One night last week, I asked my husband to take a look through a couple of cookbooks and pick out some dishes that he wouldn’t mind trying over the next couple of weeks. Surprise! He chose Nigella’s churros from her Kitchen: recipes from the heart of the home cookbook… as well as some other great dishes…
Back when I lived in South Yarra, I used to be a regular at Harveys which used to be located at the Lyall Hotel. Almost every time I would go there, I would order their truffled scrambled eggs. So when I randomly saw truffles for sale for $7.99 within my pile of junk mail last…
There is nothing in the world that means more to me than my two children. Lil’ E turned three last Thursday and with a 4 month old in tow, I felt bad enough not throwing a birthday bash for him. My parents held a BBQ for him (thank you Grandma & Grandpa!!) with close family…
There are only a few cookies in my repertoire that warrant a cup of tea and a sit down. This is one of them. They are luxuriously soft & tender within with the decadence of dark chocolate and the tart chewiness of the sour cherries. I usually make these much smaller than pictured. But for…
Here’s a really easy recipe from Justin North’s Family Cooking cookbook. I initially made this in order to decorate some peanut butter and jelly cupcakes that I made; but after the party, when we were cleaning up, all the adults were found chowing down on the copious amounts of peanut brittle in the left over…
I think there are few people who don’t love a good pumpkin soup. And with the weather in Australia heading into the winter months, this is a quick post just to remind you how easy pumpkin soup is to make and how delicious and filling – not to mention healthy – it can be. I…
I’ve got to admit.. I’m a little obsessed with this dish. The rack of lamb is incredible and you can find the recipe here – but equally as good is the amazing accompaniment – the sweet potato gratin. Sweet potato is an amazing super food packed full of vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium & potassium…
When there are overripe bananas left over in my house, I actually feel happy rather than sad because it means that I can bake banana bread. Admittedly, I usually turn to Dorie Greenspan’s banana bundt cake recipe but recently, I decided to try Nigella Lawson’s recipe from her How to be a Domestic Goddess cookbook. …
I’ll be honest – over the past week I’ve had way too many lemons sitting on my kitchen bench. And I think that now with two children and the fact that Mother’s Day is approaching – it made me reflect back to my childhood. Growing up, my mother rarely made cupcakes; she made pound cakes…
This is a very simple recipe. I adapted this recipe back in 2005 from several recipes that I found online and I have used this rendition ever since. It’s my go-to dessert when I’ve got left over egg yolks lying around in my fridge. It’s so deliciously creamy and to be honest – it’s right…
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