If you are learning to cook or just changing your eating ‘habits’ your food MUST taste good! WHY NOT? Avoid adding too much extra sugar and salt to your meals. Use fresh or dried herbs, garlic, and zesty lemon or vinegar! Here are some examples …….. Sugars Coconut or unrefined sugar, maple syrup, Manuka honey Salts Miso-paste, tamari, seaweed flakes, Himalayan crystal salt Oils Extra virgin olive oil, rice bran oil, virgin coconut oil, flaxseed oil Fresh or dried herbs Pepper, Basil, chives, spring onion, parsley, tarragon, Thai basil, mint, oregano, thyme, dill, bay leaf, chilli flakes etc! Roots, seeds and bulbs Ginger, turmeric, galangal, tamarind, onion, garlic, sesame seeds, poppy seeds Citrus lemon, lime, orange, finger limes Vinegars Apple cider, balsamic, white wine vinegar   What type of flavour enhances do you use? Id love to hear about

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VENUZI JAM DROPS How Many: 24 BISCUITS Time: 30 mins INGREDIENTS 125g butter, softened ¾ cup caster sugar 2 eggs 2 cups SR Flour 1 tsp salt ¼ cup Jam METHOD Preheat oven to 180C Grease 2 baking trays and line with baking paper Cream butter and sugar in an electric mixer Add eggs, mix well Add flour and salt, mix with a spoon to form a dough Using your hands, roll tablespoon amount of mixture into balls and place on baking tray leaving 5cm between each they will spread Press a floured finger deeply into the centre of each ball and create a well, don’t peirce the bottom Fill each well with your favourite flavour jam Cook in moderate oven for 20-25 minutes, or until brown Leave on tray for 2-3 minutes then transfer and allow to cool on

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