Lemon self-saucing pudding

Also known as Lemon Delicious Pudding

When puddings were part of an every-day dinner, this was a staple pudding in student flats when lemons were available.  Sometimes the sauce was solid or at other times it was very runny.  It was always very lemony and everyone enjoyed it no matter how it turned out. …Read more

Stewed rhubarb

If you like rhubarb, here’s a quick and easy way to enjoy it. It can be grown in a big tub or pot outside on a patio or in the garden.

(The only quicker way that I’ve come across is when my kids used to grab a cut stalk from the sink when I had rinsed it, dip the end in sugar and suck on it! Hmmm!)

Ingredients

6-8 stalks rhubarb
¼ cup brown sugar or honey
½ cup water

Method

1. Rinse the rhubarb in cold water
2. Put the water and sugar or honey into a saucepan and bring to the boil
3. Chop into 2-3cm lengths and add to the boiling syrup in the saucepan
4. Turn down the heat and let the rhubarb cook gently
5. When soft remove cooked rhubarb from the saucepan and let it cool quickly so that it doesn’t go mushy
6. Serve with custard, yoghurt of whipped cream for a delicious quick and easy dessert.

Cooked rhubarb is also a good accompaniment to breakfast cereal. Spoon some cooked rhubarb over porridge, muesli or other cereal, add a dollop of plain yoghurt and you have a healthy breakfast.

Plum crumble

This variation on the fruit crumble uses red plums instead of apples.  Very colourful as the plum juice works its way through the dish as it cooks. …Read more

Chocloate self-saucing pudding

This pudding fascinates people the first time they make it.  You start with a pudding batter mixture on the bottom of the dish and the sauce ingredients on top. …Read more

Ginger log cake

This deliciously decadent cake was a classic dinner party specialty in the 1970s.  Easy to make, no baking involved and looks divine. …Read more

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