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Chicken Shami Kebabs … patties from the past!
“What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?” Lin Yutang Here’s a change from cakes, cookies and desserts. An Indian savoury dish I experimented with a few weeks ago. Got it pretty right! Shami kebabs, as they are referred to in the Indian subcontinent, make for great cocktail snacks if you make small bite sized patties, and wonderful evening snacks served with lime, sliced onions and a green chutney. Serve them as main course, and you got a quick, delicious meal on the go. I often serve them with parathas with a tossed sliced onion, lime and green chili salad on the side, or…
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PUMPKIN POTS de CREME – LiveSTRONG With A Taste Of Yellow
“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.” Louisa May Alcott It’s the time of the year again that makes me walk towards the oven in a hypnotic trance and want to bake all day long. Its warming and comforting to have the oven on, to fill the house with warm flavours that give you joy. The nip in the air, the apples flooding the market, the big yellow {& green} pumpkins all beckon you. Even though the pumpkin sits there all the year…
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Comfort Food – Chocolate Buttermilk Pound Cake… Change is the only constant!
“The only constant is change” Ηράκλειτος /Heraclitus, Greek Philosopher A short while ago I revisited one of my all time favourite cake, the Lime Buttermilk Pound Cake and blogged about it. Was thrilled that everyone liked it as much as I did, and received many suggestions for an orange variation on it. I thought that was a great idea, and those comments set me thinking, especially this one from an anonymous reader “Hey Deeba…made the cake 4 times over this weekend…we just couldn’t get enough of it…thanks for such a marvelous recipe…when lemons were over i used orange juice for the glaze……” If the buttermilk lime cake was so good…
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{Daring Bakers} Decorated Sugar Cookies … these ones are for Rosie!
“Each day is a new canvas to paint upon. Make sure your picture is full of life and happiness, and at the end of the day you don’t look at it and wish you had painted something different.” Author Unknown In Mandy’s words … “For you, it may be back to school; the start of Spring or Autumn/Fall depending where you are in the world; September could also be someone special’s birthday or even the beginning of your favourite sporting season. Whatever happens in your life in September, that’s what I’d like your cookies to be about.” The September 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Mandy of “What…
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CHOCOLATE & CHERRY POTS de CREME … the yolks head home!
“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” Stephen King If you know a little about me, you might figure out where the egg yolks came from. No mystery here! Of course they came from my quest for feet, and the failure associated with them! And in case you haven’t stopped by before, feel at home, grab some coffee, and join me in my footless saga! In a nutshell, it’s about finding feet in macarons, and then finding a home for the yolks! Macaron madness hits us this time every month and the theme for MacTweets, the macaron obsessed blog that Jamie and I host,…
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{Baking/Vegetarian} ROASTED BELL PEPPER, MUSHROOM & RICOTTA CALZONES … l♥ved ’em!
“Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?” Author Unknown Happy ‘hump day‘!! Am battling the flu and a flu ridden family but seem to have gotten the better of Wednesday. ‘Wordless Wednesdays‘ prove elusive as always, maybe because I have too much to say. For that matter I never seem to make it to a ‘Meatless Mondays‘ post either; guess that’s fine because my food isn’t ruled by days of the week. That said, I make sure the grub is meatless at least 3 times a week, and these calzones proved to be just the thing. The combination of the filling, the depth the roasted bell peppers provided and the yumminess of…
