While searching for ideas for my next cupcake masterpieces - there's a school fete coming up - I came across the most amazing stiletto cakes and, voila, an idea for a blog post sprang to mind. Wow, people are so creative when it comes to creating fashionable food. Check these amazing treats out. Loving these... Continue Reading →
Christmas in July is calling my name …
I love celebrating Christmas in July ... I happened across a post about how we celebrated the occasion last year in the Household and was swept away on a wave of nostalgia. We had a Christmas tree twinkling in the living room and lots of holly scattered around the house (ouch!). Even the bathroom had a Santa... Continue Reading →
5 dinners my kids love
Dinner is so Groundhog Day when you have kids. Sometimes it seems like all I ever do - when I'm not working - is go to the supermarket, stagger home with the shopping and cook (with a little recreational blogging after I stack the dishwasher). Sprog 2 grouched the other day that I'm "always in... Continue Reading →
Malaysian feast time!
Friends came to dinner on Saturday night and I had an excess of veggies in the crisper so I made a Malaysian feast in their honour. Perhaps a bit too much belachan in the pumpkin and orange curry so I won't blog that recipe, but the rest was a hit. Especially the roti bread (bought... Continue Reading →
Yummy pear bread
Farmer's Direct keep sending me pears - they must be in season - and I keep forgetting to get Husband and Sprog 1 to eat them. (There's no way Sprog 2 or I are going anywhere near a fresh pear.) So they keep going brown and mushy. I decided I couldn't let the most expensive... Continue Reading →
Lunchbox munches: Cheese and olive scrolls + Anzac bikkies
I've been getting adventurous with Sprog 1's lunchboxes. As regular readers can probably guess, Sprog 2 isn't an adventurous lunchbox girl, she's been known to request plain Cruskits for morning tea and buttered bread for lunch. But Sprog 1 loves being my guinea pig, so here's what I made her last week. Husband went mad... Continue Reading →
Lunch with friends: pumpkin tarts + rockmelon granita
Three Novocastrian friends popped over for an impromptu lunch last Saturday. Husband had taken the car to work, so I had to rely on the contents of my fridge. Fortunately the Farmer's Direct weekly order that I'd put on hold for six weeks while on "holiday" because I'm too cowardly to cancel it, had kicked... Continue Reading →
Nothing Compares 2 Food
My Ode to Feb Fast (I've started a day early and I'm dropping carbs instead of cabernet) with a little help from Sinead O'Connor ... It's been seven hours and fifteen seconds Since I took the carbs away I lay awake all night and I want to sleep all day Since I took the carbs... Continue Reading →
SPC Sunday: Watermelon, strawberry and peach granita
My clever friend Pink Patent Mary Janes has created the most lovely thing: SPC Sunday. Here's what she's asked Aussies to do ... This Sunday choose to eat an SPC product and share it online. Using Facebook, Twitter and Instagram people are encouraged to use the hashtag #SPCsunday and share their peaches and ice cream... Continue Reading →
Smoked salmon and goat’s cheese salad
This salad was inspired by a gorgeous dinner at a friend's house a few weeks ago. She served up the most delicious leafy treat and I couldn't wait to recreate it. Hers featured asparagus, I went with walnuts and avocado instead. Just one problem - the Sprogs were horrified by a bowl of smoked fish,... Continue Reading →