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PinkPolkaDot has posted her Friday’s Food Quiz Number 41 and here are my answers: 1. What does the term “chiffonade” means? shredding green leaves 2. What is an escalope? a thin slice of white meat 3. What is the Mexican staple food “frijoles” more commonly known as? refried beans 4. What does “score” means in … Continue reading Food Quiz Number 41 For A Friday
Spotlighter has posted the following quiz: 10 Foodie Questions - and we all know I cannot resist a good quiz! What is your favourite comfort food (the dish you turn to after a really bad day)? when I was living alone this would have been pancakes. Now, just the art of cooking lifts my mood. … Continue reading 10 Foodie Questions From Spotlighter
Ingredient Challenge: Cranberries, Ground Cinnamon And Oats The challenge is to use the following ingredients: cranberries, ground cinnamon and oats plus anything else to create a dish of your choice. Remember to leave a comment here for me to say you have done the challenge. I always use these three ingredients when I make my granola so the challenge for … Continue reading Ingredient Challenge: Cranberries, Ground Cinnamon And Oats
PinkPolkaDot has posted Friday’s Food Quiz Number 40 - anyone is welcome to take part in this so please go to her page and follow the instructions. Here are my answers: 1. What is ketupat? rice dumpling 2. In which country is Satay the national dish? Indonesia 3. Which of these dishes are the hottest: … Continue reading Food Quiz Number 40 For A Friday
PinkPolkaDot has posted Friday’s Food Quiz Number 39 and here are my answers: 1. What is a cornichon? gherkin 2. Where did skordalia originate and what are the ingredients? it originated in Greece and consists of garlic and base of either bread, nuts or potatoes 3. What is the minimum aging period for bourbon? Bourbon … Continue reading Food Quiz Number 39 For A Friday
Ingredient Challenge: Onions, Leeks, Carrots And Celery This week, the challenge is to use the following ingredients: onions, leeks, carrots and celery. In all countries one can find a sofrito of sorts using a base of at least 3 ingredients. Usually these include onions and celery or onions and carrots. Sometimes you will find tomatoes in … Continue reading Onions, Leeks, Carrots And Celery
Cindy told me about this cookathon and I knew that I had to take part! I am a Jamie Oliver fan as you can see: I have one recipe in all of these books I love to use - and the rest is just good reading. If you are starting a recipe book collection then … Continue reading Jool’s Pregnant Pasta – Jamie Oliver’s 30 Minute Meals
My favourite quiz is back this week! PinkPolkaDot has posted some questions, and here are my answers to Friday’s Food Quiz Number 38: 1. What is Larb and where did it originate? Thai salad 2. What ingredient is used in both Tipsy Tart and (original) Sticky Toffee pudding? both use sugar, eggs, bicarb of soda, … Continue reading Food Quiz Number 38 For A Friday
The challenge this week was to bake biscuits or cookies. I have a cookie press but this recipe's dough was too soft for the press. It is a sticky, sloppy dough but add a bit more flour if you need to. Butter Biscuits 125 g butter at room temperature180 g sugar - I used fructose165 … Continue reading Recipe For Butter Biscuits
PinkPolkaDot has posted Friday’s Food Quiz Number 37 and here are my answers: 1. What is Edamame? a bean 2. What does “blitz” mean in culinary terms? whizz quickly in a food processor 3. Traditionally how long does asparagus have to grow before you can harvest it? Asparagus is a perennial plant with an underground … Continue reading Food Quiz Number 37 For A Friday
Regional And Seasonal Challenge: Asparagus Keeping with using something that is locally farmed, and in season, this week's challenge is to use asparagus in a recipe of your choice. My favourite story involving this particular vegetable occurred when we were barging on the Midi Canal. Dave and I had to do grocery shopping and we … Continue reading Regional And Seasonal Challenge: Asparagus
This week, the challenge was to use Chilli in your cooking. Read below for the chilli challenge round up. I grow my own chillies and we always have an abundance of them. My one tiny little chilli bush provides us with more than what we need during the year. I will gift chillies and use … Continue reading Chilli Challenge Round Up
I am going to continue with these challenges until I no longer feel challenged. If you decide to take part, please let me know by leaving a comment here. This week the challenge is to cook something using the following ingredients: leeks, sundried tomatoes, olives and basil. Why these choices I love using leeks, especially as a replacement for onions … Continue reading Ingredient Challenge: Leeks, Sundried Tomatoes, Olives And Basil
If you can take the heat then this Chilli Prawn Soup is perfect - I however am not into hot and so found this recipe to be only chilli. It lacked the depth of flavour I would normally have in my own recipes but every now and then, one has to follow someone else's. This … Continue reading Chilli Prawn Soup
Apple Challenge Round Up In the apple challenge round up, Cindy was the first person to 'bake' something. She used apples to make chutney. This is something I am going to try and make for sure. The Creative Pot has a fantastic sour cherry and apple clafoutis recipe. This also formed part of the 7 ingredients I … Continue reading Apple Challenge Round Up
The theme of this week's challenge is to make something savoury using chilli's. Please post a comment here to tell me when you have done your recipe. Submissions for the challenge close at midnight on Sunday the 26th of September. I have the most amazing chilli bush in my garden. It has provided us with … Continue reading Something Savoury Challenge: Chilli’s
For those of you who read my blog regularly, you will have seen that I am competing in Project Food Blog. My original post can be found here but the one that needs your votes is to be found by clicking here. You will have to look for Lavender & Lime. I am entrant number … Continue reading Project Food Blog: Voting
This is a round up of all bloggers who participated in the cauliflower challenge. Click on their names to be taken to the blog post. A big thank you for all the support. I am a huge fan of cauliflower but it has become so fashionable to eat and therefore quite expensive. As there are … Continue reading Cauliflower Regional And Seasonal Challenge Round Up
Hi, my name is Tandy and I am a foodie! I love to inspire people with my recipes. My blog title is Lavender & Lime as this is the name I chose for my recipe book, 5 years before it was published. This is a photograph of the kitchen in which I prepare my meals. … Continue reading Challenge #1: Ready, Set, Blog
PinkPolkaDot on food24 has posted Friday’s Food Quiz Number 36. Here are my answers. 1. What is Laksa? The original meaning of the word laksa is fine rice noodles or rice vermicelli, but nowadays a laksa is a spicy soup made with coconut milk and what ever noodles you fancy, plus chicken, fish, prawns, scallops … Continue reading Food Quiz Number 36 For A Friday