Cooking
Gingerbread Biscuits Filmed
We filmed the making of our gingerbread snowflake biscuits. Watch the four minute short film and find out what it takes to make these tasty treats.
Toasted Pumpkin Seeds (in the microwave)
I discovered you can microwave pumpkin seeds for a quick and tasty snack
Cooking Quinoa in a Steamer
It was a couple of years a go that I first started to hear about quinoa. Almost overnight it seemed to be everywhere; recipes were popping up on my blogs, and my colleagues were talking about what they’d made for dinner with it. When I saw quinoa in the health food store recently, I decided to get some and finally try it out.
French Green Lentils
Lentils feature fairly regularly in our meals, and last week I picked up a bag of French green lentils at the supermarket. I haven’t used French green lentils before, but they seemed to be the common variety on the shelves.
Gingerbread - A Christmas Tradition
Christmas is just around the corner. The decorations are up, and the Christmas events are in full swing. But, until yesterday, there was something missing - our traditional Christmas gingerbread snowflakes.
Caramelising sugar
Caramelising sugar for crème caramel.
Mexican spice
Mexican spice mix for burritos
Snowflake Shaped Gingerbread Biscuits
It must be nearing Christmas, because this weekend we made our traditional snowflake shaped gingerbread biscuits.
Easy chocolate truffles
It is easy to make decadent chocolate truffles
You Can Freeze Fresh Cream
How to freeze fresh cream