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It’s Ryvita.. But Not As We Know It

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When I was younger I always thought of Ryvita as a diet food. Bearable when cutting calories but no fun any other time surely.

Whether it has changed a lot over the years or my tastes have ..ahem..matured I don’t know but I really enjoy them these days whether I’m dieting or not.

I love them with soft cheese,tomatoes and basil for a light but indulgent treat:

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Recently I was invited to try out some of their new crispbreads and recipe ideas and I didn’t need to be asked twice.

We tried out this recipe from Ryvita for a raspberry ripple ice cream sandwich.

We didn’t include jam as we preferred the tart taste of the fresh berries and we added homemade salted caramel ice cream instead of vanilla..we may also have had open top sandwiches as somebody ate the other crispbreads. But wow. I would have no problem serving this as a dessert to friends at a dinner party.

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It’s definitely worth taking another look at the latest Ryvita range . My favourites are the black pepper crackerbreads and sunflower seed and oat Crispbreads. Delicious and unless you top them with full fat homemade icecream they are pretty good for you too.

* I was sent crispbreads and a shopping voucher to try out the new recipes.

Mango & Coconut Sorbet

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I first made this when pregnant with Izzy. I was craving sweet foods and ice cream in particular but I was getting concerned about all the cake I was eating so I tried a few easy peasy recipes for icecream and sorbet. I am surprised I haven’t made this one again until now as it really is the easiest recipe.

You don’t need an ice cream maker or a fancy blender.

In fact all you need is a freezable tub,an electric whisk and TWO ingredients. Yep you heard right.. Just TWO ingredients.

1 tin of Mango Pulp ( 850g)
1 tin of coconut milk

Blend ingredients together using an electric whisk until completely combined in your freezable container. Place in freezer and pull it out and whisk ( electric whisk) every hour for 3 hours. Then freeze overnight or for at least 8 hours and enjoy. You could adapt this in lots of ways – I’m thinking dark chocolate chips would be a really good addition or just sprinkle over some shredded coconut when you serve but it’s tasty enough on its own. A lovely treat to serve your little uns knowing that there are no added nasties or sweeteners.

On first combining the two ingredients it can look a bit bleurgh..
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but then after a good mix..
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On the third hours whisking..almost ready
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Not quite ready but someone had to test it and make sure it was ok..
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The easiest dessert you will make this summer and just incredibly tasty and super refreshing. Just what we all need in this hot weather yes?

Hope you enjoy.

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