Kitchen Creations

Posted on February 5, 2015 by cityhippyfarmgirl

The last few months have seen a lot of these crackers being made. Dead easy to make, with only a handful of ingredients in them. My recipe is over on the forever wonderful Milkwood blog if you are interested. (Just quietly, you’ll never walk down the cracker aisle again…this is an excellent thing.)

Tomatoes in all shapes and sizes, forms and colours, (and just as they should be) are working their way on to my kitchen bench top. Some grown by me and some via my OOOOBY box.

Ahh, now what’s this beauty I hear you say? Which is pretty much what I said when I walked passed a particularly enticing window display that I hadn’t seen before. I quietly go to the chiropractor one evening with no expectations of purchasing anything besides ongoing good healthy (thank you chiropractic care) and come home with this divine little chocolate encased creature. I hadn’t seen apples done like this before…how on earth could I say no? (And yes, there was a crispy, crispy fresh apple under there.)

There has also been some Eton Mess experimenting done. This experimenting shall continue as much like the apple above, I was impressed, oh yes I was.

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How about you? What’s been happening in your kitchen lately? Have you seen apples like this before? Are you a fan of Eton Mess? And crackers- do you make your own? (ps. If you would like to give this recipe a go and are on instagram tag them #supermarketcrackerspffft I’d love to see them!)

Linking in with Ms Celia today and lots of other amazing kitchen goodies.

30 thoughts on “Kitchen Creations”

redroveroz on February 5, 2015 at 8:03 am said:

Love the recipe! And i will soon have a proper house to live in, so will be able to actually try out the recipe. Looking forward to nibbles in the backyard, watching the sun sett!

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- cityhippyfarmgirl on February 5, 2015 at 1:19 pm said:
  
  Now that’s exciting. Enjoy this new chapter in your life…and the crackers 🙂
  
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Rachel (Rachel's Kitchen NZ) on February 5, 2015 at 8:51 am said:

Those apples are so cute and you could convince yourself they are healthy too:) – I am sure there is more apple than chocolate:)

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- cityhippyfarmgirl on February 5, 2015 at 1:02 pm said:
  
  Oh they are super duper healthy Rachel 🙂 Farrr more apple than chocolate
  
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Johanna GGG on February 5, 2015 at 11:53 am said:

I don’t make my own crackers as often as I should – but I love it when I do – just chomping on supermarket crackers now!

I saw caramel chocolate apples once and the woman tried to sell them to me on the grounds that they made children eat fruit but they were exorbitantly expensive and we had chopped apple in the bag that sylvia loves to eat so I just walked on by – nice idea but it does seem like apples are so good that these sort of apples always disappoint me.

and never made eton mess but I made my own meringues for the first time so maybe there is hope!

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- cityhippyfarmgirl on February 5, 2015 at 1:03 pm said:
  
  hooray for meringues Johanna…next stop Eton Mess. Do it.
  
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Zena on February 5, 2015 at 12:38 pm said:

Hello heavenly chocolatey nutty coated apple! Remember the candy covered apples from our childhood? How disappointing were they when they were old and soft not to mention the toffee candy stuck to your teeth. Yay! to your eclectic mix of toms. I only had a hand mixer till my mid twenties. I use to pass the mixing bowl around to housemates when my hands got tired. Everyone use to have a good laugh and it was nice way to collaborate.

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- cityhippyfarmgirl on February 5, 2015 at 1:05 pm said:
  
  Zena I was half expecting the apple to be disappointing like those yuck toffee apple ones…I really had no expectations, except that it looked pretty. So I was pretty happy to find out, damn! It tasted good!
  
  Hand beaters do the trick all the time. Dessert and a work out…win, win.
  
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Jane @ Shady Baker on February 5, 2015 at 2:31 pm said:

I love the look of those crackers Brydie…I need to try them! We eat so many crackers, especially in the warmer weather. Happy creating x

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- cityhippyfarmgirl on February 7, 2015 at 6:38 am said:
  
  They are dead easy Jane. If there was too much fluffing about, well I simply wouldn’t be making them! 🙂
  
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jkschafer on February 5, 2015 at 5:35 pm said:

I made something similar at Christmas time with a recipe from Taste.com.au. They were so easy and such a great gift too. Here is the post http://wp.me/p3SaiV-h8

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- cityhippyfarmgirl on February 7, 2015 at 6:39 am said:
  
  Yes, they are really similar. So easy right.
  
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hotlyspiced on February 5, 2015 at 8:20 pm said:

I do love the look of that apple. What a great idea and so much nicer than toffee! xx

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- cityhippyfarmgirl on February 7, 2015 at 6:40 am said:
  
  toffee…ick! So much better!
  
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narf77 on February 6, 2015 at 4:04 am said:

I have tomato envy. I have a whole garden full of them. HUGE tomato vines. San Marzano and all kinds of adventitious tomato bushes that grew from compost heaps and from right where they spilled out of last years tangle of pumpkins that swallowed my tomatoes whole. This year is the year of the tomatoes. Much like the year of the triffids but more eagerly awaited. The only problem is that we have only just started summer here in Tassie. It’s February and it is starting to heat up but prior to February we had a very VERY long spring. I have shrubs bursting with green tomatoes and not very long for them to ripen. I am starting to panic about all of the “green tomato…” recipes that I am going to need and can only hope, beyond hope, that I actually like fried green tomatoes as I can see them featuring heavily on future gustatory menus on Serendipity Farm…I haven’t been cooking much but I have been dehydrating cherries and plums and anything else that takes my fancy. I have pantry shelves full of dried fruit futures and it makes me smile. Green tomatoes don’t make me smile. I wonder what dehydrated green tomatoes could be used for?! (I might dip them in chocolate and see if I can’t pass them off as edible, good idea apple purveyors…dip your humble apple in chocky and suddenly it is desirable!)

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- cityhippyfarmgirl on February 7, 2015 at 6:44 am said:
  
  My green tomato knowledge leads me to relish and THAT is pretty much it unfortunately. It’s something that I never have around me so I don’t play with them. My three prized tomatoes (best) tomatoes were taste tested by a despicable rodent type critter this week. I was less than impressed. How rude.
  I hope summer finds its place for a little longer in Tassie Narf. Come on tomatoes!
  
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  - narf77 on February 7, 2015 at 6:28 pm said:
    
    I found a recipe for a green tomato jam with vanilla pods not so long ago. It looked amazing and came with a sterling Russian pedigree so if worse comes to worst, I will at least have an alternative to chutney, relish and fried green tomatoes ;). Oh BUGGER on the rodent scoffing your tomatoes! We have had something with nibbley little teeth chewing on the compost heap but I don’t mind that…so long as they don’t start on my pumpkins!
    
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fergie51 on February 6, 2015 at 9:14 pm said:

Beautiful things going on here! Thanks for that cracker tip, definitely a must try. Yes, tomatoes of all different shapes and sizes on my window sill too. Just keep coming. OOOOBY sounds good, nice to see organic suppliers who deliver appearing more and more. Love those beaters, I can hear the sound of them as I look. Can’t wait to drag mine out of a box to display/use when I get a real kitchen.

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- cityhippyfarmgirl on February 7, 2015 at 6:46 am said:
  
  It’s a particular sound isn’t it. Growing up, that was the sound of good things to come that’s for sure.
  (And happy playing in your new kitchen 🙂 whenever that may be)
  
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deliciouscityliving on February 7, 2015 at 3:33 am said:

I definitely want to try the homemade crackers. Thanks for posting!

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- cityhippyfarmgirl on February 7, 2015 at 6:47 am said:
  
  Give them a crack! *ahem*
  
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Choclette on February 7, 2015 at 4:34 am said:

Yes, I’ve seen apples like this, I’ve reviewed them – the jury is still out! Yes I’m a fan of eton mess and NO I don’t make my own crackers, but I jolly well want to try now.

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- cityhippyfarmgirl on February 7, 2015 at 6:50 am said:
  
  Have you tried making them Choclette? I wondered how they got all the stuff sticking to the apple in the first place (I clearly wasn’t paying that much attention.)
  I did think coming up with different flavours would be fun. I’ve walked past the shop a few times and their display is different every time. (My kids eyes nearly pop out of their head…such torture.)
  
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lambsearsandhoney on February 7, 2015 at 9:29 am said:

I’ve seen similar apples coated with sticky, chewy caramel toffee. I was smitten. And just a little nauseous after eating one.

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The Life of Clare on February 7, 2015 at 2:36 pm said:

I’ve been meaning to make these crackers for AGES! Thanks for the reminder!

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Jennifer from Milk and Honey on February 7, 2015 at 3:21 pm said:

I love homemade crackers. They are so much better that store-bought. They look yum.

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Jan (A gluttonous wife) on February 8, 2015 at 6:44 pm said:

Those crackers look fabulous and have bookmarked them for future use 🙂 Cheers Jan x

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Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial on February 15, 2015 at 5:45 pm said:

I need to make crackers again – you’ve inspired me with your beauties! I’ve gotten lazy and now just bake old sourdough into rusks. I love wonky shaped tomatoes so much, and that chocolate apple thing looks divine! Hope you’re having a fabulous Feb, Brydie! xxx

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Kim Bultman on February 24, 2015 at 4:05 am said:

Brydie, I’ve made (and savored) olive oil crackers before — ‘regular’ and gluten-free — but never with the “add on’s” you suggested. (Goodness, I love IMK — thanks for sharing those ideas!) I also loved your “free form” cracker shapes. Snack time heaven. 🙂 As for chocolate dipped apples? Oh my! (Hope your chiropractic woes are over, too.) Thanks for your “tease” re: Eton Mess. I’ve always wanted to make (EAT) that!

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- cityhippyfarmgirl on February 24, 2015 at 6:32 pm said:
  
  yep the add ons are a cracker! 🙂 So damn easy too. I laugh at the bought ones for $10 for 5 of the same thing.
  
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