It would appear that I have fallen rather behind with my blog post entries, this I can blame on numerous things, sunshine (well I would rather be outside, who wouldn’t), bad health and when in good health my love of being in my workshop rather than the kitchen, but I…
Vegetable Pasta Salad
I can not believe my luck, the first book I brought from Amazon on ‘Clean Eating’ and every recipe so far has been amazing. There has only been one so far that I have not blogged and that was more to do with my taste and not that the recipe…
Chicken Caesar Salad
Last weekend the sun shone, the sun cream came out and lunch was had in the garden on both days of the weekend, it was glorious, the large garden table and chairs have been dusted off and brought out and I can not wait for the summer gatherings to starts,…
Date Cake with Zesty Cream Cheese Icing
A new year is here and as I mentioned in an earlier post my baking mojo has disappeared, I think all this rain has washed it away, but just recently I have started to crave a slice of cake again. Like many of us over Christmas I put on a…
Jasmine Cake
When the Primrose Bakery Celebrations Cookery Book dropped through my letter box the other day I knew straight away that this Jasmine Cake would have to be the first cake that I baked. I have been looking for the perfect Jasmine Cake for my blog for a while now, as…
Mediterranean Baked Chicken
It may be the last week of September and the leaves on the tree’s are changing colour but we have had a week of glorious sunshine, I am loving it, all the windows and doors open and our tomatoes are still going strong. I thought that this mediterranean baked chicken…
Sage Roasted Pork Belly
Its been raining and it is rather gloomy, so it seemed the perfect day to give this gorgeous sage roasted pork belly ago, it is one of those dishes that feels autumnal, not that I am wishing summer to be over already, I am hoping and praying for lots of…
Lemon Meringue Pie
We couldn’t have meringue week could we without this gorgeous classic and what a way to end the week. Lemon meringue pie has to be one of my favourite old fashioned desserts, but not one that I have ever tried to bake as Jasmine (Simon and Stephen’s Nonna) use to…
Orange Blossom and Almond Pavlova with Peaches
Welcome to the penultimate recipe in our ‘Mad Meringue Week’ and this one is a little beauty, a stunning combination of flavours and textures and from my favourite book ‘Love Bake Nourish’. I couldn’t go the whole week without creating one of Amber Roses gorgeous recipes for you all to…
Strawberry and Black Pepper Meringue Kisses
Its day 4 of Mad Meringue Week here on Gelsomina’s Cucina and I hope you have been enjoying the recipes so far, todays is something a little simple, but simple does not mean tasteless, these little beauties are vibrant and full of the taste of summer. Still to come this…
