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I should name this post Adventures in Jamming! I must admit I went on a bit of a jamming bender this year and I don’t think it will be stopping any time soon. There is such a wide variety of fruits
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Tis the season for bountiful fruit and veg and that includes pears. Neither the husband or myself are huge “must have pears!” people, but when I was at the market, these pears were laying there. Perfect and unbruised, they were
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I offered to bring a dessert to a friend’s BBQ and was originally planning on bringing frozen lemon squares. But as I had a bunch of apples and a couple peaches to use up, I decided to go with apple
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While watching one of the many Christmas baking shows on tv this time of year, I saw a commercial for a dessert that looked like a dark rich Turkish Delight. Thankfully I caught the episode that this dish was made
Read moreHubby loves jam on his peanut butter and toast. And quite a few of the low carb or sugar free ones come with the artificial sweeteners, that.. well.. how to put this delicately. You might as well pour directly into
Read moreI wanted to do up a pie for one of the dinners I did this week and for some reason peach pie was on the top of my list. Not sure why as its not exactly a Christmas flavour. But
Read moreThe last breakfast for my sister, before she took off for home, was
Read moreI was always leary of trying this salad. I’m not sure why. I love watermelon. I love feta. I love things like salted apples. So when I made it for my sister’s birthday party it was a new experience. And
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I came across the recipe for Blueberry Almond Cake, on Green Kitchen Stories, while searching for desserts with blueberries. I slightly modified the recipe, adding some nutmeg, and using sugar-free maple syrup for a low carb twist. Hubby isn’t a huge
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