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…
Family Food
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…
Top Ten Sydney Harbour Family Picnic Spots – and a Protein-Packed Sandwich That’s Quick to Make and Take
This post is brought to you by Nuffnang and Tip Top – thank you for supporting this blog and its readers. For a fab family picnic, you need plenty…
Dinners for the desperate! Fast healthy meals to feed the family
You get to the end of a busy day of leaping around with the kids and think… bugger, what will we eat for dinner? Yes, yes, usually I do…
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
Did you see The Dinner Ladies on the Shark Tank a couple of weeks ago? They pitched their idea for business expansion to the panel and walked away with…
How To Make Ricotta Cheese – Easier Than You Think {Rewind}
Easy, easy, easy. Why didn’t I know this before? It is so simple to make ricotta cheese. And home made ricotta tastes unbelievably fresh. Just delicious. I was taught this…
Delicious Condensed Milk Biscuits With Macadamias
These biscuits are completely outrageous and shouldn’t be allowed. Call for a ban!
Simple Homemade Ice Cream Recipes – Raspberry Ice Cream
Creamy, sweet and delicious, this ice cream does not require churning at all. This is a rather decadent dessert, packed with sugar and fat, but also with raspberries, one of…
Nigella’s Chocolate Olive Oil Cake
Do you bake with olive oil? I’d never tried using olive oil in cakes and had always been a bit horrified at the thought. A rich fruity extra virgin oil…
American Sloppy Joes From Our American Au Pair
The teenagers’ favourite hobby is teasing our American au pair Bethany. One of their ploys involves claiming that Americans eat road kill all the time and demanding she cooks some…