Sharabelle bakes

Whats does it really mean? www.freeimages.com Pasteurisation - When a food item, like milk, is heated to 72 Celsius for a minimum of 15 seconds to kill any harmful bacteria it may contain. Homogenisation - When milk was sold in bottles the cream would separate and float to the top.  My grandad used to use the cream for his morning porridge.  Today milk is now processed under high pressure to combine the two together.  So basically it's just a big word that means mixed together. Skimmed milk  - Is made by removing the cream that separates from the milk, rather than mixing them together. Semi-skimmed milk  - Only half the cream is removed from the milk.   Nutrition dairy Nutrition - Vitamins A and D need to re-added to skimmed and semi skimmed milk as these are lost when the cream is removed.   - There are competing arguments over whether skimmed milk is healthier or not.  Some feel you do not ...

I used to love making all my own food from scratch, however since being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia I can't do this anymore.  The major problem is my hands.  Every so often the muscles twitch in my legs and hands, and I really do not want to be holding a knife when that happens. So Iv been browsing the Supermarket aisles for my favourite foods. I've learnt the hard way when you have a food intolerance that It's best to always check the ingredients.  Much to my dismay foods that should not contain dairy seem to have it added.   Authentic Mexican Guacamole does not contain cream.  However more than one supermarket is guilty of this mistake.   Guacamole Asda Guacamole Contains Double cream Tesco Guacamole Contains Single Cream Morrisons Mexican style Guacamole Contains Double Cream Check out this site to make your own -  Classic Mexican Guacamole Recipe Hellmanns Classic Coleslaw recipe ...

School Winter Fair Ingredients to make Sugar Cookies Got the call to duty this week.   Next weekend is my nieces and nephews School Winter Fair, I'll be on holiday so I'm going to miss it.  But that doesn't mean I can't make a contribution ahead of time.  The plan is for me to bake the cookies this weekend, so they can be collected and stored in a freezer till there needed.  Last year I baked 100 Christmas Cookies for the kids to decorate themselves at the fair.  Due to equipment restrictions it took a lot longer than I expected. Making the dough and cutting  out the cookies didn't take long, however I could only bake 1 tray of cookies at a time in my old cooker.  Never thought I'd every get bored of baking cookies...... This year I only needed to bake 80, my brand new double oven made the task a lot easier.  I made the dough on Friday and chilled in the fridge overnight.  Then started the rest of the process this morn...