Thaigga Thai is our family’s favourite restaurant in Wagga. The girls love it because of the giant mural of a tiger on the wall. I’m sure the other diners love listening to their constant “roaring” from the moment we walk in, to the moment we walk out, too. All they need to do now is […]
So you’re staying with friends for the Easter long weekend. Obviously you turn up with some booze, but what is a nice “thanks for having me” gift that you can haul in the car that won’t melt in the boot? Why not a lovely little jar of spice? Mim put me on to ‘the Spice […]
The best thing you can do for someone who has just welcomed a new baby in to the family is cook something for them. I remember the way I’ve felt over the years when friends have dropped some home cooking off to my door in times of need (or just in times of lack of […]
Is there anything better than a freshly shucked oyster matched with a glass of champers on a Saturday arvo? We’ve just spent the weekend surrounded by great friends in the most picturesque setting imaginable, ‘Tiverton’, the Shorten’s gorgeous seaside farm in Central Tilba on the NSW south coast. I had to keep pinching myself as it was […]
A veggie dish so good, the Wiggles made a song about it. I made mashed potato this afternoon ready for dinner and Miss Charlotte pipes up; “Thanks for making mashed potato Mummy!” with the same excitement as if I had just offered her a rainbow ice-cream covered in sprinkles with a chocolate egg on top! “Can […]
KALE. You either love it, or hate it. A popular food movement over the past few years, I’ve actually seen t-shirts that sport “I Heart Kale” on them. I posed the question around the dinner table on Friday night; “have you cooked with kale before?” The answers were definitely skewed more towards NO. “I don’t […]
We all need some quick and easy ‘go to’ meals for busy weeknights. One of mine is making Lebanese bread pizza’s. I buy the wholemeal kind (there are always some on standby in my freezer) and I scatter loads of green, leafy baby spinach or rocket on top (to make it feel a little healthier […]
We are so spoilt for choice when it comes to food. Obviously there are a huge number of restaurants in Sydney, Melbourne and other capital cities, but with Wagga being NSW’s biggest regional inland city (if you haven’t heard me tell you that before) you are able to choose from a large range of restaurants […]
We hosted a brunch party for our darling Charlotte’s 4th birthday on the weekend. I had been looking to cook something a little different for the adults for ages; something they wouldn’t of had before (and something I hadn’t made before). It’s the same old argument. Do you cook something new when people come over […]
A typical Saturday in our house. In to town for ballet and coffee in the morning, home for a chicken roll for lunch and then out to watch Cork Daddy play rugby in the arvo. “Chicken on a bread roll” as the girls have coined it, is one of THE best meals you can eat. […]
Are you lucky enough to have a surplus of pears growing on a fruit tree in your garden? I’m not.. but Corks’ Aunty, Ingrid is and some of these little beauties have made their way in to my fruit bowl. My dad grew up on a vineyard and stone fruit orchard so growing up, I […]
The weekend is so close, I can taste it. As a young uni student, living in Neutral Bay, I remember inviting friends around for drinks, setting up rugs and cushions in the backyard and having a “roll your own nori roll” party. I had everything ready to go in Tupperware containers and my friends all enjoyed […]
This easy side salad works well as an accompaniment to any Asian meal that already packs a punch. It is bright, fresh and light and takes minutes to make. I like arranging the noodles in to individual ‘nests’ for something a little different.
Mum’s speciality. Rarely is there a party at Tomalong without a platter (or two) of these. The recipe can easily be doubled or tripled when cooking for a party and talk about an affordable way to feed a crowd! Ali and Case (my twin sisters) made hundreds of these balls for Elles’ engagement party (my […]
Anne Corcoran’s sausage rolls. They are legendary. They originate from the good old Australian Womens Weekly cookbook and are the epitome of country comfort cooking. There is nothing better than walking in to my mother in law’s kitchen in Boorowa on a cold winter’s afternoon to the smell of these sausage rolls coming out of […]
Anyone need some tips for jazzing up their weekly breakies or need some inspo for the weekend when you have friends staying over? With the Easter long weekend on our doorstep you are bound to find something below that will help you create a special ‘hot breakfast’ for your guests. A good breakie at home […]
I love a good canapé/ pre dinner drinks combo for a Saturday night at home. Invite some friends around, make sure you have a bag of ice in the freezer, some drinks in the fridge and something to snack on. These tuna bites are SO easy to make and are great for taking to someones […]
The perfect end to our Italian dinner party, this recipe is based on Jamie Oliver’s two nut torte from The Naked Chef. I have added fresh raspberries and my raspberry coulis that I usually make with my Eton mess cups at our annual Christmas party. Meemar also bought me a bottle of raspberry liquor from Distillery […]
If you’re looking for a main meal that is SO easy to cook, tastes delicious, can be adjusted to feed either 2 or 12 people and goes perfectly with a glass of chilled white wine – then this is the dish for you. Based on a recipe that Jamie makes on The Naked Chef, we […]
Saturday night. Friends coming round for dinner. What to cook? Well you can’t go past an Italian menu of shared, relaxed food. So throw some spag bol on for the littlies and follow this menu below, keeping things simple, delicious and fun. I like to scribble the menu on a large piece of butchers paper […]
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