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Ricotta and Berry Hotcakes Ing: 1 1/3 cups fresh ricotta 3/4 cup milk 4 eggs separated 1 cup plain flour 1 tsp baking powder pinch salt 50 g butter 1/2 cup berries Method: Mix ricotta, milk, egg yolks in a … Continue reading
Category Archives: Eating
No Random Lunch Challenge this week. “WHAT! how could this POSSIBLY be?” I hear you cry in disbelief. In fact, we ate 2 min noodles. Something grander and much less random was about to occur and there was no time … Continue reading
An early morning with breakfast at the market changed the whole approach to The RLC today. Why? Well, two “eyes bigger than their stomach” boys bought a most novel breakfast that left them stonkered–an English pork pie each! Tasty and … Continue reading
My previous post “from silly to serving..” explained why last week’s RLC has been served later than normal, but boys went to the effort, so I am honouring:– The BLAC The availability of cheap bread and cheese had to be … Continue reading
I seemed to have started my lemon appeal with the sweet lemony treats (see the a’peel of lemons post), so now a few of the more savoury of the spectrum: I have to start with the all time favourite staple … Continue reading
Seriously–when The Seekers sang “lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet, but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat” they were suffering a culinary deficit. Lemons have got to be one of the most … Continue reading
We have a tendency to be a bit Francophilic, and realizing it was Bastille Day, started thinking about iconic French foods that fit our slightly frugal requirements… Hmmm- snails… (But we’d be too hungry) Baguettes and cheese… done that! Ratatouille… … Continue reading
A beautiful but cold winter’s day must have made the thought of garlic butter with something warm spring to one boy’s mind. Mmmmmmm garlic! Happy to run with that vital meal base, on wandering the markets they discovered some Italian … Continue reading
For someone who lives in a country where pavlova is queen of desserts, I haven’t made it from scratch often. One of the first times I made a pav I forgot about it after leaving it to cool in the … Continue reading
First day of holidays! Sleep in! Not! The lure of treasure abounding motivated boys to wake up at 6am, get dressed and ready to be on the doorstep of the garage sale down the road at 8 on the dot. … Continue reading