I'm not the Expert, I'm the Experiment!
It was early days. “Do you want to come over and watch a movie?” I asked nervously. “Sure, I’ll take care of dinner” was his casual reply. :: I opened the door to the tall, dark, handsome boy who had once doubled me home from the pub on his handle bars. I smiled at the [...]
I finally had some time to put together a short fun video of my little cooking stint for Gourmet Garden on the Chopping Block at Melbourne’s Good Food and Wine Show. Enjoy! Here’s the link to my recipe for Steamed Lemongrass & Coconut Mussels with Spicy Thai Roti here on the blog. A quick thanks [...]
Today I cooked live at the Gourmet Garden Blog Off/Cook Off event held at Melbourne Good Food and Wine Show. Unfortunately Tracie from Yeah Na Yeah couldn’t make it, so I kind of won by default. However, I had an awesome time cooking with Sammy and Bella from My Kitchen Rules. It was still nerve [...]
When I was doing the 8 week I Quit Sugar program I decided to share photos of the sorts of meals we were eating. For CrashHubby and I it wasn’t too difficult to quit sugar as we were already eating a variety of whole and fresh foods in interesting ways, usually inspired by our travels. [...]
I love ANZAC biscuits and I was dreading missing out on them. Because, really, how can you make them without golden syrup? But I saw that Sweet Poison had done it, and fellow blogger Kylie from Octavia and Vicky even made a fructose free ANZAC slice without it. The trick is to replace the golden [...]
Beef Rendang from Taste.com.au (image Mark O’Meara) As the seasons change I’m starting to look for some good hearty slow cooker recipes. My Google search landed me on taste.com.au and hovering over the delicious meals I was drawn to the coconut atop this one: This meal actually uses two recipes on the taste.com.au website. Firstly [...]
I’m going to confidently say that every Kiwi who has grown up in NZ knows what an Afghan Biscuit or Afghan Cookie is and that they probably can’t tell you why they are called Afghan Biscuits! These chocolatey delights are made using cornflakes in the mixture and are topped with chocolate icing and half a [...]
Making Christmas Gingerbread Cookies Last week I did a {Retro Crash} to introduce you to a fabulous English trifle recipe just in time for Christmas. I thought I’d throw in another tried and tested Christmas delight. My good friend Sally from Heavenly Cakes gave me this gingerbread foundation recipe. I used it a couple of [...]
The whole Northern Hemisphere Christmas theme just really doesn’t make sense when we try and replicate it down here. I mean, do we really need a stinking hot turkey on a stinking hot day? Why must we swelter and try and stuff ourselves with heavy rich Christmas Pudding? Ok, so not everyone tries to do [...]
Today is day 4 of Kidspot Mumvember and the fun activity for today is to bake something – so I did! At first I thought I might bake something chocolate, and I still might. However, seeing a lack of anything yummy to eat for lunch I decided to make some scrolls. I Googled ‘savoury scrolls’ [...]
Age: 37
Married with two preschoolers
A SAHM on a collision course in life trying to get organised, take care and have fun!
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