Cookbook Review: Little India at home

As I was flicking through the pages of Little India trying to settle on the first curry to try, I wondered if apples grow in India.  Turns out, apples do grow in India, though not all of India.  Just a few states have the right conditions to grow apples: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand …

Apple & Cranberry Muffins with Toasted Seedy Sprinkle

Muffins are super easy to whip up in about 10 minutes.  Bang them in the oven and you have a tasty treat for morning or afternoon tea.  Muffins are great lunch box fillers for school and are robust enough to withstand a few knocks (unlike cupcakes which get frosting/icing smooshed against everything else in the …

Quinoa & Apple Breakfast Salad

This breakfast salad is loosely based on Swiss Bircher Muesli but uses quinoa (pronounced keen-wa) instead of rolled oats.  It is a lovely fresh breakfast, perfect for sunny but cool Spring mornings.  

Simple Caramelized Apples

I have played around with adding caramelized apples to baking recipes to deepen the flavour dimension.  There are plenty of different ways to make caramelized apples but it depends entirely on the end use.  Sometimes cream or other dairy products are added while the apples are still warm, which is delicious as an accompaniment for dessert, …

Breakfast Apple Shake with Granny Smith apples and extra cinnamon

I found a recipe in a cute little book called The Best of Apples.  It has 22 apple recipes, some of which I am keen to try, others not so much.  I discovered a recipe for Breakfast Apple Shake that seemed easy enough.  We like smoothies & shakes but I have discovered I like them …

Easy Unsweetened Apple Purée

Apple purée / Apple Sauce / Applesauce Unsweetened apple purée and apple juice Apple purée is also known as apple sauce or applesauce.  I always use unsweetened apple purée in my recipes – so basically cooked apples which are sieved or processed to a fine texture.  Nothing else – just apples……  maybe a little water to get the …