Sweet and Sour Thai Shrimp

This is a quick stir-fry recipe which takes on the character of a stew with a satisfying broth at the end. As long as you chop all your vegetables the night before it only takes 10 minutes to cook the following day.

This is nothing like a Chinese sweet and sour recipe. The aromatic kaffir leaves and coconut milk  give this dish an authentic Thai flavour. That said, Kaffir leaves are a

Handmade and Home Grown (and another Giveaway!)

Entrepreneur Stefan Grosberg puts a Trinidadian spin on an Italian classic with his Shadon beni (chardon béni) pesto. I love that he uses local flavours in new and extraordinary ways. Even better the farm to table approach of growing herbs which go into his amazing line of pestos is why I am here at 6:00 am on a Sunday morning tramping through his beautiful garden with my camera.

Lightroom 3 Giveaway Winner

A hearty thank you to everyone who participated in the Lightroom 3 Giveaway.  The randomly selected winner is SG Congratulations. Please reply to the email that I sent you with your mailing address. For the rest of you I already have another giveaway in the works, so check back soon!

Adobe Lightroom 3 - Giveaway

I just read an article which claims that that “mommy brain” might actually be an improvement on the pre-mommy brain. In other words two pregnancies have actually made me smarter.

Give me a minute while my brain processes that......

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If that's true why then do I  forget my

Goat's Milk Yogurt with Rose Syrup and Lychees

Hello gorgeous.

Any day that starts with something that is more like a dessert than breakfast makes me extremely happy.

This indulgent combination of yoghurt, rose syrup and lychees was the brain child of Daily Cookie.  I tasted her yoghurt and just I could not get it out of my mind. My version uses goat's milk but you can make yoghurt with almost any kind of milk. You can use whole milk, skim,

Caribbean Vegan

©Jacky Gotin

Taymer Mason believes strongly in the ethics and the benefits of adopting a plant-based diet.

I don’t.

Seriously if it’s not threatened or endangered at no time would I ever consider completely eliminating animal products from my diet.

Sorry.

So, why then would I be interested in owning a copy of Taymer’s book Caribbean Vegan? Well Taymer ( such a cool name:-) and I do have

Power Breakfast trends in the USA

They took out the bit where I said this is not actually a recession fad but a longer term trend... but you get to watch me shovel some eggs benny into my face...

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/28001977/detail.html