05 Apr 2016 3 Comments
in Desserts, food, health, Holiday foods, recipes Tags: April Fool's Day, cinnamon, coconut palm sugar, fruit fool, ginger, pudding, rhubarb
What is an April Fool?
The only surprise I was treated to on April Fool’s Day was Alex Trebek, walking onto his game show set without his pants! I did, however, write this post for you on April 1st, which should entitle me to name my fruit pudding recipe April Fool. It’s a tasty British fruit “Fool,” in the traditional sense.
10 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in books, Desserts, Drinks, food, Side dishes Tags: Fool, fruit, gooseberries, leeks, pudding, roibus, tea, war
Redwall Abbey – A child’s delight
To honor the people who gave their all in the Great Wars, I’m reposting some recipes I first brought to you in 2012. These traditional recipes were in vogue during the scarce years of the Second World War… but many probably go back much farther than that, handed down by mothers and mother’s mothers in Britain ever since they began to grow potatoes and cabbages… and gooseberries! More
01 Apr 2014 24 Comments
in Breakfast foods, Desserts, food, health, recipes Tags: brain, chia seeds, chocolate, fiber, heart, omega-3, protein, pudding
Don’t eat your potted pet…
Remember those little Chia sculptures that blew onto the scene about 30 years ago? We’d water them and give them a little love, and they rewarded us by growing hair and fur in all the right places. They were cute but decidedly not edible. More
26 Nov 2013 14 Comments
in Desserts, food, health, recipes, science, stories Tags: avocados, children, chocolate, fruit, mangos, mousse, omega 9 fatty acids, omega-3 to omega-6 ratio, pudding
A healthy chocolate dessert
Instead of the suspicious fats usually lurking in rich desserts from heavy cream and butter, this chocolate pudding hides a secret agent known far and wide for his success in fighting disease. His name? Detective Avocado. More
29 Oct 2013 8 Comments
in Desserts, food, health, Holiday foods, recipes, stories Tags: brule, children, cookies, custard, eggs, family, halloween, meringue, pudding, pumpkin
Of course, the frog part was an accident!
When my little meringue ghosts collapsed after their stint in the oven into weird brown froggies on lily pads, I put it down to the stevia I subbed for more than half the sugar. It seems that for meringues to hold their height, the sugar-to-eggwhite ratio is crucial. Live and learn. More
18 Jan 2012 7 Comments
in Desserts, food, recipes, science Tags: chemistry, children, custard, desserts, eggs, experiments, fats, pudding, sauces, sol, tasting
Custard fight – “Baked” dukes it out with “Stirred”
James Bond may have taken his martinis stirred. But in a recent egg custard duel, Stirred came in a far second-best behind Baked!
See for yourself. More
