Paleo Rose Water Eton Mess

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Glass of paleo rose water eton mess

Confession time! I may have indulged just a little a lot over the weekend. Remember how I wrote this post and wrote about how Pavlova is one of the traditional desserts that is served on Australia Day, well after that I had a MASSIVE craving for it! So of course I decided to make a Pavlova except well it didn’t quiet turn out that way…

First of all if you don’t know what a Pavlova is it’s a meringue based dessert, with whipped cream on top and fruit added to the cream. Mostly people use different kinds of berries, but other fruits like kiwi and passion fruit are also used. The actual dish originated in New Zealand and was named after the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova but Australians have adopted it as one of their own, much like they did with Russel Crowe 😉

Now if you’ve ever made a meringue you know how temperamental they can be! The conditions for making a meringue have to be just right otherwise…. well then you end up like me having to re work your dessert! [Read more…]

Paleo Rose Water Chai Pancakes & Jam

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Plate of rose water and chai pancakes with jam

Yesterday Joe and I FINALLY got up to go walking in the morning… we’d been talking about how it would be so much better to go in the morning while it was still light outside and not at night when we usually go and it’s pitch black (HELLO no street lights!) But since we’ve been talking about it it hasn’t actually happened until finally yesterday I forced us out of bed to go and I’m glad I did!

This week we also had a friend from back home visiting us. He was actually here for work for a week and of course we caught up with him and had a blast! We had him and his boss (who we also know) over for dinner last night and I cooked for everyone… well there were 4 of us to begin with then we had some more people over and well let’s just say it was a FUN night! I didn’t take any photos of the food though, which I’m regretting now! I made a bolognese sauce with grass-fed minced/ground lamb and mushrooms and seasoned it with Ras el Hanout, to go with it I made some roasted butternut squash and as a side dish/salad I made Summer Squash Caprese Noodle Salad from the Practical Paleo. The salad is fantastic and I’ll be making it again soon, this time I’ll make sure to take photos. Everyone loved the food (phew!)

Today I was in the mood for baking (kind of) and I remembered seeing a post recently on Lee from Supercharged Food’s site on Chai Tea Hot Cakes so I decided to make those with a little twist. [Read more…]

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