Archive for the 'chocolate' Category

Everybody’s a winner with chocolate.

I truly believe this, as chocolate is one of the all time best foods ever invented/grown/made etc. But this time I’m not the only one who thinks so. Thanks to all of you who voted I am the winner of Holly’s First Art You can Eat competition for my Wildberry Mousse in a Dark Chocolate [...]

The Delectable, Unforgettable Valerie Crunchie Recipe

Mix in a large bowl

500ml organic rolled oats
500ml dessicated coconut
250ml organic granulated sugar
50ml cocoa
10ml baking powder
500ml organic plain flour

Melt

250g organic unsalted butter

and add it to the dry ingredients, mixing well.
Press the mix into a greased baking dish and flatten until about 2cm thick.
Bake for 25 minutes @180*C, then cool.
Once cool add the topping and allow [...]

Apples & Thyme # 4 – The Delectable, Unforgettable Valerie Crunchie Recipe

 
This month for our ongoing Apples & Thyme event I am going a bit further afield. Apples & Thyme is all about celebrating time in the kitchen with mothers and grandmothers, and today I am extending that to friends’ mothers.
 
From the day Dani and I first met when we were 12, to the [...]