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Dear Readers, q uick Banana d ate sL ice

If you are looking for a TAST y SLI c E for morning tea that is easy to make, the following may fit the bill. My family all enjoy it and it disappears quickly at garden club meetings.

125g butter

1 cup raw sugar

1 egg

2/ 3 cup mashed banana (about 2 med sized bananas)

1/ 2 cup coconut

3/ 4 cup chopped dates

1/ 2 cup coconut flour

1/ 2 cup wholemeal plain flour

1/ 2 cup wholemeal SR flour

Preheat oven to 175°C.

Grease and line a slice pan with baking paper. Cream butter and sugar with a wooden spoon or food processor, add egg and beat well.

Add mashed banana then rest of ingredients, mixing well with a knife or spatula.

Pour into slice pan and bake for 25–30 minutes. Test centre with a skewer after 20 minutes, if it comes out clean then the slice is cooked.

Allow to cool, delicious fresh as is and it can be warmed up for desert if a few days old.

Lucy Robertson. Dear GR Staff, h ello Grass Roots Knitters, Still reading this great magazine and getting hints. I’m now seeking help from knitters. I’m seeking the pattern for a B AB y S URPRISE J A c KET . So is there anyone that could share one with me for baby and adult? I like to knit for charities and I will cover the costs for postage and copying. I’d be very grateful for some help.

Many thanks for a great magazine. I look forward to receiving my copy and enjoy reading it from cover to cover. Because I live on a property of 60 acres with many animals I pick up lots of good tips on how best to care for them.

I’m giving a subscription to my daughter for her birthday. She’s a school teacher, loves to get her hands dirty with gardening and a few chickens. I know she will love this gift!

Josie Nixon, T ULL y, Q LD .

Joane y earle, 27 The Bucketts Way, W ARDS R IVER , NSW 2422. Dear GR Readers,

I’ve just easily taken off three months’ worth of BUGS stuck on the front of my car. Very hard to wash off. But here’s a solution that makes this job easy.

You make a paste with water and bicarb soda to a runny consistency of thick cream.

Paint this runny thickened mixture on bugs with an old paintbrush. Straight away smaller bugs dissolve. Go back over the larger ‘stuck on’ bugs with the thicker paste that is left in the bottom. It will surprise you how you only have to ‘paint brush’ them away. No scrubbing or hard work.

I don’t know why this mixture dissolves them, but it does. Hope you find my information helpful.

Happy GR reading.

Fellow Readers,

Mark.

I didn’t believe this would work when told about it, but it does. S QUEAK y h INGES can drive you spare, well they drive me mad. I was told by a mate to rub the hinge and parts with a slice of cucumber. No more squeaking!

Ted Fowler, S WAN hILL , V I c.

Dear GR Team,

So sorry I’ve had to ring this through but I have a broken wrist and so can’t manage lots of simple tasks. M ENDING S oc KS – I find it far easier to cut the end off once the toe has gone through and zigzag across with the sewing machine rather than darning.

Another tip is getting full value from toothpaste, creams and salves that come in a tube by cutting the end off and squeezing the tube firmly so I get to use every last drop. It’s surprising how much is there.

Janice h orsfield, T ALLANGATTA , V I c.

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