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With experimentation, I have established that if you are after a really smooth tahini, you need to be using white sesame seeds. Unhulled, brown sesame seeds will give you a slightly grainer, more bitter tahini as will black sesame seeds (obviously these will give you a black tahini). So bare...

I posted a recipe for home-made halloumi see here: Home-made Halloumi - but I'm not at all sure if its really any different from paneer. Halloumi is traditionally made from sheep's milk and is brined - mine wasn't sheep's milk or brined! In fact, most home-made cheeses seem to follow a similar...

I've been making home-made chips (as opposed to cooking frozen oven chips :oops:) over the last few days. This is all to do with having turkey and other cold meat leftovers from Xmas. I like nothing better than cold meats, pickle and chips. I have realised how much better home-made chips taste...

As you can probably guess, I make a lot of things, but I don't post all of them. Some are the "support" variety - like sauces - that I don't think about because I'm always making them. I usually just think of whatever the latest Major Project is as "what I made this week". There was a time when...

Have any on you ever made homemade mayo before? I used to years ago! The blender or food processor can do it nicely. When I run out of the store-bought kind, I will start back making my own. I want to see how well my new food processor does it! It should be good. Because it won't have any...

I made soft pretzel bites for an appetizer yesterday, and they were outstanding! I didn't get a picture but when I make them again I will. I got the recipe from Sally's Baking Addiction, and followed it exactly.

I know there have been other posts/threads about home-made yoghurt, but this is the method which works for me! Equipment 7 glass jars, size approx. 180 ml (hint: such as pesto jars, baby food jars, or even the jars that come with the yoghurt maker :giggle:) 7 plastic screw top lids Glass...

I was reading jn another forum that someone was asking how to make their own tofu. Googling it, I saw a great many recipes on how to do this but the simplest was to treat it exactly as milk and cheese once a suitable soya milk had been identified for use. I tried making it myself and found that...

Has anyone made home-made sweets? I'm meaning things such as toffee or fudge or even boiled sweets. I'm asking because my grandson is doing a project at school. I have made fudge ages back but that is about all. I'd like to make some sweets with him but apart from fudge I don't have any ideas. I...

I recently picked up a yoghurt maker for AUD $10. (That's less than £7.50.) I'm about to try to make my first batch of dairy free yoghurt (being allergic to dairy, this makes sense to me!) and I was wondering why the instructions tell me I must bring the soya milk to the boil and allow it too...

I've just picked up a yoghurt maker for AUD $10. What (else) can I make with it? I think I can use it to make nut cheeses as well as yoghurt which I also want to make. Obviously nondairy ones but my chooks love yoghurt so I can also make dairy based ones. So how do I make yoghurt again and...

Is there any reason as to why you only use the yolks when making custard? I'm just wondering because I hate waste and don't have any other use for the whites at the moment and can't help wondering why the whites are not used as well.

I can't say this is a recipe because I have tasted this green pizza baked by my niece. Well, let me try. First is the crust which is leftover bread, it doesn't matter if it's a sliced bread or bun or even bagel. Just slice the bread so the toppings can be properly placed. Next is the tomato...

A few years ago a friend at work brought me a serving of a new lowfat ice cream she had made. It was absolutely delicious and I was amazed at how much it tasted like real ice cream. Here's the recipe: 1 large banana 1 cup of blueberries, strawberries or blackberries 1 teaspoon of honey Peel...

I haven't made this yet, but I love hummus, and have always wanted to try making it. I'm not sure if I'll make the tahini homemade or buy it when I do get around to making this. Hummus is sometimes expensive where I live, so making my own will be another way to save money, plus it's sure to...

i/2 cup popcorn 1 tsp olive oil 1 tablespoon sugar In a bowl place the popcorn and cover all of the kernels with the oil. Place the popcorn in a brown bag and shake the the sugar over the popcorn in the brown bag. Place a towel on the plate in the microwave. Fold the bag top to secure and place...

My son's girlfriend is turning 21 in about a week. She has told me she wants a white sheet cake with butter cream icing for her birthday. I would like to surprise her and bake it myself this time. Do any of you have a good, fairly easy recipe for a white sheetcake with butter cream icing?

Every once in awhile I will pull out our big deep fryer; usually for "special occasions" such as Superbowl Sunday when we allow ourselves to eat lousy-for-us food and drink beer while we watch the football game. I did so this weekend and made some chicken wings and homemade chips. We received a...

I've always loved the idea of feeding my animals homemade treats and bowls of healthy foods, but I've just never given it a "real" shot. I know that it's completely possible. Animals weren't always made to be our companions and get along perfectly fine in the wild, so it's not as if they...