Marmalade and Mascarpone Ice Cream
Here’s a quite outrageous and totally delicious mascarpone and marmalade ice cream. Not at all healthy – sorry! If you’re going to enjoy a treat, make it a bloody good…
Family Food
Easy Baked Mushrooms With Ricotta Omelettes – A Superfoods Breakfast
Most Aussies are mushroom maniacs, and I’m one of them. Here’s a recipe that I love, it’s from is from Australian Mushrooms Growers. There are heaps of good recipes on that…
Cream of Mushroom Soup Recipe – With Thermomix Instructions
Perfect for a chilly winter’s day, mushroom soup will give you a nutrition-packed boost as well as warming the cockles of your heart. Making some soup and baking…
Peanut Butter Cupcakes – Quick, Easy and Vegan
When I posted this photo of freshly-baked vegan peanut butter cupcakes, I had immediate requests for the recipe. Well, here it is, a very simple, egg-free recipe. These cupcakes taste…
Easy Cashew + Mushroom Nut Roast – For A Vegetarian Christmas
Take a bow, the easy cashew and mushroom layered roast! This is the Christmas lunch made for the Intn’l Man of Mystery for the past 22 years. This isn’t the prettiest…
Choc’ & Moi, New Chocolate Cafe + Workshop in Brookvale
Book us straight into another chocolate workshop! Book me in for the adult class! One of the best school holiday activities we did was a Chocolate Workshop at the new…
Healthy Simple Spiced Zucchini Bread – A Recipe From Fast Ed
Yummy cakes made with vegetables, what more could we ask for? And this simple spiced zucchini bread loaf is one that has proved a big hit with all members of…
Pasta with Chickpeas: A Quick + Easy Pantry Dinner
Here’s a meal that always means romance to me. Simple and quick though it is. Pasta with chickaps was the first meal that I ever cooked for my Intn’l Man of Mystery. On our…
(Death By) White Chocolate Mud Cake Recipe
If you’re looking for a cake that has healthy attributes throw your arms in the air and run away screaming. This simple white chocolate mud cake is the least healthy…
Bill Granger’s Chilled Green Soup- In The Thermomix
It’s autumn in Sydney, we’re having gorgeous sunny and warm days but there’s a chilly feel to the mornings and evenings. So it’s not the right season at all to…
What’s The Healthiest Fruit Juice for Kids ?
It’s grapefruit juice. Bugger! Too tart for my kids. Maybe I need to try it again… or mix it with orange juice? Fruit Juice Australia has created a Healthy Juice…
Scarlet Mushroom and Beetroot Barley Risotto Recipe
One of the fab things about meeting new school families is… new recipes! Here’s one from a lovely school mum who is not only vegetarian but also Scottish. Double winner…
Mango And Banana Smoothie Ice Blocks: Easy in Thermomix
Ah, how I love these stainless steel ice block holders. Gorgeous! They are ideal for making this mango and banan smoothie ice block recipe. It is worth pulling them out…
Cakes to make on rainy days
When the weather is dreich in Sydney, it’s time to make a cake. And doesn’t the word ‘dreich’ just sum up these ‘orrible atmospheric conditions. Dreich (Old Scots…
The Best Ever Lasagna – a recipe from The Dinner Ladies
Have you ever made your life a lot easier by ordering in some family meals from The Dinner Ladies? This is not a sponsored post! I have loved using the…
Simple Homemade Ice Cream Recipes – Raspberry Ice Cream
Creamy, sweet and delicious, this simple raspberry ice cream no-churn recipe is a real crowdpleaser. This is a rather decadent dessert, packed with sugar and fat, but also with raspberries,…
Christmas Condensed Milk Truffles – Made By The Kids
Here’s a recipe for Christmas Condensed Milk Truffles that was very popular last Christmas for the many school functions that need a sweet treat. These are nut-free truffles which are also…
Simple Spiced Zucchini Cake – Moist, Nutty and Delicious
Spring is here in Sydney and full optimism, I’ve planted some zucchini in the garden. Full of hunger, the possums and bandicoots have started scoffing the plants. Time to buy…
Easy Caramel Popcorn Recipe
This was supposed to be a post about how healthy it is to make air popped popcorn for the kids. Plain and simple popcorn makes an excellent after school snack,…
Malt Loaf Recipe For A Bread Maker
I’ve got a bit of a thing for malt extract. We used to eat it by the spoonful when I was little, and I always craved it when pregnant. Whenever…