AT PLAY

For the home enhancers, the foodies, the wanderers

A pretty little dessert

When feeding my lovely girlies recently, concluded our sweet and sumptuous soirée with a delightfully cool, fresh and fruity summer dessert. Ever so elegant, rather pretty and oh so simple! Try it!

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Need:
400g ricotta cheese
165g caster sugar
300ml thickened cream
100g white chocolate Toblerone chopped finely
100g Turkish delight chopped finely
150g chopped nectarines

Do:
• Line 140cm x 21cm loaf pan with a strip of foil or baking paper to cover base and extend over the two long sides
• Beat ricotta and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until smooth. Transfer ricotta to larger bowl
• Beat cream in same small bowl with electric mixer ’til soft peaks form
• Stir chocolate, turkish delight and nectarines into ricotta mixture, fold in cream
• Spoon mixture into prepared pan, smooth top, cover, freeze overnight or until firm

Present:
• Turn parfait out onto a long platter, slice. Stand at least 10mins or until softened slightly before serving.

Decorate with extra chopped turkish delight and throw a few delicate pink rose petals around the platter for a little extra visual pizzaz…present!

Enjoy!
(Recipe can be found in Women’s Weekly Best Food Collection)

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‘One day’ be damned…

One day I’m going to retreat to the south of France to write my book” How many times have I said that to myself, possibly to you? Too many. Time to take action!

Have registered to attend a writer’s retreat in Tuscany Italy and will follow with a six month sojourn somewhere in the south – to write, to dream, to explore. Would you like to come along? Well pour a wine, put your feet up, click on http://www.indulgedivulge.com and join me…

Laugh as I attempt to master two foreign languages…No sir, I ordered an omelette not pig trotters! Oh! I thought this train went to Nice not Rome? Smile as I share stories about the locals, the food, the architecture and the culture of the little villages I will be calling home and enjoy a few visual feasts as I share the best of my happy snaps.

My lovely friend Jenny and I will complete our already planned exploration of Bruges, Barcelona and Paris and then I’ll head on down to my retreat. Up and away in May, and for me, back to earth in November.

As you know I am passionate about the work I do and the company I work for, one that thankfully values me enough to put their blessing on my sabbatical, therefore will back at the desk November 18th – rejuvenated, restored and reenergized. A huge thank you to Janice (my Leader) Tim (her Leader), Bridget (Leader to all) and the fab Queensland team for making this possible.

There’s a lot to do beforehand, a lot to experience while there and I plan to entertain you along the way…I do need to practice my writing skills after all and who knows, may even get published…or not…the thrill is in the journey.

Look out for my next post ‘List upon list upon list’

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Abbracci a tutti voi (hugs to you all)

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Create visual ‘stories’

Bringing treasures together to create a visually stimulating ‘story’ never fails to give me pleasure, something to do with the old retail days no doubt, therefore finding fabulous blogs featuring people who share this passion is always exciting. This lovely collection thanks to Alex Berlin, an interior designer who makes her living creating unique, welcoming, aesthetically pleasing homes, this one hers. Muted greys, touches of pink and gold appealing to both masculine and feminine.

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Extract and photos compliments of an interview by The Glitter Guide on Alex, whose style aesthetic can be seen on her personal blog: Things That Sparkle.
http://theglitterguide.com/2012/05/08/style-at-home-alex-berlin-of-things-that-sparkle/
Photography by Danielle Moss.

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