Category: Breads, Cakes & Muffins

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  Nectarine & White Chocolate Spelt Scones

  Posted at 5:29 pm by tastewithoutwaste

  Mar 7th

  There’s barely been a moment to breathe these last four weeks. That fickle balance between boredom and being the busiest bee out and about is as elusive as ever. As a result sanity begins to slip by the wayside. You get snappy at the teensiest of issues, a special song makes you burst into tears out of the blue, and for the first time (apart from when you’ve been bedridden with illness) you sacrifice exercise for more sleep. Because you just can’t seem to get enough of it. We all have our tipping points and someone is teetering on the edge of theirs. But the safety rope is close by. The knots and weaves are different for everyone – those things, oft a combination of the peculiar and mundane – that keep you from fall face-first off the edge. Make it your mission to learn them. To draw on them when necessary. Continue reading →
  Posted in Breads, Cakes & Muffins | Tagged Nectarine, Scone, Spelt, White chocolate
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  Apple Cheesecake Streusel Muffins

  Posted at 9:27 pm by tastewithoutwaste

  Jan 25th

  Wait. No. Stop. Don’t do that. It’ll end badly. You know it will. It’s happened before. Back to the essay. I said get back to it. Ah. Well you’ve done it now. Might as well read one recipe. Or two. Or hmmm what was that breakfast you’ve been wanting to make for absolutely ages? Have you sent it to your sister yet (continuing to fill her inbox with food-related spam)? No. C’mon. Wilderness remember. You’re writing about wilderness, and how civilisation is bad for the soul. Not about food. So you need to stop writing this, and get back to that. 900 words is not a sufficient stopping point. You just got up five minutes ago to make tea. Yes it was green tea with lemon, and that’s essential to essay writing when you hit the 800 word mark, but another 100 words doesn’t deserve celebration just yet. You’ll lose your train of thought. Jeez don’t panic now! You’re likely to lose it faster. So click on the little X button and calmly make your way back to the essay-writing screen. You can do this. It’s possible. You’ve only written about 72 university level essays before (yes you can be proud of yourself for doing some speedy-gonazales maths there). Gawd that’s a sad existence isn’t it. But some are actually interesting topics and that helps…Such as this one. So get back to it dammit! Continue reading →
  Posted in Breads, Cakes & Muffins | Tagged Apple, Cheese Cake, Cream Cheese, Muffin
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  Crumpets

  Posted at 7:59 am by tastewithoutwaste

  Jan 18th

  Putting this post up is like handing around those shocking kiddie photos of you. When you were about seven. Had no front teeth. Wore velvet leopard print long sleeve tops and purple flared jeans. 100% cringe-worthy material. But you’ve got to own it – it’s your past. Hence why I’ve finally mustered the courage to post this particular one; dodgy writing and shocking photographs to boot (circa July 2013). If anything I’d hope it shows progress. That I’ve finally learnt one very simply lesson in photography and styling: a) don’t take photographs at night (unless it’s summer and the lighting is still reasonable outside) – natural light is best b) don’t put food that is one colour on a tea-towel of a similar colour against the wall of the same colour. It. Doesn’t. Work. Don’t kid yourself. Well, there’s nothing left for it: go ahead and have a gander at a ‘baby photo/journal entry’ of tastewithoutwaste. Completely unaltered. You’ve been warned. I also, *small embarrassed cough, might or might not have been rather unwell over the last five days. Perhaps for the reasons stated below. Seems some things you never learn. Continue reading →

  Posted in Breads, Cakes & Muffins | Tagged Crumpet, Yeast-Cookery
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  Sweet Potato & Zucchini Muffins

  Posted at 11:17 am by tastewithoutwaste

  Jan 5th

  The theme of today’s post is being in a rush. That frantic action-stations kind of rush where you either slip into complete zen mode and float through the situation to your destination/goal, or where you run around like a headless chook/fall over your own feet/sit on the floor paralysed by how you’re not going to make it. There’s also that rather unique kind, one that results in you taking rather shoddy photographs (see exhibits a, b, c and d on this post) because you’re far too eager to consume the food being photographed. Which is ironic really, as it means the photos do very little justice to the specimen that is in fact knee-tremblingly tasty. You’ll just have to take my word for it: these muffins are to.die.for. And you won’t even die from them – each muffin contains just ¼ tsp olive oil and ¼ tsp sugar! Continue reading →

  Posted in Breads, Cakes & Muffins | Tagged Healthy, Muffin, Sweet Potato, Zucchini
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  Granny Brampton’s Apple and Date Cake

  Posted at 9:17 am by tastewithoutwaste

  Dec 18th

  Somehow this post has been lost in the abyss that is my blogging folder. Written over a year ago, it’s nigh on time to share it with you. And fitting too – we’re off down the coast for a few days, staying at a friend’s holiday shack.  We undertook a similar venture this time last year and among the many items we baked to take with us, this Apple and Date Cake was one of them (only thing was it didn’t last long because we were all too greedy). Although it won’t be accompanying us on this particular trip who knows, we may make it down there – the ingredients will most certainly be packed for if the right time arises! Continue reading →

  Posted in Breads, Cakes & Muffins | Tagged Apple, Cake, Cinnamon, Date

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  Hullo! I'm Shani. Thanks for stopping by! Here you'll find vegetarian recipes oriented towards balancing that fickle line between supreme indulgence and wholesome eating. There's also many a musing about food waste (and it's many manifestations), with tips on how to reduce it at a household level. To find out more, hit the 'About' tab in the top menu...