Last weekend, I was invited to a Yule celebration at the home of one of my friends from work. It was an amazingly fun evening (I think I could become addicted to the werewolf card game, even though I’m fairly…
Recipe: Fruit Mince Filo Cigars
Tag: raisins
Recipe: Orange, Raisin and Spice Scones for a Christmas in the Sun
We had our work Christmas party today. Well, one of them. When you work with two highly sociable Divisions, you don’t just get one work Christmas party – I believe that my official count this year is a modest six,…
Recipes: Warm Winter Fruit Salad
This dessert was inspired by the wintry weather and all that lovely dried fruit I bought from Happy Fruit a few weeks ago at the Coburg Farmers’ Market. And then I ordered some freeze-dried fruit from TasteBom and it arrived…
Recipe: Very Nearly Good For You Oaty Cookies with Raisins and Apricots
I’m strangely lethargic this week. I think I’m still recovering from the intense concentration of last week’s course. Anyway, I’ve been mooching around on my last week of leave, not doing very much, and not even having the energy to…
Recipe: Easy Last-Minute Fruit Mince for the Disorganised Cook Who Still Needs Mince Pies
I survived the confectionery! And the last minute mad baking frenzy for the end of work! And all the work Christmas parties! And (so far) all the carolling, though since I still have the three big services left to sing,…
Recipe: Overnight Rice Pudding for a Cold Winter’s Morning
By the time I post this, the UEFA Soccer Cup will be over, and we will know whether Italy or Spain has won. I am not, in all probability, going to get up to watch it, even though I did…
Recipe: Raw Vegan Mini Christmas Puddings!
Hannah over at Wayfaring Chocolate keeps on putting up these fascinating raw vegan truffle recipes. Today was supposed to be my day for making mince pies (and the day isn’t over yet…), but I thought it might be fun to…
Recipe: Christmas Pudding
I know, I know, it’s November and I’m talking about Christmas. But a traditional Christmas Pudding should be made well in advance, though mine is a fridge-dweller rather than the kind you hang off the clothes-horse to dry out. Also,…
Recipe: Bread Pudding
This recipe comes from my Austrian grandmother, and is basically a really delicious way to use up stale bread. As a child, this was one of my favourite foods – its spicy stodginess reminded me of Christmas pudding, and it…
Recipe: Lovely Rice Pudding For Dinner Again
After you all egged me on to make rice pudding the other day, I found myself compelled to give it a try. The difficulty was, my evil, chocolate-loving side wanted to make a completely decadent rice pudding with chocolate and…