Israeli salad with crispy-skinned salmon

This delicious salad is simply bursting with fresh summer flavours. Ripe, juicy tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers and sweet red onion are the three key ingredients, to which red and yellow peppers are mixed together with a good serving of fresh mint and parsley. For a more complex flavour, I’ve added preserved lemon, but fresh lemon zest […]

Lemon poppy seed cake

One of the most popular recipes I’ve shared with you on A Sweet Muddle so far is for a boiled chocolate cake, which just so happens to be the first cake I ever baked in my life.  This Lemon poppy seed cake which I’m sharing with you today was The Cake, which finally tempted me […]

Parsley salad

Together with the changing back of the clocks on the weekend, there has been a noticeable shift in the weather here in Sydney as the arrival of Autumn is becoming more and more evident.  We’re being greeted by cooler mornings and evenings however for the moment at least, the days still have a nice warmth […]

Fresh lemon and chilli spaghettini

This Fresh lemon and chilli spaghettini is one of those perfect dishes for occasions when you’re craving something fresh and filling, yet find yourself with little time left in the day to step foot in the kitchen.  With only five key ingredients, this meal is simple to prepare and is ready to serve in little […]

Lemon meringue tartlets

Happy Friday people!  So I have a wonderful little treat for you all to finish the week with… these gorgeous, bite sized Lemon meringue tartlets. The tangy goodness of the lemon curd encased in gorgeous, buttery shortcrust pasty and topped with sweet Italian meringue is what makes this such a classic combination, not to mention […]

Lemon curd

Last night I made a simple yet delicious dessert using a recipe I tore from a magazine years ago and have been wanting to try ever since.  I’m not going to tell you too much more about the dessert just now, as it’s worthy of its own post and I intend make it again in […]

Classic iced tea

I grew up amongst a family of tea drinkers.  We’d drink tea for breakfast, morning tea, afternoon tea, and finish the day with a cuppa tea before bed.  With the continued proliferation of cafes, coffee roasters and baristas (at least here in my small corner of the world) it’s easy to believe that these days […]

Classic baked cheesecake

A couple of weeks ago now it was a good friend of mine’s birthday and I offered to bring a dish to her party.  She jumped at the offer and promptly requested a baked cheesecake.  Not just any baked cheesecake mind you.  She was very specific.  It had to be a classic, plain cheesecake.  Not […]

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