Mulberries and smoothies

I remember that silly rhyme we would sing as kids, round and round the mulberry tree. The fruit is not silly though.

It resembles a blackberry but has these tentacle like thingies all over (forgive me for not knowing the scientific word, this is a food blog)

I bought some of these but really didn't know what to do with it. I remember Patrick Star (of Spongebob Squarepants) once say: "when in doubt, pinkie out!" (that REALLY did not help)

SO I created a new one "when in doubt, blender out!"

I made a dee-licious smoothie with the mulberries and strangely a larger quantity of other stuff.

What you need:

¼ cup mulberries
½ cup diced papaya
1 cup cold milk
honey to flavor (honey is perfect as a sweetener for this recipe)

What to do:

1.Blend all, preferably with some ice
2.Slowly sip and enjoy the flavor. And keep your pinkie out. Its Friday the 13th!




My beautiful mulberries.




My even more beautiful mulberry smoothie.

Frozen Yogurt

I have this archaic ice cream maker that I bought a really long time ago and never really used it. It's quite lousy as I learned soon after I started making my frozen yogurt..Never mind that it never really froze in the machine, my freezer came to the rescue and the result was FAB.

It was really simple and a lot of fun. I would do it again but maybe with a new ice-cream maker.



What you need: (serves: as much as you want)

A really creamy variety of yogurt or yogurt that has been hung in a cheesecloth for 4-6 hours
Vanilla extract/essence
Powdered sugar

What to do:

1. Beat the yogurt with the sugar and vanilla
2. Freeze as per ice cream maker manufacturers instructions.

Quick and Easy All-Dairy Pudding

I call this the All Dairy pudding. Because that's exactly what this is an all dairy pudding. I don't use anything to thicken it and it has no flours as such but it's still a pudding. Did I forget to mention, it has only two ingredients?

I absolutely adore this pudding. I could eat it everyday.

What you need:

1/2 cup of Thick Yogurt
1/4 cup of Sweetened Condensed Milk

What to do:

1. In a microwave safe bowl mix the two ingredients well. Add more or less condensed milk depending on your preference.
2. Important step: Microwave at 60% for 20-30 seconds till you see a very few bubbles come out. Do Not OVERCOOK! it will make the pudding grainy and weird. You just want to set the yogurt not curdle it.
3.When moved, the pudding should reveal water below from the yogurt. But it should be firm and not granular.
4. Refrigerate for an hour till chilled.


This isn't the best picture but yes it is the best dessert: