Bruschetta

Another dish I made New Years eve was bruschetta, I didn't think it would be amazing as tomatoes are not that great this time of year. But it turned out wonderfully and they were all gobbled up in no time at all. I even got away with a good quality can of fire roasted tomatoes as I didn't want to remove the skins. I think the technique of making the garlic baguettes made this dish shine. 

Meyer Lemon Curd

I am so excited I made my own lemon curd and I must say it was pretty easy, apart from the stirring over the bain marie as my 4 month old watched and wanted to be picked up!

 I used Meyer lemons and it turned out wonderfully, I have relished it on toast such a treat. It would also be a great cake filling, but I am being a good girl and making less cakes as trying to lose baby weight :-), but I am sure I will make some soon, my sister and brother in law are visiting next month from the UK.

Meyer Lemon and Blood Orange Lemonade

This is a super simple drink, a lemonade made with meyer lemons and blood oranges, so don't wait grab them next time your in the store the season is short and sweet. 

Smoked Salmon and Chive Pate

Here's a simple pate with smoked salmon and chives, I made for new years eve. It was fun to make a couple of party foods and have friends over :-), heres the link it was on the BBC site. After I made this I was thinking I should get a fish mold to make it look prettier :-)

Mini Key Lime Pie

One of my all time favorite desserts is Key lime pie, I always have one every time I go to Florida :-), I recently made peppermint creams with Jasmine mainly as she loves using cookie cutters and coloring them, they were hardly eaten but had fun making them. I looked on the side of the condensed milk and saw a recipe for key lime pie, so easy. I just had to make a couple of mini ones, I used digestive biscuits (British cookies) for the base and garnished with some peel.