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Thanks to A Strong Coffee and her recipe for a walnut cake using coconut oil, I have recently discovered how excellent coconut oil is! I’ve had an unopened jar sitting in my cupboard for months, and the first time I used it was a couple of weeks ago when I made the walnut cake. It was delicious, and using natural coconut oil rather than butter made it even better, as it added flavour with natural goodness.
Okay, so this isn’t an actual cheesecake or Eton mess, but it is quite reminiscent of a mixture of both of them! I just chucked it together the other night when I fancied some dessert, but I couldn’t have fruit & yogurt as I was doing an EESP day so I just got some ingredients from the fridge and cupboard and came up with this. You could of course change the fruit in it, and the flavour of the Hi-Fi bar, but I thought it was really tasty just like this. It takes just five minutes to whip up too, and you could …
I guess this one isn’t so much of a recipe, more a different way of doing something to make it more interesting, and a salad in a jar actually keeps a few days in the fridge*! This also makes it really handy for taking to work, or if you have a busy routine at home and don’t have time to stand chopping salad for making your lunch during the day, you can make 2 or 3 of these salad in a jar up on a night time, then they can be taken from the fridge and either enjoyed straight from …
Hands up if you work an office and look forward to elevenses time? The time of day when you need a break, with something tasty to eat to help you get through the rest of the day. But tasty doesn’t have to be unhealthy and you don’t need to buy from the office canteen or snack vending machine. A healthy office is a happy office and that’s why Furniture at Work have produced a fab recipe ebook featuring 20 healthy recipes for treats, snacks, smoothies, and shakes to enjoy for elevenses at work. The recipes are all from real, busy people; including …
In this house we love marshmallows and usually have them with a hot chocolate, cream & sprinkles but I have never cooked with them, or played with them either for that matter. We were recently sent some Mega Marshmallows from Innovative Bites and we did both! Now from the description I knew they were going to be big, but I didn’t think they would be this big: With marshmallows this size, you can get really creative! I had two things in mind to begin with – tower building and making s’mores!