With Valentines Day fast approaching I wanted to take a traditional dessert and put a modern twist on it. Eton mess is traditionally made with strawberries and is lovely but I wanted to make it with chocolate, and hey why not it is Valentines Day after all...
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After researching and writing my 2014 food trends article, I wanted to try as many things off the list as possible and when I first found out exotic fruit was going to be on the list I knew I had to do something with that. I love all fruit especially mangos...
Read moreHoney Baked Apples
This is a very old fashioned British dessert. Some serve it with ice cream but more traditionally you will see it served with custard, while I am a fan of both of these things I wanted to tweak mine a little so I would have enough juices without having to...
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I wanted to have a chance to enjoy some of the currant seasonal fruits during the spring and even into summer. I love cranberries, kumquats and physalis in particular and they are only fresh at this time of year. So I decided to preserve some, but I didnโt...
Read moreApple and Cranberry Pie
Some flavours are classic and timeless like orange and lemon, banana and caramel, cheese and onion the list goes on, one of my favourites especially this time of year when the ingredients are in season is apple and cranberry. Pie Pie is a great food; it can...
Read more2014 Food Trend Predictions
Happy New Year everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful fun filled Christmas full of love and laughter and I hope 2014 brings you everything you could wish for ๐ Iโve been doing some research over the last few weeks to see what some of the 2014 food trend...
Read moreQuick & Easy Apple Turnovers
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas but after the excesses of all the Christmas food, I wanted to bring you an easy delicious comforting snack that wasnโt overly rich. And most of all easy to make! Bring on the Apple Turnovers. ย Jump to Recipe:...
Read moreChristmas Sweet Rolls
The #TwelveLoaves Challenge I found this challenge over at That Skinny Chick Can Bake. I am only sorry I didnโt find out about it earlier so I could have joined in sooner itโs all based around bread, yeast and quick bread. Recently I have developed a bit of...
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