The Cookbook Challenge

I’ve decided to join the The Cookbook Challenge organised by Rilsta at My Food Trail as an effort to use some of the cookbooks catching dust on my shelves. There are 52 themes over 52 weeks. I’ve joined a bit late so will be starting at week 9. I think cooking to a set theme [...]

Passionfruit Souffle

A couple of years ago we were at a friend’s for dinner and he made us our first ever passionfruit souffle. We watched him whisked the ingredients together and then we all huddled together in front of the oven to watch this dessert magically rise. We were all very impressed to say the least. Dave [...]

Pineapple Fried Rice

I really didn’t have any recipe in mind when I decided to buy a pineapple. It was a “baby pineapple”, almost half the size of a normal pineapple and I thought it was cute (and cheap) so I bought it. I love a fried rice dish so decided to make pineapple fried rice. Our family [...]

Coconut Pancakes with Bananas and Lime

The temperatures of the past few days has been raising and it’s making all my fruits ripe very quickly, way before I’m ready to eat them. The bananas are going spotty, the passionfruits are going wrinkly and the pineapple is smelling very riped. We spent yesterday playing at the beach, so I’m happy to [...]

Blueberry Tiramisu

Blueberries are packed with lots of nutrients. Every time blueberries are in season I tried to load Amy up with blueberry goodness. I usually like eating my blueberries fresh but decided to experiment with making a blueberry tiramisu this time. I love the traditional tiramisu but having seen so many different recipes using mangoes, strawberies, [...]