Food & Drink

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Family Friendly Recipes

Quick & Easy Bruschetta

I'm not sure you can really call this a recipe because it's so simple, but that simplicity is its what makes this bruschetta so special and one of my favorite things to eat. It's little more than some salad on toast really. I did this for our evening meal earlier in...

Chocolate Birthday Cake Recipe

Cooking time: 75 minutes Serves: 12+ slices Ingredients for cake: 200g caster sugar 200g self raising flour 200g chocolate 200g butter (room temperature) 2 tsp vanilla paste or extract 2 or 3 gratings of orange rind 6 eggs Ingredients for chocolate buttercream: 200g...

Mrs Robin’s Fruit Cake Recipe

Cooking time: 75 minutes Serves: 12+ slices Ingredients: 125g margarine 175g sugar (dark brown, light or white) 175g currents 175g sultanas 50g candied peel 225ml of water 1 level teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda 1 heaped teaspoon of mixed spice 2 beaten eggs 125g...

Microwave Steam Pudding Recipe

Cooking time: 5 minutes Serves: 4 to 6 Ingredients: 100g Soft butter 100g Caster Sugar (or granulated) 100g Self Raising flour ** 2 large eggs 2 tbsp of milk Method: You will need a 1.5 pint pudding bowl - slightly larger will be fine. Beat the butter and sugar...

South African Peach & Parma Ham French Toast

This tasty, satisfying snack is bursting with great flavours! Serves 4 Preparation: 10 minutes Cooking: 5 minutes 2 South African peaches or nectarines, pitted and sliced20g butter4 slices sourdough or crusty white bread20g mascarpone or cream cheese4 slices Parma...

South African Roast Plum, Sweet Potato & Quinoa Salad

Roast South African plums taste sensational in this colourful, healthy warm salad. Serves 4 Preparation: 15 minutes Cooking: 25 minutes 8 South African plums, quartered and pitted 500g sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks 2tbsp olive oil 400g can chickpeas,...

Topsy-Turvey Plum, Peach and Almond Cake

Try this upside-down cake made with luscious South African fruit – it’s plum delicious! Serves 12 Preparation: 20 minutes Cooking: 50 minutes 4tbsp golden syrup or honey 6 South African plums, halved and pitted2 South African peaches or nectarines, pitted and...

Bubblegum Plum Panettone Pudding

Try this yummy version of bread and butter pudding – with its wonderful flavour of South African Bubblegum plums. Serves 6 Preparation: 15 minutes, plus standing Cooking: 35 minutes 6 South African Bubblegum plums, pitted and sliced40g butter6 slices panettone or...

South African Plum & Pork Stir-Fry

South African plums give a juicy fresh flavour to this satisfying, healthy supper. Serves 4 Preparation: 15 minutes Cooking: 10 minutes Ingredients: 6 South African plums2 nests dried fine egg noodlesJuice of 1 small orange1tsp cornflour2tbsp sweet chilli sauce2tbsp...

Peachy Chocolate Mascarpone Tart

Use juicy South African peaches or nectarines to create this yummy tart – it’s simple and sensational! Serves 10Preparation: 15 minutesChilling: 30 minutes 4 South African peaches or nectarines, pitted and sliced4tbsp caster sugar125g butter250g digestive biscuits,...

Quick & Easy Bruschetta

by siteadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | Featured, Recipe

How to use up left over salad to create a Quick & Easy Bruschetta.

Chocolate Birthday Cake Recipe

by siteadmin | May 30, 2020 | Featured, Recipe

This is a simple, quick and reliable chocolate celebration cake recipe which you and your family will love.

Mrs Robin’s Fruit Cake Recipe

by siteadmin | May 24, 2020 | Featured, Recipe

Mrs robins fruit cake. This is a really quick and simple fruit cake using the boiled cake method. My mum has been baking this for years and it’s a family favourite fruit cake and easy to cook at the weekend for Sunday night tea.

Microwave Steam Pudding Recipe

by siteadmin | May 10, 2020 | Featured, News, Recipe

A lovely little recipe for a microwaved steam pudding which is quick, cheap and easy to do and which makes a nice pudding to fill you and your family up.