More Easter inspiration for Easter 2016.

I love the way that Easter always introduces both bright and gentle colours into our world. Enjoy and celebrate life with more colour in your world.

Use colour from nature in your kitchen. Boil your eggs in onion skins for a spectacular result. Polish the eggs with oil afterwards to make them shine.  

Be creative with your button collection and create button eggs, believe me, the bug will bite once you start playing with buttons! It brings back happy childhood memories of sorting out buttons! You will soon be collecting buttons in gentle colours from friends and family.

Use wooden beads to create Easter characters. A little glue, some string and a bit of patience will go a long way!

What would Easter be without raisin studded breads and buns? Be brave this year and accept the challenge and create your own Easter masterpieces.  Your home will smell wonderful and your hands will be soft after kneading the dough! 

Collect foliage and flowers from your garden and create a wreath or a simple bunch of flowers to welcome your guests at your front entrance. A warm welcome is always a good sign of hospitality!

Always a family favourite and a winner at any time of the year, German marble cake. Each creation is different depending on the marble effect created by mixing the chocolate and vanilla batter together.

I love these wise words by Irish chef, Darina Allen: "Teaching someone to cook is like giving them a gift for life."

So, if you have taught your kids to grow simple herbs and salad leaves in the garden for starters, they will be encouraged to be creative and grow other crops. Spinach and radishes are both fast growers and rewarding for first time gardeners!
Soon they too will be running around saying, so many seeds - so little time!
So, hop on back into your garden and get planting....... Until next time, happy gardening!

Easter magic at home.

The countdown to Easter 2016 is upon us, so quite simply that means it is time to unpack the decorations and get creative for the 2016 Easter edition!
To set the scene and tempt your creative juices, I will look back at images taken over the years.
So, today I will highlight inspiration from the kitchen for your Easter entertaining.

Classic and simple to prepare, Chocolate Cups.

Be creative and use different cups. I have a collection that I have treasured for many years. 

An absolute treat as the ultimate dessert.

Herewith the recipe for these Heavenly Chocolate Cups from the recipe book, Delectable by Marlene van der Westhuizen.

500 ml thick cream
250 g dark chocolate, broken into pieces
5 egg yolks, beaten
zest of one orange finely grated

Place the cream and chocolate into a saucepan and heat slowly until the heat of the cream melts the chocolate.
Remove from the heat and cool before adding the egg yolks.
Stir in the orange zest.
Pour into beautiful tea cups and refrigerate.
Serve with fresh berries on the side.
Enjoy! 

A family favourite, sweet and simple, German Marble cake.

Only happy memories surround this cake.

Always time to be creative in the garden.
"Why try to explain miracles to your children when you can just have them plant a garden."
- Robert Brault.

HEIDI's @ Home.: It is time to March into March 2016!

HEIDI's @ Home.: It is time to March into March 2016!:   Also time to wake up and start blogging again! Herewith an image to tempt you to be creative in your garden and your kitchen...

It is time to March into March 2016!

 Also time to wake up and start blogging again! Herewith an image to tempt you to be creative in your garden and your kitchen. Grow your own fresh produce to cook and garnish your meals like a chef!

Lush baby spinach, carrots, cabbage, borage and rocket in my front garden.

You  can create a delightful breakfast like this.... given the correct ingredients! 

I am hoping that as the season changes, I can spend less time outside in the garden and more time inside being creative and working on my blogs.

Hello cabbages, good - bye lawn!

The concept of : "Don't grow grass, grow vegetables" has taken over my garden and thus my time, as growing vegetables is also labour intensive.

It is so rewarding to wander outside and harvest one's own fresh produce. Recently I have had great success with carrots, cabbages, spinach, rocket, tomatoes and parsley.

Cabbages are my new "roses". Time to invent new and creative cabbage dishes.


"Cooking demands attention, patience, and above all, a respect for the gifts of the Earth."- Judith Jones.