Parmesan Polenta Corn Fritters

  Parmesan Polenta Corn Fritters with accompanying salad of: avocado, cucumber, yellow pepper, tomato, carrot, spring onion, celery, mixed salad greens, and mint (with additional sliced avocado). Fried haloumi cheese is a nice addition to the meal (we added this to our meal, but this is not in the photo).   This is seriously the […]

Posted by Admin on September 25th, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Main Meals

Raspberry Meringues

  Raspberry Meringues (with Fresh As Freeze-Dried Raspberry Powder)     Raspberry Meringues with whipped cream filling: these taste raspberry-licious!   Raspberries and cream: such a great taste combination and a classic flavour.   When thinking of meringues, the usual image is of white, crispy, puffed shells. I have never been overly fond of meringues […]

Posted by Admin on May 28th, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Confectionery, Desserts and Puddings, Featured Products, Icings and Fillings

Easter Hot Cross Buns

  Hot Cross Buns. This mixture is minus sultanas and currants (Mum left these out especially for me!!) Mum embellished the buns by piping the left over flour paste mix from the crosses, creating an Easter message and a cute chicken and an egg. I was very impressed by Mum’s inventiveness.   A close up […]

Posted by Admin on May 2nd, 2014 | 1 Comment Posted in Bread, Easter, Festive and Celebrations, Muffins, Scones, and Loaves

Christmas Cake Icing, Almond Paste Recipe, and Finished “Christmas Candle Cakes”

Finished “Christmas Candle Cakes”   This is a companion piece to the blog I posted in December called “Mum’s Christmas Cake Recipe”, and is also linked to the blogs “Christmas Cake Recipe (CT’s)”, and “Christmas Cake Recipe (Uncle Charlie’s)”. Here I am describing how to make the Almond Paste (marzipan) and apply the royal icing, […]

Posted by Admin on January 4th, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Christmas, Confectionery, Desserts and Puddings, Festive and Celebrations, Icings and Fillings

Globe Artichokes

Globe Artichokes     When I started “the artichoke experiment” my knowledge of artichokes was sketchy at best. I did know there were two types of artichoke, the Jerusalem and the Globe. I eventually found out that Globe artichokes are related to the thistle family and produce large purple flowers if left on the plant, […]

Posted by Admin on November 2nd, 2013 | No Comments Posted in Gardening, Vegetables