Tasty Stuff Without the Fuss and a Little Bit of Making
Posted in Dairy, Food Blogging Events, Freezable, Fruit, Puddings, Quick & Easy on Jul 13th, 2010
This is the pudding that I came up with for the recent foodbloggers’ Masterchef cookoff with Miele. When planning a menu it is perfectly normal and reasonable to come up with a pudding first and then plan a main course to go with it? I wanted a very summery pudding using my homemade elderflower cordial; [...]
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Chocolate, Puddings, Quick & Easy, Uncategorized, Vegan on Apr 26th, 2010
I have not seen my friend Sue for seemingly eons, so I texted her yesterday and asked her over for brunch. She is having a work crisis but said she would love to pop by for an hour. As she is a self confessed chocoholic I designed these muffins just for her.
These follow my usual [...]
Posted in Puddings, Quick & Easy on Apr 4th, 2010
A very happy Easter to everyone. Normally Fuss Free Flavours is mainly fairly healthy, but Easter is upon us and a sinful pudding is allowed once in a while, and frankly the weather is London is so dreary that I think that a sinful pudding is mandatory for everyone. [...]
Posted in Baking, Food Blogging Events, Puddings, Towards 5 a Day on Jun 4th, 2009
The May Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Linda of make life sweeter! and Courtney of Coco Cooks. They chose Apple Strudel from the recipe book Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Cafés of Vienna, Budapest and Prague by Rick Rodgers.
It seems like I am constantly playing Daring Bakers / Cooks catch up so yet again [...]
Posted in Baking, Fruit, Puddings, Quick & Easy, Vegan on May 19th, 2009
Last autumn I discovered that it was possible to make an “instant” steamed pudding in the microwave which cooked in a matter of minutes. It is a perfect short cut; especially if your kitchen does not have an extractor fan to get rid of the clouds of steam, and 3 or 4 minutes of microwave [...]
Posted in Fruit, Puddings, Uncategorized, Vegan, World Food on Mar 15th, 2009
I love gyoza and whenever I go to Chinatown I buy a few packets of wrappers to keep in the freezer until I next have a gyoza craving, I could make my own wrappers, but frankly life is far too short and the ready made ones are delicious, cheap and fuss free. Gyozas (or potstickers) [...]
Posted in Baking, Chocolate, Food Blogging Events, Puddings on Mar 6th, 2009
I have been very lax about my blog and the Daring Bakers for the last few months. Being sick at the end of last year did not help, and I have got out of the blogging rhythm and an also not really certain where I have been going with it. However I have actually completed [...]
I love love love Pavlova and any sort of meringue, this is something that I inherited from my mother who along with me is the number 1 fan of the dish.
Pavlova was created in either Australia or New Zealand (sources disagree) in honour of the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova.
Pavlova is a meringue case, filled [...]
Posted in Fruit, Puddings, Sweet Sauces on Jul 12th, 2007
Fresh fruit and a hot sauce are perfect for those dull and damp summer evenings, when you want a hot pudding but also want to pretend to be healthy. This quick and easy pudding can be cooked in just a few minutes is very good for using up odd bits of fruit that are starting [...]
Posted in Puddings, Quick & Easy, Uncategorized on May 22nd, 2007
Pure comfort food and perfect on ice cream. I am a great fan of piping hot sauces on ice cream I love the contrast of hot and cold, and the memory of when I used to go home for lunch in my first year at primary school my mother would; for a [...]