Trying to make the most of the sunny winter days, there’s nothing like a walk in the winter garden or up Parnell Rise. While I was writing yesterday a rainbow came and settled on my hand from the crystal hanging in the window. It’s lovely to make the most of Read more…
These looked easy and as I had never used Filo before (successfully anyway) it should be interesting. I bought the filo from the supermarket, and had feta and spinach in the fridge at home. I love it when I get to use up ingredients I already have. My spinach didn’t quite weight what I needed so I added chopped leeks, anything green’ll do I thought! (more…)
I will bake Millefeuilles. I know it’s going to be hard but I will have a crack at it. So I was all set up for Saturday to bake. I had my bought puff pastry in the freezer, to save time, but let me tell you, this recipe still took me hours!! It entailed precisely measuring and cutting out the pastry and freezing it several times to keep its shape, plus of course making creme patissiere and meringue icing. No mean feat! (more…)
I felt like something savoury, what with all this carrot cake in the house. I went into Uni the other day for a critique group and bought my large soy latte with a muffin for $7 from my usual cafe. Then I had the savoury pumpkin muffin with soup the Read more…
It’s about time I made cake. I will often make a chocolate cake or a banana cake just to have in the house. This one looks like a goody. I will be making and posting the recipe for my favourite never fail chocolate cake soon btw. The nice thing about Read more…
It was my daughter’s ball on Saturday and she decided to make the dress!!! Great, Ahh ahhh. Over two months she had cut out the pattern and made the skirt, only 🙁 Then with 2 weeks to go, she handed over the reigns and “let me do the rest.” Yay, Read more…
With roast pumpkin left in the fridge from the other night, what better way to use it than to make pumpkin soup. You can’t beat it. So warming and great for these cold winter days. I bought a large pumpkin the other day for just $3. It doesn’t get much Read more…
I decided to do a savoury bake and team it up with making dinner, hence killing two proverbial birds. Unfortunately I didn’t get started until 5.45pm so we were eating quite late but it was worth it. The tart was amazing. I don’t know why I don’t cook like this Read more…
“What cake do you want for your birthday cake,” I asked my daughter. “Chocolate,” she said without hesitation. Well, that’s easy. We have the best, most impossible to stuff up chocolate cake recipe in this family. It has been passed from sister to sister and gets hauled out at every Read more…
I love having Bliss Balls in the fridge. You feel like a naughty snack and bingo, there you have one. They taste delicious but they are NOT naughty, just yum. The last batch I made were so moist and full of yum it was like eating uncooked biscuit mixture. The Read more…