toss in oil and Paprika Powder.
4 Spread them onto the baking tray. Bake them for about 20 minutes until golden brown, turning them occasionally.
5 Transfer them onto layers of kitchen towel to absorb excess oil. Let them cool for about 8 minutes.
6 Sprinkle some salt onto the fries before serving.

Banana Chocolate Loaf

This makes a great loaf in a 21cm x 11cm loaf tin. It tastes great warm with Vanilla Ice Cream :-)

What you need?
2 large ripe Bananas (mashed)
1/2 cup Sugar
1 Egg
50g Butter (softened, cut to smaller chunks)
1/2tsp Cinnamon Powder
1 1/2 cup Self-raising Flour (sieved)
1tbsp Milk
100g Dark Cooking Chocolate (chopped) (or 2tbsp Nutella)
1/2 cup Walnut (chopped)

How to cook?
1 Mix all ingredients together except Walnut and Chocolate.
2 Gently mix in Chocolate and half of the Walnut.
3 Pour cake mix into lined loaf tin.
4 Sprinkle with the remaining Walnut.
5 Bake in 180°C oven for approximately 50 minutes.

Asparagus in Ginger Miso Sauce

Portion for: 3-4 people
Preparation time: 5-7 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes

What you need?
500g Asparagus (woody ends removed)
2 knobs of Butter (room temparature)
1tsp Miso paste (mixed with 2tsp water)
1/2tsp Freshly Grated Ginger
1 clove Garlic (finely chopped)
1/2tsp Sesame Oil
1/2tsp Sugar
1/4tsp Fish Sauce
Sesame Seeds (garnishing)

How to cook?
1 Preheat oven to 190°C. Spread asparagus evenly on baking tray. Place butter on asparagus. Lightly mix them up. Bake asparagus for approximately 10 minutes. Thick asparagus may need longer cooking time.
2 Mix together the remaining ingredients to make the Ginger Miso sauce.
3 Pour sauce onto cooked asparagus and garnish with sesame seeds.

Enoki in Bacon Strips

200g Enoki Mushrooms (base trimmed & divided into 20 bundles)
10 strips of Bacon (halved into 20 long strips)
2 Spring Onion leaves (cut to mushroom length)
Black Pepper (freshly ground)

Cucumber strips