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Chocolate And Hazelnut Tarts With Haagen Dazs Coffee Ice Cream

23rd October 2015 By Urvashi Roe

There is something rather therapeutic about baking pastry. It’s the stages I think. Making the dough, chilling the dough, rolling out the dough and finally baking. The stages fit rather well with my running schedule. I’m running for Action Against Hunger in the 2016 Virgin London Marathon. I’ve started training now because I’m a slow […]

Filed Under: Products, Sweet Tagged With: chocolate, coffee, food, haagen dazs, Ice cream, pastry, tarts

Blackberry Meringue Pie

10th August 2015 By Urvashi Roe

blackberry meringue pie

“There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it: a Dormouse was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and talking over its head. `Very […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: #afternoonteaweek, afternoon tea, baking, blackberry, meringue, tart

Memories of Eid In Dubai with Luqaimat

17th July 2015 By Urvashi Roe

doughnuts

Today my Muslim friends are celebrating Eid.  The end of the month long fast of Ramadan.  I’m in awe of these friends.  In awe of their willpower and uncomplaining perseverance.  They bring a sense of calm to the busy-ness of London. I remember visiting Dubai during Ramadan.  The month of blessing fell at the same time […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: doughnut, dubai, eid, iftar, Luqaimat, ramadan

Famgethers And Chocolate Brownies For Valentine’s Day

14th February 2015 By Urvashi Roe

My youngest daughter seems very excited about Valentine’s Day. She’s been talking about it all week. To her it’s all about ‘famgether’. This is a silly word our family made up one holiday. It means ‘family together’. Silly I know but it creeps into conversations when we haven’t seen each other consistently for a while. […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: brownie, cheesecake, chocolate, red velvet, valentine, Valentines Day

Sunny Days and Marmalade Meringue Tarts

24th January 2015 By Urvashi Roe

It’s been almost Spring like today.  I woke up before the sun and sat with a cup of tea watching it come up over the garden.  A rare opportunity with children in the house. I’ve been distracted by the sky ever since.  It’s been so vividly blue I couldn’t help stopping and staring out into […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: baking, cooking, flower, food, fruit, marmalade, seville orange marmalade

Edible Gifts For Christmas

20th December 2014 By Urvashi Roe

Hasn’t Christmas come around so quickly this year? I know all the advertising kicks off as soon as the summer sales have finished but I cannot believe we have just this weekend left to buy gifts.  Our list always includes edibles – some shop bought and some home made.  Here is some inspiration if you’re […]

Filed Under: Preserves & Pickles, Sweet Tagged With: chocolate, Christmas, cooking, edible gifts, food

Roasted Cashew and Chocolate Nut Butter

20th December 2014 By Urvashi Roe

My daughters love peanut butter.  I love peanut butter! But aside from one particular brand (Whole Earth) there are too many nasties in commercially made peanut butter so every now and then it’s nice to make your own.  This recipe just has just a few ingredients.    

Filed Under: Preserves & Pickles, Sweet Tagged With: chocolate, peanut butter

School Lunches And Christmas Yule Logs

16th December 2014 By Urvashi Roe

I came to this country (that is to say the United Kingdom for those of you who may be reading this blog elsewhere) in 1976.  I was very little and spoke barely any English. I had been privileged enough to attend an English speaking Kindergarten in my birth country of Tanzania but it wasn’t enough […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: baking, Christmas, cooking, food, swiss roll, yule log

Christmas Tree Traditions Of The Edible Kind

9th December 2014 By Urvashi Roe

I must admit I get rather cross with all the Christmas hype on the high street and how it all seems to get earlier every year. In our house, we cannot, I mean we are not allowed to, get excited about Christmas until after my birthday which is on the 11th December.  Having grown up with […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: baking, Christmas, cooking, edible decorations, food

A Little Bit Of Sunshine On The Allotment

28th October 2014 By Urvashi Roe

I was reading a post on sunflowers for every occasion over at The Garden Deli which inspired me to go and seek out the different kinds of sunflowers around our allotments. I didn’t have to look far.  These stunners have given us a little bit of sunshine every time I go to the water butt. […]

Filed Under: Breakfast, Sweet Tagged With: Allotment, cooking, flapjack, food, sunflower

Halloween Carrot Cake Bites

25th October 2014 By Urvashi Roe

halloween carrot cake

This week I have been experimenting with Lurpak Cooking Liquid.  It’s a blend of butter and rapeseed oil that comes in a handy squeezy bottle that sits nicely in our fridge door or lies sideways without dripping all over the place. I’ll be honest I wasn’t sure at first.  Why do I need a liquid […]

Filed Under: Products, Sweet Tagged With: baking, carrot cake, food, Halloween, lurpak cooking oil

Saffron Eclairs For Diwali

22nd October 2014 By Urvashi Roe

It’s Diwali today. The day when light conquers all.  The day when Rama and Sita returned home after having defeated the evil Ravan.  A day when you truly feel that you can conquer anything. This year has had its challenges but I think we have indeed conquered most.  We head into the new Hindu year on a […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: baking, cooking, diwali, eclair, food, saffron

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