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 […]
It’s about time I updated this blog post. First published over four years ago, I’ve lost count of the number of sponge’s I’ve made since then. Original post below. 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 […]
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 want to change the name of this cake from easy orange cake – to ‘Larah’s cake’. Larah, a good friend of mine from Wagga has made this cake using fresh oranges from her tree numerous times, “About one hundred times!” she states. I love how she sends me pics over insta of the finished […]
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 […]
The iconic Anzac biscuit. Named after the ANZAC’s in World War I, they’re a deliciously sweet biscuit, going perfectly with a hot cup of tea. Made from flour, rolled oats and golden syrup, there are many different versions of Anzac biscuits, although the ingredients generally remain the same. I prefer the thin Anzac biccies that […]
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 […]
Saturday mornings are for throwing some muffins in the oven. They’re so simple to whip up and make the house smell lovely. I cooked these very muffins at the end of last year when we sold our place in Wagga. A real estate agents oldest trick in the book; their advice to sellers is to […]
Who wants in on THE best cake recipe ever invented? A very good family friend of ours, Annabelle passed this recipe on to my mother in law who in turn passed it on to me. Annabelle is such a gorgeous girl that we even named our daughter Annabelle after her and I’ve lost count of the […]
“Yuck!” Charlotte pipes up as she watches me peel the severely overripe, browned (ok, more like blackened) bananas for this cake. If you’re anything like me, you’ll often have fruit left in the fruit bowl that has gone a little past its use by date. But don’t worry about your bananas. Once matured, they have […]
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