Recipe For Zucchini Sourdough Bread
This post is in no way a reflection on Erin, my assigned blogger for the month, Debbi, the hostess for Group C, or April. May 21: Today is the day after our May reveal day, and I am browsing Making … more ♥
Tag Archives: make it sweet
Recipe For Burger And Chips
I’m back again…. The other day Tandy dropped a VERY broad hint that I needed to cater for the Canadian GP and that, furthermore, Burgers and Chips would be the perfect meal. I mean… huh? How is Burger and chips … more ♥
Recipe For Raspberry Sorbet
They say that a change is as good as a holiday. Well, I had a great holiday and the time away in Italy was not only a time to relax it was also a time to reflect. As I browsed … more ♥
Recipe For Pain Au Chocolat
This month, the I made it challenge set by Blue Jelly Beans was for croissants and pain au chocolat. I had already made croissants using a Viennese recipe and so I decided for the pain au chocolat I would use … more ♥
Recipe For Fig Jam
One of my favourite bloggers is Celia from Fig Jam and Lime Cordial and if you read my blog on a regular basis you will know two things for sure. The one is that I specifically thought of Celia when … more ♥
Recipe For Sweet Potato Muffins
I cannot stress the importance of eating properly before training or exercising. Over a year ago Dave and I stopped eating starchy carbohydrates at night. We were given an eating plan by our gym owner which I tagged on to … more ♥
Recipe For Sourdough Monkey Bread
The I MADE IT challenge for this month was to make monkey bread. Some days I feel like this monkey bread must feel when people start eating it – all torn up in different directions. I set last week Sunday aside … more ♥
Recipe For Black Cherry Ice Cream
Cherry season is short lived in South Africa and as soon as I see cherries in the fridge at our local supermarket I buy them. Dave does not like cherries at all, so I can enjoy punnet after punnet without … more ♥
Recipe For Pickled Ginger Ice Cream
I am not sure what I was thinking of when I decided to make an ice cream using pickled ginger. I had made my own pickled ginger to use up some fresh ginger before it went to waste and as … more ♥
Recipe For Mussamam Curry Pork Chops
One of my favourite TV shows has to be Chopped. Here, contestants are given a mystery box of ingredients in 3 rounds and they have to come up with a starter, main course and dessert. Four contestants start the first … more ♥
Recipe For Honey Liqueur Sabayon
I set the challenge for this month’s I MADE IT based on two criteria. One, I had never made a sabayon before and really wanted to make it, and two, I had a lovely egg topper that needed showcasing. A … more ♥
Recipe For Onion Marmalade
My December / January leave period is all about indulgence for me. It means eating lots of wonderful foods, enjoying dessert after every meal, and spending a lot of time in my kitchen. I don’t watch my weight and I … more ♥
Recipe For Doughnuts
I love the Hebrew word for jam doughnuts. Sufganiyot somehow sounds better in my mind than the English word “doughnut”. Sufganiyot describes exactly what the sweet treat is when you say it out aloud, or at least it does to … more ♥
Recipe For Chocolate Fudge Brownie Parcels
There is a company here in South Africa, called The Fudge Factory, and you can watch them churn out huge portions of various flavoured fudges. For our first Christmas together, and before I knew I was sucrose intolerant, Dave gave … more ♥
Recipe For Chocolate Semifreddo
I was in Johannesburg in January, spending time with my nieces and my sister before they went back to Sydney. Sasha, who is 6, is a natural cook and during our time together we made scrambled eggs, omelette and cupcakes. … more ♥
Recipe For Apricot Tart Tatin
I can remember climbing over the wall of our next door neighbour when I was about 7 years old so that I could spend the afternoon playing their instead of in our own garden. Peter and David were the same … more ♥
Venison Pie With A Buttermilk Pastry Topping
Last year I attended the launch of Cape Winelands Cuisine and one of the recipe cards we were given was for this Venison Pie With A Buttermilk Pastry Topping. I am very lucky in that we have a few friends with … more ♥
Recipe For Granola Muesli Rusks
I wanted to have a good blogging schedule where I could take part in the challenges I love every month. And I was doing well, until June and then the wheels fell off the bus. For various reasons I just … more ♥