Cinnamon poached plum served with fig and passion fruit | Kukskitchen

Eating fruit couldn't be better with this warm fruit salad. The cinnamon and lemon give the plums and extra flavour. I love passion fruit in anything at all and this salad saw some of the flesh thrown in at the end, not to mention the extra texture it offers. My fruit only dinner hence got a gorgeous makeover.

Plum cake tatin | Plum upside down cake | Ina garten / Barefoot contessa | Kukskitchen

My maternity leave days were spend watching cooking programs on the television with my mum or my mum-in-law both of whom share my passion of cooking (or rather I share their passion for cooking). One of our favourite shows was barefoot contessa by Ina Garten. She explained recipes with such flow and you wanted to make them straight away. I recorded her shows and watched them when little Mathew went to sleep.