Tasty Stuff Without the Fuss and a Little Bit of Making
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 19th, 2009
I have childhood memories of my mother making a dried fruit compote, which I used to take great childish delight in calling Fruit Compost. Despite my childhood name for it, it is not at all compost like and is delicious for a pudding served with cream or Greek yoghurt or for breakfast with my “perfect” [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 6th, 2008
Winter is upon us; it seemed as it rained all day yesterday and I am ashamed to admit that I did not actually leave the flat as it was so grey and damp. Instant comfort food was necessary to combat the bad weather blues. I had recently been reading about making microwave cakes [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2008
I have joined the Daring Bakers! I swore I never would as I did not want to have to bake something every month, but my baking skills are lacking and need some help so I signed up; the logic (and theory) being that complicated baking would make the more every day things easier.
On the 1st [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 13th, 2008
I like stodgy winter puddings, but all too often they are calorie laden and full of hidden sugar and fats. Having watched Cook Yourself Thin on Channel 4 I was impressed by the imaginative use of healthy substitutions to make classic dishes healthier and lifting their calorie content. Clever use of carrots and parsnips in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 20th, 2007
This is currently my favourite celebration cake – I have now made it 4 times in about 6 weeks, it seems to be totally failsafe and very easy to throw together, a quick blitz in the food processor, stir in some chocolate and its done. Best of all [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 28th, 2007
Lemon posset is one of my favourite dinner party puddings, it is great for cooking for a crowd, never fails to impress, can be made a few days in advance and is delicious. A ramekin or glass of this silky lemon pudding slips down easily after a big meal, and the acidity of the lemon [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 25th, 2007
Meringue is easy. I shall say it again MERINGUE IS EASY. I have no idea why there is a great mystique about meringue being hard, or people being in awe of those that can make meringue. I remember as a child at home there was one person in the village that was always asked to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 22nd, 2007
A classic British pudding for British Food fortnight. It is a steamed suet lemon pudding, which when you cut it open a buttery syrup sauce flows out making the pond. Making this British classic I was reminded of the time that I made Toad in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 3rd, 2007
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 Uncategorized 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 [...]