Video Tutorial: How to make creme caramels!

Hello friends!  Well today you are invited into my kitchen in a whole new way.  By video.  You get to hear me say 'so, ok' about eleventy billion times.  If you are one of my overseas visitors (hello!) you get to hear my Aussie accent and all of you get to see how shocking I look without make-up..!  But, I'm not the...

Food Mag Files - April 2011

I've mentioned this a good many times now, but I have a terrible, terrible magazine addiction.  Well, it's not terrible for me - but I'm sure my postie rolls his eyes every time he delivers one because I get magazines every.single.week.  Sometimes a few at a time. So I thought I'd give you an overview of what's in the food mags...

Make it in bulk: Slow cooker vegetarian dhal

Since I started making my chili con carne in bulk in the slow cooker I've been giving some thought to what other recipes freeze and reheat nicely that I could adapt my stove top recipe, and decided that this one fitted the bill nicely.  There is a bit of stove-top action to get it started but it really cooks itself after about 5 minutes...

Bloggers Manifesto

You might know by now I'm a bit into manifestos.  They are great for keeping focussed on the things you can do and at the moment I have many a little project on the go.. some exciting things ahead!  So whilst I read this post over the weekend I wanted to bookmark it but it read to me like a manifesto so I made one.  I added...

Sunday baking project: Apple cinnamon crescent rolls (almost sugar free)

Hello everyone - hope you're enjoying your weekend, or if you've had a Sunday away from the computer, hope you had a wonderful weekend.   As the weather cools down I find myself flicking through familiar and favourite cookbooks and just looking for new inspiration cooking wise.  We've moved well and truly into autumn produce so...

Family Recipe: Katie's biscuits

I feel like I don't have 1 bazillionth the family recipes I should have.  I come from a long line of bakers and cooks, butchers and farm-wives.  My heritage is Irish settlers who were part of the Monaro Pioneers and established the Snowy Mountains Scheme.   My Nan was born and raised in Cooma, my grandfather born in Sydney...

Chapter Two: The school yard romance has now got a little complicated...

{my little minx} Remember last week how I told you about Laura and her 'boyfriend' Z?  It's a cute and amusing story if you haven't caught up, recommended. This past week has been a little more amusing if that's possible.  It seems Laura has more than one admirer.  Apparently Master E declared at his family dinner last Friday...

10 things to do with your snags, besides chucking them in a pan or BBQ

[image credit]There can come a time when every budget-savvy shopper looks at sausages at rolls their eyes.  Mainly because they either can't bear to eat them again or have their family living on them.  My butcher makes fabulous sausages at an excellent price so I'm always looking for ways to get those sausages on my plate without...

The Manifesto now living in my wallet

I absolutely love this.  I want it on a big poster, but for now, I've printed it out and put it in my wallet.  Love, love LOVE.   I like 'If you are looking for the love of your life, STOP; they will be waiting for you when you start doing things you love'  that's EXACTLY what happened to me.  Is there anything in...

A warm snuggly hug with soup: Spiced potato and cream cheese soup

I'm in a soup frenzy at the moment.  I can only seem to think about soup.  I'm sure this has something to do with the bucket and buckets (and buckets!) of rain that's fallen over the past two days.  I myself was drenched to the core twice on Saturday night after leaving my umbrella in retromummy's (hire) car.  You have...

What I'm up to this Easter (and my easter goodie guide!)

Did your eyes just bug out of your head?  Did you just gasp?  Easter? Already?  But yes, I'm on to Easter.  You know me, I'm a freak.  And I love Easter.  So there. So here's what's on MY to-do list for this holidays... (so far!) 1. Food I'm so making chocolate Babka again. Great way to get on your chocolate...