Using Lemons and Limes

1)      Wash well

a.       Pesticides, wax

b.      Sterilize with ozone

2)      Grate rind

a.       Microplane grater – careful!

b.      Save to make cake – Rose Levy Berabaum’s Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake

3)      Squeeze juice

a.       Knife/Fork

4)      Lemon Honey Drink

a.       1 tbsp lemon

b.      100ml water

c.       1 tbsp honey (to taste)

                                                              i.      Stir all with a plastic/wooden spoon and drink fresh

1.       Good to start the day with

5)      Plant seeds       

a.       Rinse seeds in a sieve (prevent fungi)

b.      Plant fresh in soil

6)      Lemon Hair Rinse/Household Cleaner

a.       Take lemon skins, soak in a jar of (preferably) warm water

b.      Infuse some herbs in

c.       Use!

7)      Compost Lemon and Lime skins

Cranberry Walnut Swirl Bread

Who can spot the pinky swirl? Nice and tall double-loaf. Mummy likes this one :)

Malaysian Crepes...

It that that time of the year for crepe again! I decided to go with a Malaysian flavor - Pandan crepes layered with kaya and syrup.... mmm???

Does anyone want the recipe>?

Quintessential Corn Muffins

Rose Levy Beranbaum's cookbooks are by far my favorite. I would highly recommend it to serious bakers as the recipes are tried, tested and proven to be wonderful!

Her corn muffin recipe, from her Bread Bible was originally meant to include blueberries, but I have done without them. Sour cream is the special ingredient here. Not too sweet at all, fresh, and tasty! I make them in batches of 3 - 5 and load the muffin cups extra high (producing high domes and mountain peaks). There are soo.. light and fluffy with great flavour.

A Unique Purim Twist

Do you love eating mooncake skin during the Chinese Mooncake festival? Well, here's a twist for you! Mooncake skin, sweet apple/honey filling, and haman's-hat-shapes. These triangular confections are sweetly unique - appropriate for any festivity, but especially for Purim.