I hate wasting things. So much so that I’m forever trying to find ways to use things – some less successful than others. Case in point: pumpkin seeds. I used to bake pumpkin pies for a living (much more fun than it sounds) and I’d go through kilos of pumpkin each week.I tried to do something with the seeds – after all weren’t pumpkin seeds an edible commodity? One day I was horrified to discover that stashed in the back of the bottom shelf of the fridge, I had amassed kilos of slimy pumpkin seeds. I proceeded to wash them and then was so exhausted after that that I simply gave up and threw them out. Like I said, some instances were more successful than others.

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Where did this month go? For a moment I swore I was still in January and then February rolled around and swept me off my feet like a hurricane. Two of my favourite bloggers Aparna and Deeba were hosting February’s challenge and even though I knew exactly what flavour of Tiramisu I wanted to make it still took me a while to get my act together. When a friend suggested I join Daring Cooks I looked at her like she was possibly insane and wondered how I could possibly fit another commitment into my crazed schedule.

Those that know me know that around 4pm every day I will probably be making myself a cup of tea and will be eating it with a biscuit. My favourite kind of tea is Earl Grey followed by Lady Grey which gives me more of a pick up than Earl Grey. So early on in the month, when I was thinking of a twist on tiramisu, I immediately thought of tea. It sounded like an easy enough substitution, just switch the coffee for tea. With that idea, I had no excuse for delaying it which I had been doing lately. Perhaps I had caught Mr NQN’s procrastination bug? The one where he said that fixing the balcony lock was next to impossible until his brother came over one afternoon and fixed it within the space of five minutes. I hoped not.

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I’ve never been much of a poet. Until I was a teenager, I always thought that poems had to rhyme. I’ve never quite understood haikus but I don’t mind the odd spot of non rhyming poetry. It doesn’t help though that Mr NQN guffaws whenever he hears poetry from yesteryear. If I were to write poetry, it would probably be an ode to a cake or food and in this way I thought that these cookie pops, based on Bakerella’s incredible cake pops, would be the most appropriate Ode to a Biscuit.

I had a packet of Tim Tams and Mint Slice biscuits in the pantry-a leftover from Halloween when I bought them intending to use them as gravestones (I bet Arnotts never envisaged them being used like that!). Made up of three ingredients, these would have to be among the easiest and most smug making items I’ve ever made. Not only were these cute, but they were easy to make and did I mention only required three ingredients?

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