The only thing better than a sponge cake is a chocolate sponge cake. Here I am finding a couple of quiet minutes in the day to bring you this celebration cake recipe. Early in the morning before the house is awake. Before the school rush starts and when everything is still; a thick frost outside, […]
Busy week here with our beautiful Annabelle darling turning seven. You know how kids birthdays seem to go for days! We’ve taken cupcakes to school, made the birthday cake, filled the piñata, blown up balloons, written invitations and wrapped presents. A jam packed weekend, we’re heading to our nations capital this arvo to watch the […]
Our best mate Geoff just bought a sous vide machine. A really good cook, you’d be hard pressed finding anyone who could grill a steak on the barbie better than Geoff. Geoff’s buying sous vide machines and I’m making curried sausages. Curried sausages that Nee, following in her late mum Lyn’s footsteps often makes when […]
I remember not long out of school going to a friends place for dinner. New to the whole ‘cooking on my own’ thing, I decided it’d be cool to put my hand up, “I’ll bring the potato bake”. I remember quizzing Mum to make sure that I had all the right ingredients. Potatoes, check. Bacon, […]
I’ve just sat down to my computer for the first time in what feels like forever. I have so many software updates to do – (Hit DELETE, DELETE, DELETE) and if Apple tells me that I have to ‘manage my storage’ one more time I’m going to scream. Too busy have I been making sushi […]
You should of seen the size of the fox crossing the road this morning just outside the girls’ school! Trotting along like it owned the joint. Why did the chicken cross the road? I don’t know? To get away from the fox? Note to self: double, triple check that our chook house is fox proof. […]
Food blogger, Lo Corcoran of Lo’s Kitchen shares the recipe for her comforting curried chicken pie, highlighting the importance of being neighbourly whilst reminiscing on her childhood. ‘Sharing a fence’ I still remember our neighbours growing up. On one side there was Toula. A warm and bubbly Greek woman who lived there with her husband […]
I remember going to the Dural butcher years ago when staying at Mum and Dad’s for the weekend. Determined to crumb some lamb cutlets for tea, I recall counting out in my head how many I’d need to feed everyone. “I’ll get 20 lamb cutlets thanks”, I said convincingly as I happily watched the beautiful […]
I can’t think of many recipes I make that don’t call for “browning an onion”. Isn’t ‘the onion’ just the absolute king of flavour? If we run out of onions in our house, we’re in trouble. I panic in the same way I would if we ran out of toilet paper or milk (or chocolate). […]
We’re big in to Christmas trees in our house. Did you know that my Mum and Dad grow fresh pine trees, selling them at their ‘cut your own’ Christmas tree farm each year? For as long as I can remember we’ve always had a fresh tree, no fake plastic ones in sight. We’ve got many […]
Hands up if you’ve ever made a gingerbread house before? I love making one at this time of year. There’s something really nice and carefree about setting time aside to do nothing other than faff in the kitchen, designing and constructing your own little gingerbread house. With life feeling increasingly busier and busier, somehow it […]
November is the new December. Or so my good friend Anna tells me. It’s only the 13th of the month and judging by my insta feed, you’d think it was Christmas Eve already. I must admit it felt like Christmas here today. Along with the smell of gingerbread in the air, there were Santa lists […]
It was snowing in Boorowa today. Snowing icing sugar that is. The girls and I sifted icing sugar snow not only over our fresh rosemary Christmas trees, but over half the kitchen. Such a sweet little decorating idea that can be used to top any cake at this time of year. All you need is […]
A favourite past time of mine is flicking through Nee’s old cookbooks; The Australian Women’s Weekly, ‘Best Ever Recipes’ cookbook – the best. I’m yet to make anything out of it that hasn’t worked. This ginger cake being a perfect example. It’s great because you don’t need any fancy ingredients and I couldn’t get over […]
We didn’t grow up eating potato gnocchi. My sister Casey can attest to that. During high school she was in a public speaking competition. Dad reckons she “had it in the bag” after absolutely killing her prepared monologue and of course without bias thought she was a shoe in for a place. The contestants were […]
Homemade focaccia. Sounds like an effort. Can I let you in on a secret, it’s actually not. This is simple and easy cooking, one for the novice cook. And after making it a couple of times you’ll be able to do it in your sleep. I know for the ‘focaccia first timers’ you might read […]
I have the memory of an elephant. Oh hang on. No I don’t. Do they have good memories or bad? I forget. I have the memory of whatever animal is really bad at remembering things. Take this recipe for example. I have been racking my brain to try and remember which friend of mine introduced […]
This is the same recipe that I used to make with Mim at the farm in school holidays. They were my Pa’s favourite. We’d always make a double batch as they’d disappear pretty quickly, that’s for sure. Such beautiful, happy memories to cherish forever. I make these with my girls all the time and they […]
It was my birthday yesterday. I had the most magical day, being absolutely spoilt rotten by Cork Daddy and the girls. The day started with a delicious hot breakfast of perfectly poached eggs, sautéed mushrooms and spinach, topped off with what I call ‘bacon sprinkle’ and hot buttered toast, all made by my incredibly capable […]
Do you ever watch ‘Surfing the Menu’ on SBS Food? Old school Curtis Stone and Ben O’Donohue – it’s really good. I remember seeing an episode years ago where they made some one-pot-wonder seafood creation in front of the Sydney Opera House. Now it’s really weird but all I can remember about that dish was […]
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