nic cooks

With all my recent cheese making I always seem to have ricotta in the fridge, so I’m constantly looking for new recipes to try that involve ricotta. Personally I’m more of a savoury girl so I tend to overlook the dessert options. On my quest for new savoury recipes, pasta came up time and time [...]

It is time to lay my demons to rest. It is time to master the art of macarons.  The theme for this months Sweet Adventures Blog Hop is lemons and I thought that was good enough excuse to get the egg whites out and make some lemon macarons. For those of you who have been [...]

Queso Fresco means “fresh cheese” in Spanish. It is a cheese used in Mexican cuisine but also found all over Latin America. My research tells me it is often used to crumble on top of dishes, as the Italians use Parmesan or used as the stuffing for quesadilla’s and peppers. I have to say, I [...]

Getting ready for Easter? Here is another recipe that takes me back to my childhood.  Every year at infant school we had an Easter Bonnet parade. My favourite Easter bonnet creation was one we made with chocolate nests on top.  I have no idea how we fixed them to the hat, in fact I’m not [...]