On Saturday I had lunch at Truffle. It was a very Big Deal, for two reasons: I met with three good friends and it was the first we were all together, in one place, since high school. It was my first baby-free outing in almost eight months! Coordinating our schedules isn’t easy, with twelve kids … Continue reading
On a cold morning in May I opened the door to a very special delivery. Ice cream! It wasn’t just any ice cream, but the new decadent Magnum Pint all wrapped up in a cosy box of treats. I had previously selected the flavour (Chocolate, of course) and a DVD title according to genre. It … Continue reading
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a lovely break this festive season and all well rested and fresh for 2014. Inevitably, with a new year comes a new list of resolutions. And of course I already broke one (definitely the one about healthier eating). I decided to get it out of the way … Continue reading
It was dessert time at our house and out came the mini doughnut maker, for the first time. The kids have been bugging me for the longest time to use it!The recipe was quite simple, just mix everything together, spray the surface with Spray n Cook and fill with the batter. Mix, mix! For me, … Continue reading
Do you know what a cronut is? No? Then let me explain… In May this year Manhattan baker Dominique Ansel created a croissant/ doughnut hybrid and even had it trademarked. A flaky, crisp-on-the-outside deep-fried confection tossed in cinnamon sugar, filled with a flavoured cream and glazed. People queue for 2.5 hours outside the bakery every … Continue reading
This whole week has been a fight against sugar, my biggest addiction, and I’m happy to say that I’ve been very good. Naturally, I felt the need for a little reward (I don’t want my body to go into shock you see and it’s Friday after all). Foregoing my usual sugar binge by raiding the … Continue reading
My heart did a little flip last week when I opened the PnP mailer with the weekly challenge and saw that it was a dessert. The list contained almost all my favourite things, and with the rule of adding another item it was complete. You can vote for my entry here: Mocha Caramel Deluxe and … Continue reading
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. And when there’s fire, there should be s’mores! But these aren’t just any s’mores. These are S’mOreos. What are Graham crackers anyway? Little K will show us what we need. Marshmallows on skewers, ready to pass around. Or you could be adventurous and use the coconut mallows. One box of … Continue reading
Last Monday began a life-changing event. For a while I’ve been noticing the tighter waistbands and clothes gathering dust on their hangers because it’s just not that ‘comfortable’ anymore. I continued blissfully enjoying the gastronomic delights that is my life (read in denial) until two things happened: 1) I went to buy new pants and … Continue reading
If you’ve not yet had this Lindt dessert at Primi, you should make a concerted effort! Forget that low carb/calorie something or other for a few minutes (that’s all the time you need to be rid of the evidence on the plate) and go down to V&A Waterfront. It’s the only Primi that I’ve seen … Continue reading
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