On farm classes
Hello, my name is Fiona and I have a bit of a sugar problem. It's no so big or obvious. I'm not enormous, or even that unhealthy. But I do eat sugar every day, and I crave it. I've kidded myself for a long time that because most of […]
HA! Did you think it was safe to drop by here on a Tuesday?! It's not a slice of Wednesday day. It's not even Friday night dessert night! It'll be OK. She might just post a photo of a goose. HUZZAH!!! Now let's talk for just a minute. We […]
I know it might seem that there is just endless sweets and treats around these parts, but it's not entirely the case. The slices are always, always given away. Caramel appears once in a blue moon. (OK, maybe twice in a blue moon if they occur in fifteen out of […]
Even though one of Buena Vista Farm's biscuits is a lemon and orange shortbread, and I've made hundreds of them in the past month, I'm yet to buy a lemon. Thanks to this tree. Unfortunately it's not actually my tree. Which means this involves quite a bit of thievery. LOTS […]
Had enough of the dairy yet? No, me either. My first caveat would have to be that the kids did not like this. They're a bit spoilt with homemade vanilla icecream and I thought this would be similar just with a higher fat content, but it does taste different, […]
So we have a bit of yoghurt here – I've kinda gotten into making it in a big way. Once you get the hang of it it's dead easy and makes itself, mostly. Culture and all that. Anyway, we were out of icecream so I thought – wonder what happens if […]
then what are you? I am not an apple. Although I do love a sharp crisp Granny Smith. Better cooked, though. With a touch of sugar. And mixed with boysenberries and blackberries. And topped with crumble. Maybe I am a crumble. That'd figure. We do dessert one night a week: […]
OK so the David Lebovitz icecream was very good, but a little fiddly. Having a dedicated tendency to err on the simpler side of things, I remembered a friend talking about icecream made with condensed milk. Mmmmm, condensed milk. Another good reason to have it in your pantry, right! So […]
Yuuuuuummmm. Ever made your own icecream? I've made it a few times, including a semifreddo phase I went through in the early nineties. THAT one was bad for my bum. But I've never made a 'custard' based icecream. I wanted to try this because being pregnant I can't eat anything […]
Shortcake is one of the things I don't make. I don't make it, because my Mum does. And man, she makes a good shortcake. I think in every family somebody specializes in something, right? Maybe you are the excellent birthday cake maker. Or the beloved scone bringer. Maybe you're known […]