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Something Savoury Challenge To Use Peppers The something savoury challenge to use peppers has been set for this week. Known also as capsicums. I love that we have different names for the same produce. In South Africa we call them peppers and I love red orange or yellow peppers. In Australia these are called capsicums. … Continue reading Peppers For The Something Savoury Challenge
Bake Biscuits Or Cookies For The Something Sweet Challenge This week the challenge is easy! Bake biscuits or cookies. Share with us your favourite biscuits or cookie recipe. I love making biscuits and especially cutting them into pretty shapes. To this end, I will try any recipe thrown at me, as regardless of the outcome … Continue reading Bake Biscuits | Something Sweet Challenge
Dinner Party Menu This is my luxury dinner party menu used for my entry to round 3 of a blogging competition. Some of these dishes are frequent at our table. When considering a dinner party menu I always start with the main course. I then work the starter around that dish. And from there I … Continue reading Dinner Party Menu
Kye Thar Hin, according to my Curry recipe book is a curry that is very popular all over the Myanmar region. Although it is an authentic Burmese chicken curry, it is not made with coconut milk or yoghurt, but with tomatoes. Nothing can describe the excitement I felt this morning when I saw an email … Continue reading Burmese Chicken Curry | Kye Thar Hin
When my friend JustMe decided she was going to start food blogging as JustChef, there was no doubt in my mind there would be lots of great things to come. And, as she is setting challenges, and I love challenges, there was no ways I was not going to make the Fresh Living Decadent Sticky … Continue reading Sticky Toffee Pudding | Oh So Sweet!
I first made a tarte tatin in 2010, close to the beginning of my blogging journey. This is my go to recipe, using any fruit in season. Here I have made a traditional dessert using apples. For my challenges I am going to make use of Larousse where ever possible. This book is lovely, and … Continue reading Tarte Tatin
Something Sweet Challenge To Use Apples The challenge for this week is to bake something using apples. Now, I know of at least two bloggers who have already done something! All you have to do is get your post up before midnight on Sunday 19th September and let me know. I am a firm believer … Continue reading Apples For The Something Sweet Challenge
I had a few dishes in mind, other than cauliflower and Mornay sauce but first turned to Larousse for some inspiration. Described by Arab botanists and known to the Romans, the cauliflower originally came from Cypress and was introduced to France from Italy in the middle of the 16th Century. The edible part is the … Continue reading Recipe For Cauliflower Purée
Regional And Seasonal Challenge To Use Cauliflower This week's Regional and Seasonal Challenge To Use Cauliflower is one I am looking forward to. It is in season right now and should be available at any local super market or fresh produce market. Please leave me a comment to tell me you have done the challenge which … Continue reading Cauliflower For The Regional And Seasonal Challenge
A couple of week's ago, PinkPolkaDot (aka Zirkie) asked us in her food quiz what Gamelli was. I was given The Geometry of Pasta for my birthday, so I used the book to answer the question. I then decided that I would make the green bean pasta recipe given in the book, and, as it … Continue reading Green Bean Pasta
My main course of a Mushroom Risotto for Ready Steady Cook was an obvious choice given the fact that arborio rice was one of my ingredients. I was faced with a few challenges, namely, I only had the onion to use as my base, I had no vermouth or even wine as the alcohol bit … Continue reading Mushroom Risotto
Macaron Challenge Round Up This is the Macaron Challenge Round Up: Gaby was the first one to complete this macaron challenge and the only one other than me to post about it as far as I know. Thank you Gaby for challenging us to really expand our skills! For a very comprehensive 'lesson' make sure you follow … Continue reading Macaron Challenge Round Up
This simple Onion And Tomato Tart makes use of store bought puff pastry and is a great, easy to make starter to serve at a dinner party. For ready steady cook my starter was a simple onion tart. With my list of ingredients it seemed to me the obvious choice. It would also be the … Continue reading Onion And Tomato Tart
Being chosen as a Foodbuzz 24x24 Gulf Ambassador for Foodbuzz was really great. As it states on their website: Foodbuzz: 24 meals in 24 hours. Showcasing posts from 24 Foodbuzz Featured Publisher bloggers, the monthly Foodbuzz 24 highlights unique meals occurring around the globe during a 24-hour period. "From San Francisco to Sydney, Feast on it!" … Continue reading Foodbuzz 24×24: Not A Masqued Ball
A macaron challenge poses all sorts of problems. People think that macarons are hard to make. And before this challenge I would have agreed. But I have learnt the perfect method and now make these for special occasions. Macaron Challenge Gaby of Tastes and Treats posted about Macarons. She has never tried to make them, … Continue reading Macaron Challenge
Challenge Carrot Cake I have never baked a carrot cake in my life, mainly because of the effort I think goes into them. But, I really enjoy eating them. If this is on a menu when I am out for coffee with friends, it will be what I order. And as Dave loves carrot cake … Continue reading Challenge Carrot Cake
The Savoury Tart Challenge Round Up Many thanks to all the bloggers who have participated. Click on the links in The Savoury Tart Challenge Round Up to see what was baked. Cindy from The Only Cin was the first one to post about what she did for the challenge. Cindy has always been a great … Continue reading The Savoury Tart Challenge Round Up
Malva Pudding Challenge The malva pudding challenge starts today and ends at midnight on the 4th of July 2010. Post your recipe / photo / story on your blog and leave a note here for me to say you have completed the challenge. A round up of all participants will be posted on Monday the … Continue reading Malva Pudding Challenge
Bake A Sweet Tart Challenge Round Up This week, the challenge was to bake a sweet tart. Please click on the names in the Bake A Sweet Tart Challenge Round Up to see the lovely recipes contributed. PinkPolkaDot was the first one to post her recipe. I think a nice warm apple tart is in … Continue reading Bake A Sweet Tart Challenge Round Up
Challenge To Bake A Savoury Tart I bake something sweet every week - dessert being a stable part of our diet. This week for the challenge I baked two sweet tarts. But, tarts can be just as good if savoury! It just means that a meal starts with a tart 🙂 This week's challenge is … Continue reading Bake A Savoury Tart Challenge