I have a quick terryaki sauce.

1/3 cup soy sauce

3/4 cup light brown sugar.

Combine in a skillet, bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Let it reduce to the consitancy you like.

You can add garlic, citrus (I usually use orange juice), ginger, scallion (Green/Spring onion), crushed red pepper flakes, or just about any Asian flavor to the last few moments of reduction to give it a bit of extra flavor you might want.

Store in an air tight container/jar. Use as needed.

Yesterday my neighbour Anne gave me some fresh plums.

I made a plum and stem ginger crumble.. best ever.. to die for.

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15 plums washed dried, halved, kernals removed and placed on bottom of baking dish.

Sprinkle with 2 desert spoons of demerara sugar.

Take 3 cubes of stem ginger, slice finely and place evenly over plums.

Take 3 teaspoons of stem ginger syrup and drizzle over the plums.

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, sprinkle over evenly.

In a mixing bowl put 40g flour + 60g butter + 60g demerara sugar + 20g fine porrige oatmeal + 20 g ground almonds. Rub this mix until it is fine breadcrumb texture. Pour evenly over plums, press down gently.

Bake at 200°C for 40/45 minutes.

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Allow to cool for good 15 minutes, or your mouth gets burnt!

Serve with ice cream, cream or custard.

I have a really good recipe for Homemade pumpkin bars with caramel frosting. They are made from scratch and taste amazing the frosting can be used on multiple things like cakes, brownies, ice cream etc.

For Cake

Let's revive this!

Found this somewhere online and tweaked it a bit, 10/10 delicious and pretty easy!

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Cheesy lemon basil pasta!

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2 lemons

1 chopped shallot or 1 chopped onion

2 small garlic bulbs

Basil

Oregano

1 "wheel/circle" of Boursin cheese

Asiago ( measure with your heart )

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Preheat oven to 375

Place Boursin in the center of a pyrex dish

Place 2 lemon halves around it (1 lemon total!)

Add in sliced shallots/onion and the garlic

Add Asiago

Drizzle olive oil over and season with 1 tsp black pepper and 2 tsp each oregano & basil

Bake for 40 mins at 375

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Meanwhile prepare pasta, just use whatever pasta your heart desires xD and set aside - keep the water

Take the tray out of the oven and squish the lemons to get the juice out

Add in your cooked pasta with some of the pasta water and optional fresh basil leaves

Mix everything together

Top with lemon zest and shaved parmesan (optional)