Archive for the ‘Dessert’ Category
Sticky Date and Molasses Pudding
I seem to have lost the art of couch potato-ing.
The thought of sitting in front of a Television set when I’m at home doesn’t appeal to me anymore.
Have I come of age? Has television programming become stale and robotic? Is my couch not as comfortable as it could be? Has the Internet become...
August 17th, 2010 | Dessert, Recipes | Read More
White Chocolate Panna Cotta with Summer Berries
photo by Allerina & Glen MacLarty
Firstly prepare your fish bones … I’ve always wanted to start a dessert post with just such a statment.
Had we been preparing this Italian dessert tradizionale we would have started with the preperation of our fish bones which were used as the thickening...
January 24th, 2010 | Dessert, Desserts, New Zealand, Recipes | Read More
Banana and Manuka Honey Smoothie
Photo by powerbooktrance
The Wonder Breakfast When Your on the GO!
Sweet nothings can deny me my favourite way to start the day… OK my SECOND favourite way to start the day ~ wink wink nudge nudge, nuff said.
I’m consciously aware of the importance of a hearty breakfast in our daily...
January 24th, 2010 | Dessert, New Zealand, Recipes, Snacks, banana, breakfast, smoothie | Read More
Peaches and Dreams
Photo by kthread
You know how memories can sometimes be triggered by certain smells and distinct aromas?
The smell of freshly fallen rain hitting hot asphalt is reminiscent of playing hide-and-go-seek with my older brothers and the neighborhood generation Y ~ running through our backyard until we...
December 30th, 2009 | Dessert, Inspiration, Recipes | Read More
Fruitcake Recipe ~ and Guaranteed to make you one!
Nana, My Mum~Tere and Uncle Rex
I adore my Grandmother, Lyn Jameson, a remarkable women from a resilient era.
Nana (As we call her) is a funny old stick ( as her son-in-law, My father USED to call her) who can spin a good yarn, make a delightful carrot cake with lemon cream cheese icing and loves nothing...
November 3rd, 2009 | Dessert, Food Humour, How to's, Inspiration | Read More
The 3-Minute Wholemeal Chocolate Cake Miracle
photo by mao_lini
There are a myriad of tangible things one can achieve in 3 minutes.
In 3 minutes you could win the Eurovision Song Competition.
3 minutes is all you need to start a dance party like this king of the fandango managed to do at the Sasquatch Music Festival.
Take 3 minutes out of your busy...
July 24th, 2009 | Cakes, Chocolate, Dessert, Foodies, Recipes, Uncategorized | Read More
Utter Crepe-ulence! Banana and Salted Caramel Crepe’s
Crepes by Bridget
I weighed. I tested. I tasted. I rejected.
My thirst for finding the best crepe recipe was unquenchable.
I was living life on the boulevard of broken dreams, having been let down by so many crepe recipes that had been unable to deliver their promised thin pancake goodness. I was feeling...
July 15th, 2009 | Dessert, Food History, Food quotes, Recipes, Sweets, Uncategorized | Read More
Top 25 Recipe Posts on Twitter That You Shouldn’t Be Without
Once upon a time… I began compiling recipe links that would flitter seductively past me in my twitter stream as I sat doodling and discussing the day’s happenings with friends and fellow foodies.
After much clicking and opening, I would downsize my favourite selection to a manageable...
June 22nd, 2009 | Accompaniments, Bakery, Burgers, Cakes, Cheese, Chocolate, Cookies, Dessert, Ice cream, Jam and Preserves, Meat, Pasta, Recipes, Rhubarb, Salad, Side dishes, Sweets, Top 25 recipe posts on Twitter, Uncategorized, Vegetables, twitter | Read More
How To Make Pavlova ~ New Zealand Style
photo by farm4
“To follow, without halt, one aim: There’s the secret of success.” Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
It seems that Australians and New Zealanders have taken this famous quote by Anna Pavlova the Russian ballerina to heart when placing claim on some popular Southern Hemisphere...
April 15th, 2009 | Bakery, Dessert, Food Folklore, Food History, Food quotes, How to's, New Zealand, Pavlova, Recipes | Read More
Over It Yet? 5 Tempting Things To Do With Leftover Hot Cross Buns
Photo by ricoeurian
Easter may be a distant recollection, but the glut of hot cross buns may be making you a little hot, cross and bothered. But before you propel the stale baseballs in the rubbish or feed them to the birds, take a gander yonder and try one of these tempting things to do with leftover...
April 9th, 2009 | Bakery, Chocolate, Dessert, Leftovers, Recipes, breakfast | Read More
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Duck Fat Roasted Potatoes
September 1, 2010 17:09
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Seeing Double ~ Was I dining at Bills or Bambina?
August 31, 2010 20:08
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22,682 Nights Serving Burgers and Counting
August 30, 2010 18:08
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#JOQ with Food Blogger Ed Charles from “Tomato”
August 24, 2010 23:08
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Truffle Hunting in Western Australia
August 23, 2010 15:08