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

Mother’s Day: Paper-Art Card and Sweet Treats

  I constructed this card for Mum for Mother’s Day. Tiny red hand-punched flowers are arranged in a heart shape on a backing of chocolate-brown coloured card. Some flowers are given definition with squares of foam placed underneath to give them height. White diamantés dotted in the centres of some flowers, add ‘bling’. To finish, the card is wrapped […]

Posted by Admin on May 23rd, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Confectionery, Craft, Desserts and Puddings, Festive and Celebrations, Paper Crafts

Raspberry Smoothie (incorporating ‘Fresh As’ Freeze-Dried Raspberry Powder)

    Mum and I love going shopping at Vetro, a specialty food store. Last time we were there I happened across a range of freeze-dried fruits and fruit powders made by New Zealand company, Fresh As. The freeze-dried products are available in a variety of flavours and all looked very tempting so it took […]

Posted by Admin on May 19th, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Drinks and Wine, Featured Products

Easter Holidays

  A selection of eggs and chocolate for an egg-scellent ‘healthy’ Easter feast : Creme Egg, Green Eggs (feijoas), and Candy Covered Chocolate Eggs. (We did actually have a boiled egg for Easter Breakfast followed by the traditional Creme Egg, egg-cetera, egg-cetera). Mum had just read an article and commented on how eating dark chocolate […]

Posted by Admin on May 2nd, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Easter, Pot Luck (miscellaneous)