Easy cheese sauce

Cauliflower and cheese sauce probably doesn’t bring back the best of childhood memories, even if the cauliflower was fresh out of the garden with crisp flowerets.  When the cauliflower was cooked till very soft and doused in a cheese sauce, sometimes lumpy, it wasn’t the most appetizing vegetable dish.

Likewise leeks or turnips with white sauce! …Read more

24 hour ginger beer

This recipe for ginger beer comes from a Fact Sheet off Burkes Back Yard, an Australian TV gardening programme.  It can be ready to drink within 24 hours.

As it uses ginger root instead of powdered ginger, it will probably be stronger than the other ginger beer recipe on askmumnow.com.  I haven ‘t tried this so will be interested to hear how you get on.

Check the recipe out on this link

Hot chocolate drink

Ingredients

1 tablespoon soluble chocolate powder
1 cup hot milk
1 tablespoon honey to sweeten (only if necessary)

Method

1. Heat all ingredients in a saucepan till almost at the boil or in a microwave for 40 seconds
2. Stir well and pour into a heatproof mug
3. Stir in a teaspoon of cinnamon or cardamom for a  spicy touch.

Plum sauce

If you are lucky enough to have access to a plum tree, then you’ll want to know what you can do with the excess plums after you’ve stewed them to accompany cereal for breakfast, made a Plum Crumble dessert and made more jam than you will use. …Read more

Plum jam

Plums have lots of pectin that is needed to set the jam so it’s not too runny.  So it’s easy to make jam that sets well. …Read more

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