I don’t have a massive sweet tooth but gee do I enjoy one of these cookies with a hot cuppa every now and then. They’re so easy to make but please do me a favour. Please don’t burn them. Don’t leave the kitchen to go and put a load of washing on or to peg […]
I was 10 when the ‘twinnie bubbies’ were born. I can still remember seeing Dad walk through the school playground at little lunch searching for Pete, Elles and I to take us to meet our new little sisters in hospital. We drove the whole way to the ‘San’ with the windows down, honking the horn […]
Does anyone else get that 3 o’clock urge to put something in their mouth; to pop the kettle on and go digging through the pantry/desk drawer/glove box to find something, anything that’ll satisfy that sweet craving? These white choccie and macadamia nut cookie’s certainly hit the spot for me. A recipe passed on to me […]
Did I tell you we’re moving house? In two weeks. All very exciting. So how are we going packing wise you might ask? The girls are proving to be a great help. Apart from unpacking boxes at the same rate that I can pack them – they’ve spent the last couple of days lining the […]
Meemar’s famous coconut slice. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve watched Mum make this over the years. It’s a terrific morning or afternoon tea option with a steaming hot cuppa. Why not make the slice this weekend and invite some friends “around for tea”? Sounds very Downton Abbey doesn’t it? Either that […]
ALDI. There are loads of people who love to shop at Aldi. Drawn to the bargains, they’re convinced they’re saving money by choosing Aldi over say Woollies or Coles. Yet I always think I come out of there spending more money than I would of if I shopped at another supermarket. This is due to […]
Give me cheese over chocolate any day of the week. Want to know how many of the recipes on Lo’s Kitchen have chocolate in them? 3. 3 out of 145 recipes. Now I am far from a mathematician but I think that’s only around 2%. Want to know how many recipes on the blog are […]
“…brown paper packages tied up with string, these are a few of my favourite things”. Charlotte loves The Sound of Music just as much as I did growing up (and still do for that matter). On the other hand, Cork Daddy isn’t in to old movies. Instead favouring the action packed blockbuster with all the bells […]
I recently bought a box of All-Bran. Random I know. I thought I might enjoy eating it for breakfast. Turns out, that wasn’t the case and it’s just been sitting in the pantry ever since. Not in it’s original packaging mind you as everything that enters our pantry, enters at it’s own risk. Packaging is […]
I’m so pumped for the weekend. We’ve got a friends engagement party on Saturday night and Meemar and Grandad are in town to babysit. This means a couple of things. Firstly, that I’m spending the day in the kitchen as what better way to make a guest feel welcome than by having a house full of […]
If you haven’t seen the film Calendar Girls, do yourself a favour and watch it. I’ve always loved the scene where the unlikely winner Chris enters a sponge cake in to the illustrious WI cake competition at the village fair. When asked for her tips on making the perfect Victoria Sponge, she answers “..if it’s a special […]
Back in the 60’s Mim used to go to these weekly cooking classes that were run by the SCC (Sydney County Council). She remembers sitting up in an amphitheatre style classroom and scribbling down notes on the recipes that were printed out and distributed to the eager young cooks. To this day, Mim still has […]
I had a little helper in the kitchen this arvo. ‘Annabelle darling’ helped every step of the way; licking the bowl completely clean, arranging the apples on top of the cake and sprinkling the brown sugar over everything, all while happily chomping on pieces of apples as we went. She said it looked like a […]
Nothing says ‘winter’ or ‘dinner party’ like a sticky date pudding does. For as long as I can remember Mum’s been making sticky date puds. She’s always made them as individual puddings in muffin tins and served them warm with butterscotch sauce and a scoop of vanilla ice cream, topped off with a fresh strawb. […]
I’m sitting here at my kitchen table currently eyeing off whats left of the orange cake I made with the girls yesterday. Excuse me while I go and pop the kettle on. I’ve been trying to come up with ways to use the bags of oranges that were given to me by my good friend, […]
If you follow Lo’s Kitchen, I’m sure you’re now used to seeing pics of food taken on our big old kitchen table. Looking closely, you would of noticed how ridiculously marked this much loved table is. It’s covered in paint (from our many messy craft sessions) and has so much flour caked in to the […]
I saw something on Insta today. I saw this clip of master baker, Claire Ptak making the Royal Wedding cake for H + M. (Which brings me to think – why haven’t fashion power house H&M been milking it for the royal wedding)? They probably have. Anyway, the royal wedding cake is reportedly a three […]
Mum’s butterfly cakes sat in pride of place at every birthday party we ever had growing up. I have lots of memories making these too when I’d go out to Mim and Pa’s farm in the school holidays. My job was always to line the muffin tins with the patty cases and as the years […]
An Anzac biscuit is a deliciously sweet biscuit that goes brilliantly with a hot cuppa. They were named after the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC’s) which were established in World War I. The women left on the home-front made these biscuits to send over the sea to their loved ones at the front. The […]
If you haven’t heard of Yotam Ottolenghi before – go and check out one of his cookbooks. He’s an Israeli-British chef and cooks some amazing food drawing heavily from middle eastern flavours. He writes cookbooks, has a tv show and owns a heap of deli’s and restaurants across London. This apple and olive oil cake […]
