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Frozen Bananas

2 Bananas 4 Popsicle sticks 1 cup milk chocolate melts Desiccated Coconut Crushed nuts (Optional) Hundreds & Thousands METHOD Wash your hands. Line a tray with baking paper. Melt the chocolate either in the microwave or in a double boiler.  Ask an adult to show you how. Place the coconut, nuts and Hundreds and Thousands […]

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Barbecued Bananas

4 ripe bananas 100g milk chocolate bits 12 marshmallows Chopped nuts (optional) METHOD Don’t peel the bananas.  Use a knife to cut them lengthwise, without cutting through the skin at the bottom. Push a quarter of the chocolate and 3 marshmallows into each banana. Wrap the filled banana tightly in foil. Repeat this with the other bananas. […]

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Minty Melon Salad

1/4 watermelon 1/2 rockmelon 1/2 honeydew melon 4 tbs orange juice 3 tbs honey 1tbs lemon juice Mint METHOD: Wash hands. Cut the melons into 2cm cubes or, if you have a melon baller, scoop out balls of melon.  Place into a serving bowl. In a separate bowl, mix the orange juice, honey and lemon […]

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Chocolate-coated Strawberries

500g large strawberries 300g milk chocolate     Method: Wash hands. Wash and dry the strawberries but keep the hull and green leaves attached. Line a tray with baking paper. To melt the chocolate, choose a heat proof bowl that sits snuggly over top of a saucepan.  Fill the saucepan with water making sure that it doesn’t […]

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Rainbow Fruit Salad

FRUITS OF THE RAINBOW Red fruit:  Raspberries, Strawberries Orange fruit:  Rockmelon, peaches, apricots, mango Yellow fruit:  Mango, pineapple, star fruit Green fruit:  Kiwi, green grapes, honeydew melon Blue fruit:  Blueberries  Indigo fruit:  Plums Violet fruit:  Mulberries, blackberries   100mL creme fraiche 1 tbs honey 1/2 tbs lime juice Method: Wash hands. Wash the fruit and prepare […]

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Fruit Platter with Strawberry Yoghurt Dip

Favourite fruits of choice 1 1/2 cup plain fat-free yoghurt 1 1/2 cup strawberries 1/4 cup honey Method: Wash hands. Remove the hulls and cut the strawberries in half.  Put them in a blender along with the yoghurt and honey. Blend for just a minute so that there are still some small pieces of strawberry in […]

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The Blog!

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    08 Dec,13
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    05 Dec,13
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    28 Oct,13
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    20 Oct,13
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    Since the beginning of time parents have been asking the age old question, ‘How do I get my kids to...

    06 Oct,13
  • Garden Gnomes are Back

    Yay! Garden Gnomes are back! Where have they been all these years?  I imagine that, having been discarded by gardeners...

    18 Sep,13
  • Planting a Bare-rooted Fruit Tree

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    06 Jun,13
  • Warheads v. Radishes!

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    03 May,13
  • Room to Move

    I get a bit peeved when I watch some gardening shows or read gardening books that tell people that they...

    26 Apr,13
  • Veg Out!

    Veg out!  Don’t you just love vegging out?  Sitting on the sofa doing absolutely nothing except watching a bit of...

    08 Feb,13
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