Author: Treeca
You can’t help but love these mug cake recipes and these from The Best Dessert Recipes on Pinterest are a doddle to make. They have only shown three on this pin but if you go to their website they have a choice of ’18’ to choose from :).
According to The Daily Mail the typically British cuppa has now changed to posh teas with green teas, fruit teas, infusions and iced tea selling in greater numbers than ever. In 2013 Brits drank 91,000 tonnes of tea compared with 61,000 tonnes of coffee. Also a third of us think herbal tea is healthier than standard tea. Some of the popular alternative teas are Twinings Lemon and Ginger, Waitrose and Ocado Manghajo Pomegrante and Green Iced Tea, Taylors of Harrogate Sweet Rhubarb which is also available at Sainsbury’s and Ocado. Others include Hampstead Tea Organic Elderflower Iced Tea, Taste the…
With so much being written about how tea is good for so many things, now they are saying that coffee also is good for you. They say that, according to a Greek study, one cup of coffee a day could reduce your blood pressure. Researchers actually found that those who drank between one and two cups of coffee daily had the healthiest arteries. Two cups a day (no more than two cups if you are pregnant) could keep Alzheimer’s at bay. After studying more than 122,000 women, researchers found that three cups a day can reduce the risk of…
Simple changes to make your baking a little bit more healthy. 1.Avocado – Use this healthy fat to make a frosting, pudding, or replace butter in recipes for cakes, brownies, bread, and other baked goods. 2. Apple Sauce – Use this instead of oil adding unsweetened applesauce into those moist baked treats. 3. Fitness Magazine suggest paying a little extra for high-quality products, like premium chocolate and pure vanilla extract, can pay off. “More-flavorful ingredients make you less likely to miss any calories you’ve cut,” says Kim Macy, the pastry chef at Miraval Resort & Spa in Tucson, Arizona 4. Beets…
We all try to make our cakes taste delicious but at the same time it’s important to have the right texture to your cake. Some tips I have found to help you make the best cake texture are – Add 2 tablespoons of salad oil to your cake mixture, as this can keep the mixture moist and less crumbly. 2. Try using buttermilk instead of milk as it gives a better texture to your cake. For every 250ml of buttermilk used add half a teaspoon of baking soda. 3. If you weigh four whole eggs in their…
These stunning used tea bags art which I found on Pinterest are totally unique. There is even a book of some of these images by Ruby Silvious – 363 Days of Tea. A Visual Journey on used tea bags. In 2016, Ruby also worked on “52 Weeks of Tea” and “26 Days of Tea in Japan,” created during her art residency at Studio Kura in Itoshima. This collection reflects a mix of ancient and contemporary style and inspiration. More recently she created paintings based on art masterpieces such as Vermeer’s “The Milkmaid” and “Woman in Blue Reading a Letter,” as submissions to the…
Damsons make delicious jam, gin and mixed with apple for a tasty crumble. Or, how about this role-poly doughnut pudding with custard from Delicious Magazine. Damsons offer great health benefits as they have a good sauce of Vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, E, K and high in Vitamin C which can all help support a healthy immune system. They are a blue-black fruit that look like small plums. The wild varieties are extremely tart so not something you would pick and wasps love them.
Did you know that there is an art to steeping your tea ? Get it wrong and the tea can taste quite different. Tea Type Temperature Steep.it for Black 206°F – 97°C 2-3 minutes Green 175°F – 79°C 1 minute Herbal 208°F – 98°C 4-5 minutes Oolong 195°F – 90°C 3 minutes White 175°F – 80°C 30 seconds Mate 208°F – 98°C 5-6 minutes Rooibos 208°F – 98°C 5-6 minutes Chai low boil 10-10 minutes If you go to a site Sexy Red Head Nuns (great name:) you can find out exactly what to steep each type of tea in and…
In the 400-600’s, demand for tea being used as a medicinal drink rose in China. Tea in Japan during this period was rare and expensive, and enjoyed most by high priests and the aristocracy. During 648-749 a Japanese monk Gyoki planted the first tea bushes in 49 Buddhist temple gardens. Buddhism and tea devotion spread and the Japanese Buddhist Saint and Priest Saicho and monk Kubo Daishi, brought tea seeds and cultivation and manufacturing tips back from China and planted them in the gardens in Japanese temples. Tea is first mentioned in the ancient texts as an offering. In the…
Before 1800, housekeeping books tended to be handwritten collections of recipes and instructions tried and tested by the household cook. By the 1850’s they were developed into books for ‘adult women’, in particular for your brides who were setting up home. They were intended as work manuals, they were without lavish photography or even set in fine bindings but if you can get hold of one from a book shop they will amaze you. They tell us about the lives of the women in the past from where you can see social change and the disappearance of domestic servants. Mrs.…