Central Coast Home & Lifestyle Magazine Summer 2016

M ore than just a quick fix for a sweet craving, dates have significant nutritional properties, enabling them to be food that also works as medicine. They are high in soluble fibre and insoluble dietary fibre, meaning they can lower elevated cholesterol and aid in bowel regularity. Rich in potassium, which is important for controlling your blood pressure and a good source of iron-for healthy blood cells and due to the fact that dates are a low Gi food source they can be safely incorporated into the diets of people with diabetes. Dates are also free from fat, cholesterol, gluten and sodium! Why you should have a date... Enjoy fresh dates instead of lollies

Sienna is creating something new all the time, and is relentless in her compositions of ingredients, that include warm elements of chocolate mixed with spices and topped with crisp cool hints of mint and ice cream Sienna continually creates the perfect balance between her innovative ‘designer desserts’ showcased throughout the series and mixes it up with wholesome home cooking for her family and friends. www.patissienna.com@patissienna All images Photographed by Rhyees Wedes.

Sienna Wedes is the creator and owner of Patissienna. Sienna creates a unique series of delicate desserts that belong on any high- end restaurant table. Inspired by her Great Uncle John, who was an opal miner, Sienna has incorporated the striking colours that her uncle admired so much all that way under ground as a source of her unique approach to dessert design. The desserts are simple yet so enticing it is hard to say no!