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The last time I made rusks I asked for flavour suggestions and Julie of Gourmet Getaways suggested that I make either date and nuts, or peaches and nuts, and so I chose to make peach and pistachio rusks. Skip ahead to the recipe for Peach And Pistachio Rusks It is quite amazing just how intelligent dogs … Continue reading Peach And Pistachio Rusks
They say that change is as good as a holiday, and so after more than 20 years of making the same granola recipe I decided to change things, but only slightly. This Toasted Muesli is the result! Dave and I are really creatures of habit when it comes to breakfast. Every morning when we arrive at … Continue reading Toasted Muesli
When we were younger, my sister and I lived next door to 2 boys who were the same age as we were. We would climb the wall between our houses to play and sometimes we would even play ball games over the wall. I remember spending a lot of time with them having fun. We … Continue reading Chocolate Candies
When watching The Great British menu a few years ago Bryn Williams made Bara Brith for his dessert. This traditional Welsh cake was the first thing that I ordered when we had morning coffee in Little Haven in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Skip ahead to the recipe for Bara Brith It is a spiced fruit cake and … Continue reading Bara Brith
One of the most beautiful cities we have visited is Siena when we were in Italy in 2010. Dave and I left Assisi and took a drive to Firenze (Florence). When we were on honeymoon, we missed out on two things in Florence and had driven back to walk around the Duomo and visit the Uffizzi Gallery. … Continue reading Panforte
These dried plum and almond rusks are a great tea time snack. I made my own dried plums, but you can use commercially available ones. Or substitute them for another dried stone fruit of your choice. Head straight on to the Recipe For ♥ Dried Plum And Almond Rusks ♥ This tea time treat is … Continue reading Dried Plum And Almond Rusks
Trying to create sucrose free candy / sweets is not an easy feat as fructose works in a completely different way to sucrose. Fructose is a monosaccharide which means it is made up of a single unit. Sucrose is a disaccharide made up of glucose and fructose. I first attempted to make nougat by using … Continue reading Sugar Free Nougat
This simple recipe for trail mix uses pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, dried cranberries and mixed nuts. Spiced with ground cinnamon it ticks all the boxes for when you need an easy snack. You are probably wondering why on earth I am listing a recipe for something that does not really need a recipe? I usually … Continue reading Trail Mix
I am not good at breakfast! I tend to eat fruit to stave off the hunger until I really feel like eating a bowl of granola or making myself two soft boiled eggs with my egg boiler. Then the other day I took rusks to work and I decided that it was a great snack to have … Continue reading Coconut And Cranberry Rusks
The next recipe book I will be reviewing is Jackie Cameron Cooks At Home. Now that I have a plan of action on how to tackle my reviews by making the cover recipe, I feel a lot less daunted by the huge pile of amazing books I have on my bedside table. Jackie has three photographs … Continue reading Raisin Filled Rusks
As soon as I saw the challenge theme and ingredients for round 3 of Freshly Blogged I knew I was going to make ostrich bobotie using the ostrich sausage. To me, bobotie is the quintessential South African dish, together with melk tart, koeksisters and mealie pap! Skip ahead to the recipe for Ostrich Bobotie Given … Continue reading Ostrich Bobotie
I am submitting this recipe for Stollen to Meeta's Monthly Mingle, which is being hosted this month by Jungle Frog Cooking and to Twelve Loaves which is hosted by Jaime, Lora and Barb. Last week I flew up to Johannesburg as my sister is visiting from Australia with my nieces. I stayed with my parents and got to spend some time … Continue reading Stollen
I have wanted to try and make salted caramel for quite some time now, but I have just not got around to trying it. On the 1st of September I opened my RSS reader to see what this month's Fresh From The Oven challenge is, and salted caramel focaccia from Signor Biscotti showed up. Dave … Continue reading Salted Caramel Focaccia
These date bars are made using raw ingredients and are perfect for when you are craving something sweet but want it to be healthy as well. Skip ahead to the recipe for Date Bars A small little part of me is not feeling the blog love this month. It is the part that issued a … Continue reading Date Bars
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 did not get around to last month's mingle which was hosted by the founder Meeta. It … Continue reading Granola Muesli Rusks
Looking for a healthy cake? Then look no further than this beetroot cake with a cream cheese frosting. I think that sometime in the past ten years I became old fashioned. I am not sure if this has anything to do with getting married and settling down - or in my case, settling down and … Continue reading Beetroot Cake With A Cream Cheese Frosting
Shhhh, I have a guilty secret! I think that calories don’t count when I am eating with friends! That is why I made these spiced crumpets. Skip ahead to the recipe for Spiced Crumpets There is nothing nicer than sneaking out of the office for a quick bite to eat with a friend, or meeting … Continue reading Spiced Crumpets
Shhhh, I have a guilty secret! I eat something with chocolate in it every night! And these Double Chocolate Chocolate Brownies are the perfect treat! I am a real chocoholic. In fact, I think the term was invented with me in mind. At a very young age I decided that I would become a vegetarian. This … Continue reading Double Chocolate Chocolate Brownies
This recipe for fruit and nut bread is my submission to Fresh From The Oven. This month, our host for Fresh From The Oven is La Cuisine de Sarah. She set us a lovely task of making a breakfast fruit bread. Ordinarily I would get the challenge on the 1st of the month, and then have a good … Continue reading Fruit And Nut Bread
These hot cross buns were made for the Fresh From The Oven challenge. They are meant to be made over Easter. But I could well imagine making them year round. I can remember at high school being late for a class and telling the teacher "better late than never" (cheeky bugger me) and he replied … Continue reading Hot Cross Buns