Here is my drawing of the American dish Eggs Benedict, consisting of a half of English muffin topped with ham, poached egg and hollandaise.
Category Archives: Food and Drink
Primal Family Nourishment
This post is to let you know that my mum, administrator of “Live Grow Nourish Create”, has started up a new paleo food blog, called Primal Family Nourishment (which you can check out here)
Viv, administrator of Primal Family Nourishment says here in her about page: “This blog is to document our progress as we transition towards a “primal” way of eating emphasising fresh meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds, and minimal high fat dairy.”
Raspberry And Yoghurt Ice Cream
I got an ice cream maker earlier this month; A Magimix De Glacier, with a 1.1 litre freezer bowl. So far Ive made two ice creams with it. The first was made with coconut milk, and it was not as such ice cream… but a slab of ice… So this time we decided we’d make try and get a better consistency and texture, using yoghurt! Following a recipe that came in the box with my ice cream maker, we made a Raspberry and Yoghurt Ice Cream (Surely that’s a frozen yoghurt? 
) . Anyway, sweet, but taut, and actually looking and tasting very ice cream like, I was pretty pleased with it Here’s the recipe:
Ingredients-
250g Raspberries
100g Caster Sugar
3ooml Yoghurt (We used St. Helen’s Goats Yoghurt, which has a thick and creamy texture; maybe this helped with the texture of the ice cream)
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We served it with chopped hazelnuts and chocolate chips. You could just as easily add these to the actual ice cream; just churn the ice cream for 10 minutes, add the chocolate chips/chopped hazelnuts, and churn for another 1o minutes.
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Blog Of The Year Award 2*
I’ve been nominated once again for the Blog Of The Year Award 2012! That means I now have 2 stars!! Woo-hoo!!! 
Thanks to KnowledgeKnut for nominating me. Please check out her blog here!
As you may have noticed, I’m really into cooking at the moment. I’ve been making liver and bacon, pancakes, kale crisps, chocolate truffles and more. I’ve been helping in the kitchen and spending most of my time looking through my favorite cookbooks! So most of my nominees today are cooking blogs. Here are my nominees:
http://cincinletseat.wordpress.com/
And to my nominees, here are the official rules of the award:
1 Select the blog(s) you think deserve the ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award. 2 Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen – there’s no minimum or maximum number of blogs required – and ‘present’ them with their award. 3 Please include a link back to this page ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award – http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/our-awards/blog-of-the-year-2012-award/and include these ‘rules’ in your post (please don’t alter the rules or the badges!) 4 Let the blog(s) you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the ‘rules’ with them 5 You can now also join the award’s Facebook group – click ‘like’ on this page‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award Facebook group and then you can share your blog with an even wider audience if you choose to 6 As a winner of the award – please add a link back to the blog that presented you with the award – and then proudly display the award on your blog and sidebar … and start collecting stars… Yes – that’s right – there are stars to collect! Unlike other awards which you can only add to your blog once – this award is different! When you begin you will receive the ‘1 star’ award – and every time you are given the award by another blog – you can add another star! There are a total of 6 stars to collect. Which means that you can check out your favorite blogs – and even if they have already been given the award by someone else – you can still bestow it on them again and help them to reach the maximum 6 stars!ADVICE WANTED!!!! (Buying An Ice Cream Maker) + Cooking Progress Updates
- I am thinking about buying an Ice cream maker soon, and I’d really like some advice on which one would be a good one to buy. I’m looking for a cheap, but good-quality ice cream maker with a relatively small freezer dish. I’d love if you could give me some advice on which ice cream makers match my wants, or ice cream makers you’ve bought and have been very pleased with. Thank you!
- Now, since my post: Pancakes, Masterchef And Weird And Wonderful Foods, I’ve been doing much more cooking. I helped Dad prepare some spicy kale chips for dinner, I chopped the liver and the bacon for the Liver And Bacon stew yesterday, and I helped make some deeeeeelicious Chocolate Truffles coated in chocolate sauce, having the idea to coat some dates in the leftover sauce before pouring it away! I’ve helped at every opportunity, and have been noting down important notes in my Cooking Notes Book! And I’ve been having lots of fun! I’ve discovered recently just how much I love cooking! I’m really pleased!
Halloween!!! Five Delicious Seasonal Treats!!!
Sorry I was a bit late with this post 
I’m sure you’re still celebrating Halloween though, right? 
Maybe I’ll be on time with Christmas 
And just note, none of these recipes are mine, so all credit goes to these brilliant blogs: Voracious Vander, Perennial Pastimes, A Home of Beth’s Own, Elephant Belly and Take a Bite Out Of Life. Please Check Out Their Sites!
1 Pumpkin and White Bean Patties With Rosemary:
by Voracious VanderI absolutely love patties, and I’m all too eager to give these pumpkin patties a try!!!
2 Pumpkin Brownies:
Now, surely you can’t beat pumpkin brownies!!! A delicious Halloween dessert! 
3 Halloween Pumpkin Cheesecake:
Now, there was a strong debate in my head of whether brownie or cheesecake should be second,
because I love cheesecakes almost as much as I do brownies! And the web topping looks brilliant! 
4 All Hallows Eve Vegan Pumpkin Curry:
Now, for another savoury dish. A delicious curry great for vegans and vegetarians!
If I was to make it, however, I’d defo add some chicken or lamb 
5 Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls:
These look absolutely delicious, but I don’t think there is anyway I can adapt this recipe to be Gluten Free.
For people looking for Gluten Free Recipes like me, here is a recipe for Gluten Free Pumpkin Muffins!
Sticky Date and Oat Flapjack (Deeelicious!!)
Now this recipe will make you the most delicious pudding ever. A sticky date and oat flapjack. Now, I first got this recipe from Ocado, but modified it a bit. Go to Ocado for the original recipe.
- 200g chopped, dried dates
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 200g goats’ butter
- 200g light soft brown sugar
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 300g oats (soaked oats are better for digestion)
An Ode To Peanut Butter
In the corner of the dark, dark pantry
Lies the jar. Glowing bright
In the shadows of the looming shelves
Sitting. So innocent. Calling.
Shooting waves of temptation
Pulsing, growing, as it tilts towards you.
Drones “Resistance is futile”
Oozing into your thoughts…
Oozing into your bowl
Peanut Satay; the pure streams of heaven
Flowing through the centre of a date
Soothing, it touches your hungry lips
Like fresh rain trickling onto a flower’s buds
As you close your eyes you seem to float
Like a cloud… drifting through the pure streams of heaven.
