Dom God

I recently bought Olive, a bbc magazine on food. In general, it's full of recipes that can't be done out here, due to lack of ingredients. But, recently, I've found myself getting more, well, inspired to cook. Pregnant ladies are meant to have cravings. I'm having foodie aspirations.

So I've done flourless chocolate cake - looked terrible, tasted delicious (in my defense the container was the wrong size). Yoghurt and marmalade ice cream terrine (with a biscuit and Weetabix middle) - got good reviews! And yesterday I did mayonnaise.

Mayonnaise, the thing REAL WOMEN make! Granted, I did cheat, in that I used the blender. (Extra points for using the slightly scary snobby 'designer' metallic blender). I shook things up a bit using balsamic vinegar and the remaining oil from a Sacla veg in oil jar. So it wasn't very tradi, but had a lush texture. And went well with the barbeque. Yep, it's mid-January and we had a barbie last night...! Bliss.

Because many ladies are being careful what they eat, I recently found myself being 'victim' to 'chocolate by proxy' or 'chocolat par procuration'. Ie we went out for a meal. The ladies, having eaten starter, main, were presented with the dessert menu and knew they shouldn't. I saw the chocolate ganache dessert. And hesitated (a nano-second). They all said, "Oh yes, go on, you should, you're pregnant". And thus they had chocolate by proxy. I was happy to oblige! :=)

(PS: the photo is from a French cookery lesson I took a couple of months ago. I've never made the recipes! But the food was delicious and there was a fun 'back-at-school' atmosphere with the group.)