Nee remembers making rock cakes in her very first home economics class back in highschool (just a couple of years ago) and I have very fond memories helping Mim make these every school holidays at the farm. Pa loved them and so did I; just as long as I could pick out the sultanas. These […]
This blueberry cake is outstanding. The recipe was given to my Mum years ago by a work colleague of hers (a lady by the name of Trish Sewell) and she’s been making it ever since. The ultimate cake to serve when you have friends over for morning or afternoon tea, teamed up with a dollop of […]
The thing I love most about cooking is the story behind each recipe. Take jam drops for example. I have very happy memories helping Mim make endless batches of these for Pa in the school holidays. Boy did my Pa have a sweet tooth! The biscuit containers at the farm were always full of jam […]
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 […]
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 […]
Deep fried Mars bars. I can’t say I’ve ever cooked a deep fried Mars bar. Or eaten one for that matter. I did however used to throw a Mars bar in the freezer every now and then. Although I don’t have the worlds largest sweet tooth there was always something about a frozen Mars bar that […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
This dish is inspired by a lovely dessert Mim used to make using homegrown peaches and oranges from her trees on the farm. She used to cover the freshly picked peaches with a sprinkling of sugar, some freshly squeezed orange juice and a generous amount of Cointreau. Oh my gosh- talk about heaven on a […]
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 […]
A ‘Nanny’s chocolate cake’ has stood proudly at many a Thomas family gathering. More candles have been blown out over this cake than any other and to this day my dad and his brothers still fight over the corner piece. I can remember sitting in the red booth seat at Nanny and Bull’s in Strathfield, […]
Friends often say to me: “How do you cook with the kids all the time”? “They make so much mess”! “They get in to absolutely everything”. “It’s so much quicker to cook when they’re at school/asleep/out of the house”. I reckon you’ve got to go in with low expectations. Yes. There will most likely be […]
“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 […]
