Aaaah! I gave in! After eating enough tangelos to last me a life time, I still had many leftover. There they were, on the counter, staring at me in their big brown bowl. I tend not to bake very much as I usually prefer savoury dishes over sweet ones. I didn’t want to complicate things [...]
One, two or three!
What do you do when you have leftover ingredients from the Joust? And a fridge full of unused fruit? You make fruit salad! Or as “modern” publications call them….Fruit Cups. Seriously though, its a good way to increase your fruit intake. Chop up a whole batch [...]
Pixie from “You Say Tomatoh, I Say Tomayto” and Rosie from “Rosie Bakes, A Peace Of Cake” are holding a food blogging event titled “Putting Up”. These lovely lasses are asking for us to submit recipes relating to home made preserves, jams, jellies, curds, butters etc… I recently had the pleasure of making [...]
Strawberries and Mascarpone…a great marriage
I’m continuing with my romantic desserts again. But even if you don’t feel the “love” you can still cook them and enjoy them anyway. I hope you enjoyed the panacotta I dished up yesterday. Today’s sexy dessert marries two of those ingredients that again were destined to [...]
Dessert for two
Its that time of the year again. Its approaching Valentines Day. You know you want to impress your loved one. Instead of going out for dinner and paying the over exorbitant prices they charge for that one day of the year, stay at home and cook something sensual. Before [...]
Cherries are abundant this time of the year
Hope everyone had a few busy days. I did. I had problems with my blog and couldn’t get out my Xmas wishes to everyone. That’s modern technology for ya. Anyway, it’s all been sorted out and I can write about one of my favourite [...]
Spanish Churros with a chocolate and chilli dipping sauce
What a way to get back into the cooking game. A few months ago I joined the passionate foodie community over at The Leftover Queen. Jenn, who runs that site, holds a monthly competition where food bloggers compete to create a dish based on 3 [...]
Banana pancakes drizzled with maple syrup
I had the pleasure of staying overnight at a friends place yesterday. Facing the world after a double espresso, I contemplated making some pancakes for my kind hosts thanking them for their generous hospitality. While they were still catching 40 winks, I tinkered around the kitchen finding the [...]
