Deirdre loves cooking and enjoys teaching kids about food - something she does three times at week at the Busy Bees kindergarten in Havelock North. We spoke to her while she whipped up a batch of cheese puffs in her townhouse at James Wattie Village.
Watch her journey into teaching, retirement and still working. Plus, we’ve included the recipe to her cheese puffs which were gobbled up by our camera crew because they’re delicious!
Deirdre's cheese puff recipe
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- ½ cup of milk
- 1 cup of flour
- Pinch of salt and pepper
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups of grated tasty cheese
- Optional: pinch of mixed herbs, paprika, cayenne pepper
Method
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius bake.
- Beat together the egg and milk in a bowl.
- Add the rest of the ingredients to the liquid mixture. Be careful not to overmix.
- Put dollops of mixture (18 approximately) on a tray lined with baking paper and bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
- Serve hot and enjoy!
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