Fresh Fruit Trifle

 We were lucky enough to have our family here for Christmas, many of whom are excellent cooks and were happy to use garden produce to create dishes for us all.

 This one was an Anglo- Italian trifle using fresh blackberries and raspberries from the garden.

 The lemon syrup that was used was made from lemons from another family member's garden.

The finished trifle was the best that we have ever had and will now become part of our family tradition,luckily the blackberry plants are full of fruit at this time of the year.

Sustainable Birthday Gift

Recently we were invited to a birthday party in King Park and decided that the best gifts we could give would be homegrown and Fair Trade. So we filled a basket with blackberries and tomatoes and another with Fair Trade tea and chocolate, delicious. Finally we popped in some incense which is hand made here in WA with part proceeds going to an animal charity. We were so pleased when the recipient was thrilled with their gift and eager to enjoy and share it ( the blackberries were finished within five minutes!).

Beautiful Blackberries

More information on Blackberries here.