We're back with a fun little video where we test out some unique looking food, or snacks with slightly different recipes to the mainstream brands that we usually find. The snacks include:

• Prawn Crackers
• Coconut Flavoured Nuts
• Salt and Vinegar Chips
• Gluten Free Cheese Twists
• Kit Kats from the UK
• Boy Bawang Nuts
• Wafer Sticks

As a group we all contributed to the making of this final post. However, special mentions to Evan, for recording, editing and uploading the video and to Dione, for booking the space in which we filmed and bringing in some goodies. The rest of DeepFried for coming up with the final video idea, drafting and embedding this final post, and bringing in several snacks to try and review.

Here are our thoughts on the snacks and our raw, real time reactions to them.

Enjoy!

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Earlier this week there was a 50% off deal at Domino's for any pizza on their standard menu, and I thought to myself what better reason do I need to get pizza than this? 

There's never a bad time to get pizza and the discount was just icing on the cake. 

Pizza is a magical dish that brings everyone together at the call of its name.  

There is no better feeling after spending all day working than to call up your family and friends and invite them over to share a slice. And that is why pizza is so special to me.  

It doesn't matter who the person is, where they are from, what allergies they have, there will always be pizza out there with their name on it and a group of friends to share it with.

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Recently I've been craving all things lemon -- if you couldn't already tell from my last post. It might be because they taste so fresh and tangy and leave you feeling nice and clean on the inside or maybe its because I haven't had them in a really long time either way there's something about this sour fruit that gets everyone hooked. So today I'm going to share this delicious lemonade recipe that hits the spot. So lets get started.

Approximately 7 or 8 lemons

150g of sugar

 500ml of water

Roll the lemons around with firm pressure to make them easier to juice. After washing, zest the lemons and add about 500ml of water to a pan and bring to the bowl. Add sugar and the zest and leave it over the heat for about five minutes -- make sure the sugar is completely dissolved. Strain the zest mixture to remove the zest pour it into the lemon juice. Pour this collective mixture and pour into a pitcher and add water to your taste (you can add sparkling water if you would like).

Enjoy!  

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This recipe is a family favourite of mine: Lemon Meringue Pie. Its a simple classic that always looks fancier than it actually is. Watch it get devoured instantly at your dinner table.

150g Arnotts milk arrowroot biscuits 

50g melted butter 

3 egg whites

120g and 150g caster sugar (keep these two amounts separate)

2 large lemons (limes will also do)

2 eggs

100g cubed cold butter 

1 tsp heaped corn flour

Bash the biscuits into a fine powdery/bread crumb consistency. Melt the butter and pour it onto the biscuits and make sure the mixture is evenly coated. Spread the mixture onto the base of a springform pan, press it down and leave in the fridge to set.

To make the lemon curd, zest the lemon rinds and squeeze out the juice into a pan over low heat. Add the eggs and whisk while adding sugar. Add the cold butter and cornflower and keep stirring until it comes to a simmer. Take it off the heat the moment it becomes a thick consistency. Pour it over the biscuit layer and put it back into the fridge.

In a clean bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Add in the caster sugar and beat. Pile the egg whites on to lemon curd and place the springform pan under a very hot grill for under 5 minutes.

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As our society's consumeristic ways condition us to be more wasteful and less resourceful with our daily items we see an increase of unnecessary waste being created -- waste that then goes on to further destroy our environment. 

A good idea would be to encourage people to get into the idea of using safe, biodegradable products for multiple purposes. There's nothing better than food to do exactly that. The best thing about using food items as replacements for other stuff such as cleaning chemicals is that it can do the job just as well (contrary to popular belief) and they are non toxic. 

A popular choice for this kind of versatility is coconut oil! Here are some ways you can put your coconut oil to good use. 

1. You can use your coconut oil as a moisturiser.

2. You can use it as a natural deodorant (its naturally very anti-microbial and anti-fungal, I know, the 'eww' factor at first is pretty strong but it works).

3. Use it as a replacement for olive oil in frying and cooking (its better for your health apparently).

4. Mix a reasonable amount of coconut oil with a tablespoon of chia seeds for a natural energy boost (be warned: don't do this before sleeping).

5. Massage lukewarm coconut oil onto your scalp as hair oil treatment.

  

6. Instead of using risky bleaching agents to whiten your teeth, mix a bit of coconut oil with turmeric powder or baking soda and leave on your teeth for 5 minutes. 

7. Use coconut oil instead of shaving cream.

8. Use coconut oil instead of using a makeup remover.

9. Mix sugar and coconut oil to use a scrub in the shower.

10. Use coconut oil instead of cream or milk in your coffee.

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The last time I did a trending post it was on something current on the here and now. This time I'm taking it back about a year ago when Maccas introduced their delivery services in selected restaurants known as McDelivery. I'm sure you've all seen those posts on social media with everyone's obsession with chicken nuggets and even that photo a group of friends surrounding a table full of fries. Some may look at those photos in disgust, while others looked in complete awe and curiosity

Proud to say I looked in disgust was part of the others.

For my friends 18th birthday, we decided to order about $150 worth of Maccas for the fun of it instead of getting wasted. We stayed in all night and were so euphoric about what we had done.

Here's what our night looked like:

(Serious business taking place)

(We also had soft drinks on the side!)

This is not something that is practical for a large group of people. It's costly, timely and not the most filling of meals. But if you want to do something out of the ordinary maybe a Maccas party (teen style) may tickle your fancy!

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Naturally, I'm the kind of person who likes to spend time in the kitchen but doesn't exactly get every creation to taste as delectable as they were intended to be. This is probably due to my lack of ‘kitchen skills’ so to speak or maybe it’s because despite my undying love for eating good food I am actually quite clueless when it comes to making it.

Now you may be thinking, “Why don't just follow a recipe then, duh?” and that’s actually a good point, touche, but even when it comes to following recipes I have difficulty getting it right. Normally when I see words like ‘julienne’, ‘sautee’ and ‘repose’ in a recipe I end up with an over (or sometimes under) cooked, nightmarish mess that nobody wants to eat and I end up getting reprimanded for wasting food. 

So is there hope for someone like me? I like to think so, and that hope my friends comes by cheating the system and hacking your way to perfection. Here we have my top ten food hacks from all around the inter webs    designed to get your cooking on point.

HACK 1: If an egg shell breaks into tiny pieces that float around in your egg and swim away whenever you try to pluck it out, try this hack. Dip your fingers into water, then take the shell out. You're welcome.

HACK 2: If you have an electric knife and somehow you need to cut off corn kernels from loads of knobs put the two together. You’ll get the job done a lot quicker.

HACK 3: If you like traditional oats for breakfast but you don't like instant oats for some crazy reason, or maybe you need to go somewhere in a jiffy and this place has no hot water just a microwave then try making your oats the night before, freeze them in muffin tins and then transfer them into a bag or container so you have your portion size all ready for thawing and eating. 

HACK 4: Cook your bacon on a waffle iron for 2 minutes each side. It wont shrink or dry out.

HACK 5: If you want to add some flair to your tea try this: add milk and crushed oreos to an ice cube tray. Freeze and pop into your hot tea or other warm beverage. 

HACK 6: If you have fancy guests coming over for some chit chat and all you have in house is white bread, cheese and ham, have no fear. Cut the edges off the bread slices and place the cheese and ham onto one side. Roll them up (You can dip them in some egg wash if you have eggs lying around) and fry them. Serve with some fancy tomato sauce and no one would be the wiser.

HACK 7: If you hate getting gooey liquids stuck onto your measuring utensils, spray them with some oil or non stick spray first. 

HACK 8: If you like bananas and you're craving some ice cream, freeze your bananas and then process them until you get some banana soft serve.

HACK 9: Wrap your bananas at the top (where the woody bit is) with some cling wrap to make them last up to a whopping four days longer. Wow!

HACK 10: If you don't want to cry like a baby when your cutting up some onions then cut them under the hood fan of your stove.

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