Bernie's Delicious Lemon Balls

1 1/2 cups almond meal ( I blitz whole almond- cheaper )
1/2 cup dessicated coconut
3 tblsp maple syrup
juice 3 lemons
zest 1 lemon
1 vanilla pod, (or paste/ essence)
1/2 cup coconut oil, melted
pinch salt
1 cup shredded coconut, for rolling


Pop all ingredient's  ( except the coconut for rolling ), into a food processor, and blitz for 30 seconds. 
Place teaspoon fills into your palm and roll into balls by hand, then roll in the shredded coconut.
Place on a plate in the fridge for 2 hours or until firm.
Store in the fridge or can be frozen.
Enjoy! 

* You can experiment with the amount of time you blitz the ingredients, I prefer mine blitzed for longer, as it makes them taste like a nutty lemon mousse.

by Bernie

Salmon Rolls

Hello Surfermums
At a recent lunch, we were all looking for inspiration on meals/snacks for the family. So, we decided to share our favourite ideas. I love the very simple ones, here is one of mine:

SALMON ROLLS

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup of sour cream (or crème fraiche)
• 250 g sliced smoked salmon
• 1 bunch chives (chopped)

Method

• Make pancakes by:
• Sift the flour into bowl
• Whisk in the egg
• Stir in half the milk until smooth
• Stir in the remaining milk and leave stand for 30 minutes
• Set non-stick frying pan onto moderate heat and brush with melted butter
• Add some of the batter, tilt the pan so pancake thins out
• Cook for 1 minute until bubbles appear then turn over to cook other side
• Repeat with rest of batter (should make 6)
• Allow to cool
• To make the rolls:
• Lay out a pancake
• Spread over some sour cream (or crème fraiche)
• Top that with smoked salmon
• Top again with a sprinkling of chives
• Roll up tightly
• Wrap tightly in plastic wrap
• Chill for 30 minutes
• Repeat with remaining ingredients
• When ready to serve, cut into 3cm slices

Very simple but yummy!!

Nojito Time

Good morning Surfermums.
After a lovely luncheon yesterday in our gorgeous summer heat we all tried this mocktail and I believe it was just right.... Refreshing and tasty....a great cooling sipper.

Now the Nojito is also called the Virgin Mojito.. But I thought the Nojito was far more amusing when celebrating a birthday when we're all trying to remember how old we are.... All agreed 20 something was the age only because this year I can reverse my age to a number with a two in front... :-)

So here it is..... The Nojito!!


Ingredients per glass

1 part Lime Juice
4  parts soda water
6 Mint Leaves
2 tsps Brown Sugar

Method:
Prepare in the glass or jug in our case.
Glass: Highball
Recipe:
Add the lime juice, brown sugar and mint leaves in a Highball glass.
Bruise or muddle a few mint leaves using a spoon or rolling pin (blunt end) so that their juice can get out.
Let this mix rest for a few hours for best results. (who has time for that!)
Fill the glass with ice and stir.
Top with Soda (or Sprite).
Add a twig of mint for decoration.

Enjoy...

Now who's going for a surf this morning.???? With or without our friendly Noah's Ark.....at Diamond.....

To Die for

The surfermum Honeycomb Icecream recipe:

(A traditional surfermum weekend away desert)

To make the honeycomb, put 75g castor sugar (doncha hate recipes that requrie you to weigh stuff? I just guess this bit!) and 2 tbsp golden syrup into a pan and warm until the sugar dissolves, then turn up the heat until it starts to form a caramel. The longer yuo leave it the more caramelly it becomes, but don't leave it too long as it will burn. You want it golden.

Now, chuck in 2tbspns sifted bicarbonate of soda (don't be heavy handed with this or you will end up with the bitter taste of bicarb) and stir well, then pour onto baking paper and allow to cool. It will look like a big brown lump.

For the ice cream, whip 600ml cream until it becomes thick, but not fully whipped. Fold in the secret ingredient - 3 tbspn vodka - and 200ml condensed milk and whisk until firm. You can use less vodka if there are kids involved, 1-2 tbspn will still do the trick. Lets face it, you are unlikely to get away with this with your kids in the house! Break up the honeycomb into bits and fold it into the ice cream. Freeze for at least 8 hours - there's no need to churn.

Proven to impress friends.
SM

Credit goes to the "Accidental vegetarian" for this recipe. Thanks Simon Rimmer.