What do you put in your... TRIFLE?

We love trifle in this house and it's a tradition from my family.  When I was little I remember having very boozy trifle, though I don't put booze in mine now...  My sister called it 'triffle' and it's kind of stuck now - I think we all call it 'triffle'. Tradition was my Nan would make the trifle, and I made it for the first...

RECIPE: Quickie Shepherds' Pie

I love a good shepherds pie (or cottage pie if you decide to use beef) - who doesn't?   Our girls all play netball and are all this year playing in different teams.  All of which have practice on different afternoons.  It's becoming chilly so this is perfect for those nights where we've been rushing around all day but...

RECIPE: Large moist and light blueberry banana loaf

Everyone loves an easy cake, no more than me.  I'm not one for too many steps and fussing around.  I'd be a terrible patissier because I'd want to take shortcuts.  This one is just ingredients in two bowls, combine and bake.  Gotta love that.  The inclusion of sour cream makes it not only moist but really light,...

RECIPE: Scrumptious Cinnamon crunch bread pudding

I'm one of those weird people who doesn't mind when the cold weather turns up.  I actually just like the variety in the seasons.  Seasonal clothes, seasonal food.  But what I love about winter apart from sitting in front of the fire and wearing one of my favourite coats is making casseroles, saucy dishes and puddings. This...

RECIPE: Easy sweet and sour pork meatballs

I used to love sweet and sour pork when I was a kid but these days I'm not so fond of capsicum (no-one in the house is) which prevents me from having that, and, I can't even remember the last time we had takeway Chinese.   Sweet and sour is a new kind of taste for our family and I can pretty much guarantee my kids eating anything...

LUNCHBOX LEGEND: No-bake chewy blueberry coconut muesli bars

It's been a crazy week, we are in Sydney and if you've not seen in the news, this superstorm has certainly been disruptive.  We're on our third day with limited power - no washing machine, dishwasher and no oven.  We have enough power to run our fridge the past two days and some TVs as well so it could be worse.  Luckily we...

Mega-lunch-box-bake off, how we made 500 school snacks in three hours!

At the beginning of the school year I hosted a baking afternoon with the Mums of our church and some friends.   In the spirit of MamaBake we met in our large church kitchen and had time to chat and bake, and I passed on some of my recipes which I'd adapted to be big batches. All in all it cost about $20 a family, there were nine...