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Pavlovas are such an easy dessert to offer guests … and with summer and the festive season fast approaching, this is the perfect time to play with pavlova recipes. For a long time I have wanted to convert my Pavlova recipe (see here) to one using rosewater, but have never quite felt confident about the…
Lemon Curd Tart has to be amongst the most favourite desserts of all time! I have a Lemon Baked Tart recipe on this website (see here), but I also love making a lemon curd tart using a shortbread base (see here) topped with a basic lemon curd (see here). Whilst this works perfectly, I always…
Whilst I do love chocolate bites, I would never choose to eat it during the day as I keep that as a special weekend “night time” treat. So when thinking of what to offer others as a little chocolatey nibble during the day, this is the sort of “bite” I make. Although there is dark…
One of the hardest challenges for me when I am trying to watch my food intake is being hungry. Coming from a large Maltese family we all love food, love to cook, and love to eat … and for anyone that knows me, they know just how much I can eat! So while I am…
My family love coriander so we are the lucky ones, but there are some people who find it difficult to tolerate coriander without experiencing a “soapy” sensation in their mouth (see here). So if you are from the latter tribe then this recipe is perhaps not for you as it relies heavily on coriander for…
This is a old Thermomix recipe from the days that I first signed up as a consultant in 2011. I have made this date loaf so many times, and as time has passed I have adjusted the recipe to cater for my own tastes. It is a family favourite, but every time I make the loaf…
Some years ago whilst attending a wholefoods course I was introduced to umeboshi plums (also known as “Ume” or Japanese apricots). I had never heard of them before but they are an important Japanese ingredient that is highly prized for its flavour and nutritional benefits. To better illustrate this point, here is an extract from:…
This is definitely one cake where there is a “science” behind its success! And I have made it numerous times now in the past few weeks to get close to what I feel is right in flavour and colour when not wishing to use a colouring agent. Of course, using a colour is going to give…
As much as I love sweet biscuits, there certainly is a place in my life for savoury biscuits too. I knew I was onto a good thing when I originally made these to share as a “girls drinks night” a couple of weeks ago, and everyone seemed to love them. At that time I used…
