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  • Hoppin' John

    I am always delighted when he decides to make it again, and it is too good not to share.

  • Rosehip and Apple Muffins

    In preparation for the Littler One's arrival, I've been stockpiling food in the freezer, and that has included some breakfast foods for Little Bit, like pancakes, waffles and muffins that can easily be I've ever done, but I've seen a lot of chatter about using air fryers for different things on online foodie

  • Rose Petal Risotto

    I wanted to play around with using fresh rose petals and thought a risotto might be a way of playing around with the flavours. It didn't come out quite as well as I had hoped, and the rose flavour was fainter than I had intended, but it was a tasty dinner and an interesting experiment, so I thought it worth sharing. Interestingly, the flavours came out more once I added some honey. Ingredients: 3 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, chopped 1 sweet potato, chopped 3 c fresh rose petals, mostly yellow 1 1/2 c Arborio rice 3/4 c whey 2 1/2 c rosé wine 1 c parmesan 1 tbsp honey 1) Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a saucepan and add the Arborio rice. Sauté until translucent then add the whey. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring frequently. 2) Meantime, heat the remaining oil in a frying pan and sauté onion until translucent. Add sweet potato and cook until tender. 3) Gradually add the rosé to the rice as the liquid is absorbed, and continue stirring. 4) When sweet potatoes are tender and just beginning to brown, add rose petals and cook, stirring, until they wilt. Set aside. 5) When the liquid has been absorbed into the rice and it is tender, add parmesan and stir in. Add honey and then vegetables. Serve hot. This one had mixed results. It may be that the combined whey and rosé were too acidic. Or it may be that the parmesan was too strong a flavour for the poor rose petals. Either way, initially, it was a little disappointing. Once we added the honey, it tasted nice, but not spectacular and the rose flavour was not very strong. I'd like to try rose petals in a water-based infusion next as they don't seem to be very lipophilic. In neither the oil nor the milk have they given up particularly strong flavours when fresh. Still a tasty dinner though, and as far as failures go, very definitely edible, although not what I had been aiming for.

  • Scotch Quail Eggs

    I went looking for spicing inspiration in Food DIY by Tim Hayward, which I discovered was a good choice Place a quail egg in the centre and fold the meat around the egg and pinch it shut. 5) Roll the ball

  • Chocolate and Christmas Spice Cookies

    Definitely best had hot, but they were still good the couple of days afterwards too!

  • Golden Milk, 2 Variants

    It is warm and comforting and hot milk has a soporific effect.

  • Rose Cake

    I've been playing around with the idea of making a rose cake for a while so I decided that now was a good The Genoese sponge version was good, but drier and had even less of a rose flavour.

  • Chicken and Waffles

    As far as I have always been concerned, waffles are a breakfast food (or at a push, a breakfast-for-dinner food). Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks then fold them gently into the batter.

  • Spiced Rice Pudding

    As mentioned in Day 48 of The Challenge This is very definitely a comfort food. It is also very easy to vary the flavouring depending on what you are in the mood for by changing what

  • Cheese and Apple Tart

    Maybe a little further tweaking to perfect it, but certainly good enough to share!

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