For too long has my Complete Works of Shakespeare languished, lonely and unloved, waiting in vain for our next reading to occur! I do love our Shakespeare feasts, but they are quite fiendishly difficult to organise – as soon as…
Tag: almonds
Recipe: Lisa’s Low Fructose Gingerbread Bliss Balls
I’m procrastinating from packing. I don’t know why I’m so scared of packing, but I totally am, which means that instead of packing I have resorted to things like cleaning the bathroom, baking cakes (so that Andrew still feels loved…
Recipe: Ravioli with Romesco Sauce and Lemony Broccoli
I don’t even dare look at my blog to see how many weeks have gone by since I’ve written. I’m so sorry for the hiatus – first work got busy, then I got sick, then I was organising lengthy walks…
Recipe: Allergy-Friendly Chocolate Birthday Cupcakes with Tofu Mousse and Scream de Menthe
I made these cakes for a Big Number Birthday yesterday. The brief was that they had to be gluten-free, low-FODMAP and vegan, which does, in combination, take a lot of the fun out of things – but fortunately, nuts were…
Recipe: Vegan Rhubarb Crumble Ice Cream
The trouble with hot days like this is that all the really *easy* desserts involve dairy. So if you have someone visiting who can’t eat dairy, then you have a problem. In the hope of solving this problem, I recently…
Recipe: Raw Zucchini Spaghetti with Sicilian Nut-Meat Balls
Oh, God, it’s hot. It’s hot, it’s hot, it’s hot. I hate this weather. I had this enticing introduction all planned to tell you about how I came up with this recipe and why I think it is just too…
Recipe: Raw Zucchini Pasta with Mushroom and Nut Pesto
Have you ever created a recipe and had it go really well and then sat down at the table and realised how you could have made it ten times more awesome? Well, you’re going to have to wait until next…
Recipe: Upside-Down Plum and Walnut Cake, with Cardamom
It’s January in Australia, and you would be within your rights to expect that the weather would be swelteringly, painfully hot and sticky. But you’d be wrong, because this is Melbourne we’re talking about, so it’s cool and drizzly, and…
Recipe: Chocolate Caramel with Chocolate Chips and Cranberries
Yes! I finally got this recipe to work! It did still turn out a little chewier than I meant it to, mostly because I was at home alone while cooking it, and the saucepan is large and heavy, and started…
Recipe: Vegan Almond & Salted Pistachio Caramel Nougat
This recipe follows exactly the same method as my recipe for coconut caramels, but where the coconut caramels came out tasting buttery and caramellish and almost popcorny, these almond caramels came out tasting almost exactly like nougat. It’s kind of…