Free Recipes
For Your Baby Shower Day

This fantastic selection of free recipes will certainly go down a treat with your friends, family and guests.

Easy to cook finger food recipes are a real must for your baby shower day. They are so quick and simple to prepare and will be gone before you know it.

The great advantage with finger foods is that they are a great way to bulk out your main party food dishes.

They are also superb for buffet style baby shower parties, letting the guests help them self as and when they please.

This fantastic selection of free recipes can be eaten hot or cold.

Finger Food Free Recipes

Cheese and Courgette Muffin Mix

Makes 12 Delicious Muffins.

Delicious free recipes to make and bake.

Ingredients

175g Courgettes - Grated
200g Cheddar Cheese - Grated
250g Self Raising Flour
1 tspn Bicarbonate of Soda
1/2 tspn of Salt
7 fl oz Milk
1 Egg
4 Table Spoons Olive Oil

Method

Place your paper cases in a muffin tin and preheat the oven to gas mark 5, 190c.

Using a mixing bowl place the grated courgettes and cheese into the bowl and sift in the flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda, mix all the ingredients together.

Once done put the olive oil, egg and milk into a measuring jug and beat the ingredients well with a fork. Pour the mixture over the courgettes and cheese ingredients and stir until just mixed.

Once the ingredients is mixed together start to spoon the mixture into the muffin cases. Fill each muffin case so that it is nearly full.

Pop the muffins into your preheated oven and bake for 20-25 minutes or until the muffins have risen, have a golden color and are firm to touch.

Take out of the oven and allow to cool in their muffin cases for 10 - 15 minutes. Transfer over to the cooling rack.

Enjoy the muffins hot or cold.

Cornbread Delight

Makes 12

Cornbread can be used with so many different foods, it's great with cheese and pickles, on it's own with butter or with delicious tasty soups. Can be served hot or cold.

Ingredients

One Knob of Butter For Greasing The Baking Tin
225g Plain Flour
200g Cornmeal
1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
1 Teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
1 Teaspoon of Salt
3/4 Pint Plain Yogurt
3 1/2 fl oz Milk
2 fl oz Maple Syrup
2 oz Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
2 oz Melted Butter

Method

Grease the baking tin all over with butter and set the oven to 180c - Gas Mark 4.

Sift your flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cornmeal and salt into a large mixing bowl and mix all the ingredients together.

Using another mixing bowl. Put the yogurt, maple syrup, milk, eggs and melted butter into the bowl and beat the ingredients with either a whisk or fork.

Pour your first bowl that consists of the dry ingredients into the wet mixture and mix them together, making sure not to over mix as the cornbread may become tough. Just stir enough so the ingredients resembles a batter like texture.

Once complete pour the mixture into the prepared baking tin and pop in the oven and allow to bake for 20-25 minutes or until the top is golden brown.

Test the cornbread with a skewer, poke the skewer into the middle and it should come out clean.

When the cornbread is cooked take out of oven and allow to cool in the tin for a couple of minutes. Tip the cornbread onto a cooling rack and allow to cool a little more, cut into 12 squares and serve either warm or cold.

Delicious free recipes that are quick and easy to prepare.

Party Quiches - Free Recipes

These little quiches are great fun to make and can be filled with your favorite fillings. You can prepare the quiches in advance and can be eaten hot or cold.

Ingredients

12 oz Ready Rolled Shortcrust Pastry - If frozen allow to thaw and take out of the refrigerator 15 minutes before using.
Pinch of Salt
2 Spring Onions - Chopped
2 oz Cheddar Cheese - Grated
5 Cherry Tomatoes - Chopped
4 Slices Ham - Diced
7 fl oz Milk
2 Eggs
Cooking Oil
Plain Flour - For Dusting

Method

Using your patty tins, drizzle a little oil into the patty tin cups and smear the oil all over each one, set the oven to 220C - Gas Mark 7.

Once done sprinkle a little flour onto the kitchen work surface and unroll the shortcrust pastry. Flatten the pastry with the balls of your hands.

Using a cutter stamp out circles in the pastry and place the pastry circles into the patty tin cups, gently press the pastry down with your fingertips.

Next put the milk, eggs and salt into a mixing bowl and beat the ingredients with a fork.

Once beaten, place the spring onions, cherry tomatoes and ham all together in a separate bowl and mix. Spoon the ingredients into each patty tin cup using a dessert spoon.

Once all the ingredients has been spooned in pour some of the wet mixture (milk, eggs and salt) over each patty tin cup.

Sprinkle some grated cheese over the top of each one and bake for 20 minutes or until set and golden in color.

Enjoy the party quiches hot or cold.