There are lots of traditions surrounding Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) but of course the ones I love most are those to do with food! For instance, it’s traditional to eat a new fruit, such as a pomegranate or a fig, for the first time this season, and say…
It’s been a while since I took a look at what’s new and kosher, and there are some great products that are perfect now that summer is here and the weather is looking better – for now at least! Here are some of my favourites, PLUS read on to see…
New month, new kosher products! A whole host of delicious items have hit the kosher shelves since my last update, and we’ve been busy tasting and trying them so we can let you know what you’re in for. I’m also delighted to offer readers a discount on a new kosher…
According to Jewish dietary laws (kashrut) one cannot eat a dairy dessert after a meat meal. This has been taken as something of a challenge by kosher cooks, who strive to produce gooey, creamy puddings without any milk in them. With varying degrees of success. Dairy-free (parve) ice-cream is pretty…
Oooh, I’m super-excited! Family Friends Food has been shortlisted in the food category of the Brilliance in Blogging awards 2015! Sqeeeeeee! If you’d like to vote for me, I’d be extremely extremely grateful. You can cast your vote here. Thank you Anyway, apart from that excitement, what else has been…
The inspiration for this utterly fabulous dessert came from a friend – let’s call her Polly – who, while pregnant, ate an entire box of frozen mini-eclairs, without waiting for them to thaw out first. You can get away with that sort of thing when you’re expecting, but people are generally…
When I found myself with almost a full punnet of rapidly over-ripening flat peaches, and a pint of double cream, there was only one solution – peach ice-cream! We love our ice-cream maker. It’s so easy to combine fruit, cream and a few other ingredients and turn them into a…
As usual, the British weather can’t make its mind up. One day glorious, hot, sunny, not a cloud in the sky. We rush out and buy sun cream, garden toys and ice-lolly moulds. Next day overcast, cold, rainy and windy. Gah. (Note for Americans – ice-lollies are what you call “popsicles”…
Summer is upon us. Time to dust down the gelatomatic 3000 and get cracking on the ice-cream making. Any excuse… A surplus of delicious summer berries inspired this fabulously fruity triple-berry ice-cream, bursting with ripe strawberries, juicy blueberries and tartly tasty raspberries. As you might imagine, Kipper was extremely keen on…
All the yummy things are coming into season at once! Hurrah! For my last birthday, DH bought me an ice-cream machine. It is a behemoth of a machine called the GelatoChef 2200 – which would only sound more Wallace and Gromit if it were called the Gelatomatic 3000, frankly. It does make…
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