I adore Vietnamese Summer Rolls. They are one of my favourite summer dinners. One summer I think we ate them several times a week all summer and still did not get fed-up with them. They are the ultimate summer weekend lunch or dinner. I love to bring the filling to the table with the wrappers […]
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New!!! FriFran recipes and news! 06 August 2017
Summer here is having a bit of a break and the weird winds and storms have put paid to our hard landscaping until this weekend. Nearly there!!! Which is a relief as we are having a small soirée next weekend for my birthday! Yey!!! I am planning a barbeque but the weather is so changeable […]
Summertime Endive Salad with Pears and Almonds
Summertime Endive Salad with Pears and Almonds is a pretty sophisticated salad that make me feel like a grown-up. Endive (or chicory) is a little bitter but, like so many bitter tasting foods, addictive. The bitterness of the chicory works so well with the sweetness of the cos, pear and almond and the textures all […]
Summer in a Bowl: Lettuce and Pea Soup
Lettuce and Pea Soup is summer in a bowl! It is so light and full of flavour you will want to eat it all summer. The slight bitterness of the lettuce works so well with the sweetness of the peas. This is a great summer soup that makes you realise how wonderful seasonal produce is. […]
New, exclusive, FriFran recipes and news! 30 July 2017
I hope you have had a really wonderful week! I’m still at the hard landscaping – it is back breaking work but with some very exciting dog sitting, friends visiting from Germany and a couple of days at the beach we had to get as far as we could… Which was quite far but, we […]
Pear and Ginger Whizz – The Perfect Mixer
Pear and Ginger Whizz is a wonderful dark, sweet, musty, cordial that makes use of the glut of pears in the summer. Sweet, musty pears with earthy, spicy ginger is a wonderful combination. It is a relaxing, grounding drink which is perfect to end a hot, dusty day. Great mixed with sparkling water or… for […]
Lovely Lavender Ice Cream
Lavender Ice Cream is so heady with the wonderful scent and flavour of lavender it is summer on a plate. Lavender is such a relaxing scent which makes this the perfect end of the day desert to relax with. I first encountered the amazing the scent and beauty of lavender flowers and hedges on a […]
Catch up with FriFran recipes and news! 23 July 2017
I hope you have had a great week! I’m still at the hard landscaping – and no, I don’t have a large garden, it is tiny but we have razed what was there to the ground… It is taking forever and is really, hard work. We have made harder work for ourselves with deciding to […]