In the world kitchen! NZ!

GINGER SLICE.

150g butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp golden syrup
3/4 cup plain flour
1.5 tsp baking powder
1.5 tsp ground ginger
1.5 cups whole oats
¾ cup desiccated coconut

Icing150g butter
2 – 3 cups icing sugar, sifted
3 tbsp golden syrup
4 tsp ground ginger

Method

Preheat the oven to 180c. Line a 32cm x 22cm slice tin with baking paper.

Melt the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a large saucepan over a medium heat, stirring gently to combine. Remove from the heat.

Sift the flour, baking powder and ginger into the pan with the buttery mixture. Add the oats and coconut, and fold to combine. Press the mixture into the prepared tin and smooth out with the back of a spoon. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Remove and leave in the tin.

Heat the icing ingredients (2 cups of the icing sugar) in a saucepan (just rinse the one you used for the base), stirring over a medium heat until melted. If the butter isn’t all mixing in nicely, add more icing sugar until you have a nice smooth icing – up to a cup more icing sugar. Pour over the warm slice. Leave in the tin to cool then cut into slices. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week

                             
Sweet as!

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Goes without saying!

Gypsy NZ! Road trip travel tips!

 A camping, road trip can give you the freedom to come and go as you please. We have compiled some tips to  help make the gypsy life easier.



*Go to tourist information center when you arrive in a town. They will tell you a suitable place to stay as well as what to do in the area.

*DOC (department of conservation) camp sites are truly beautiful. At $6 per person per night, it is a fantastic to get away into nature. These are very basic camp spots in picturesque surroundings. There are toilets and camp fires and that is about it folks!

*Shop around for tours or cruises. Jucy offers the same deal at a cheaper price. You even get a further discount if you show your Jucy key tag.

*Travel clothes line is great for drying underwear whilst on the move.

*Ensure your fuel tank is full  before you leave each town.

*Make sure you have a couple of basic meals stocked up in case you stop for the night away from a town.

*Golden rule of road trip travel is to be settled in camp site by 4 pm each day.

*Purchase a bucket, so you don't have to leave the van for that midnight wee.

*Read van manual. Then you will realise that ! red light means that the hand brake is still on and not that the engine is going to explode. Knowing your van also helps when it comes to emptying gray water and filling up fresh tank.

*Just because the title has beach in it, don't assume it is anywhere near the beach.


What are you waiting for? Hit the road, Jack!