This recipe came about because of the somewhat summertime struggle of having a fruit bowl full of stone fruit, which are as hard as rocks one day and wrinkly ripe and soft the next. Heck, they would even put the skin on your great grandmother's hands to shame?!     So what do you do? Well you whack them in the oven with a few other simple ingredients to create dessert in a flash. Baked stone fruit for the win! Yep, the compost bin is saved from having to gobble up decaying fruit bowl victims, and you are feeling chuffed... [ READ MORE ]

I've been invited to a Virtual Christmas Party by some of my dear bloggy friends...so what do you bring when... 'you're told not to bring a thing' (Or in this case...actually asked to contribute something... ha!)? Well, a SALAD of course. Okay, maybe not 'of course', but this salad contains chocolate. YES, CHOCOLATE. Thus, it is in my opinion acceptable to not only make friends with, but to also bring along to any of your festive Christmas gatherings.     A summery salad also makes for a nice change from all the sweet festive recipes floating around, which is actually... [ READ MORE ]