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Posted on May 12, 2013 in All Recipe Posts, Desserts, Fruit, Nuts, Special Diet, Tarts & Patisserie | 2 comments

If you didn’t get the Wizard of Oz reference in the title, do you remember when the fab four were marching through the forest chanting “Lions and tigers and bears!”, as they made their way to the Emerald City? I love that film. I blame my mother for my love of classic Hollywood musicals … The Wizard of Oz, Singing in the...

Posted on Apr 15, 2013 in All Recipe Posts, Desserts, Fruit, Tarts & Patisserie | 10 comments

You can only stay away from making pastry for so long before the desire overwhelms you like a tidal wave of flaky deliciousness … and you find yourself rolling and cutting out dough to line tart tins once more with delight. Just me? I doubt it. But it certainly describes how I’ve been feeling for the past week or so. I promised my father I...

Posted on Mar 19, 2013 in All Recipe Posts, Chocolate, Desserts, Nuts, Special Diet, Uncategorized | 2 comments

Free time. We all wish we had more of it. Everyone seems to be time poor these days. I think we have to make more free time for ourselves. It rarely, if ever, just happens. How many of us waste the opportunity when it does, and we’re unprepared? Remember, as a child, how a day seemed so endless? A week felt like an eternity? As an...

Posted on Dec 4, 2012 in All Recipe Posts, Desserts, Fruit, Protein, Protein Cheesecake, Special Diet | 9 comments

I am running a seven-day diet challenge for myself. It’s not that much of a challenge, to be honest, but the idea is to set me up so I can enjoy Christmas Day with the family and indulge in a bit of what is really not good for me, without fearing spending Boxing Day feeling below par. So I’m kind of eating clean, whatever that means Well,...

Posted on Oct 2, 2012 in All Recipe Posts, Chocolate, Desserts, Ice cream & Sorbet, Special Diet | 12 comments

I call him Fred. Fred and the Cat have become the best of friends. He’s been dropping by for quite some time, but lately, something’s changed. The Cat and Fred have started hanging out together and having long conversations … I’m not sure they understand each other too well, but whatever they talk about, it must be...

Posted on Sep 19, 2012 in All Recipe Posts, Desserts, Tarts & Patisserie | 19 comments

If I had my way, choux pastry would be THE NEXT BIG THING. Actually, it would be a PERMANENT next big thing! I ♥ choux. More than any other pastry. It is fun to make, delicious to eat and provides one with endless possibilities for all manner of stunning desserts and a whole universe of flavours to play with. It’s a perfect canvas. Yes, it...