"Fresh" ideas from the kitchen....

Hawaiian Slushy

In a saucepan, dissolve 1 cup of castor sugar with 1 cup of water.  Bring to boil, and simmer for 5-10 minutes until a little bit "syrupy".  Allow to cool.

Pulverize 1 whole pineapple.  Mix in 1 cup of passionfruit pulp (can also use tinned) and 1 x 245g tin of cocunut milk.   Add in syrup.  Pour into a shallow dish with lid, and freeze.  When nearly frozen, using a fork, scrape up the slushy.  Refreeze.  Leave sit on bench for about 10 minutes before serving.  MMM!!

The results of an afternoon in the kitchen with a crate of apricots, and 10 granny smith apples.  Stewed some apricots for a apricot crumble (and froze some for through the year), madeabout 20 bottles apricot jam, and 4 large bottles of stewed apple for Brielle's breakfast.  Oh, and 1 days picking of strawberries made a pot of strawberry jam too....They're pretty good too!


Oh, and by the way - I needn'tve worried about clints reaction for the arrival of a rooster to our chookpen...but lets just say - I better not try it again too soon.....(see prev blog).