Remember those after dinner mint slices that would come out at the end of a dinner party and were the height of sophistication in the eighties? At least I thought they were pretty classy with their dark chocolate and individual little sleeves. Well, they’re back! I’m declaring them totally cool again and on trend. My…
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Gingerbread Loaves with Brandy Cream Cheese Frosting
Christmas is 100 percent all about kids…and I love that! Once Halloween was done and dusted every waking hour (and I’m sure a lot of dreamtime) has been dedicated to the excitement of Christmas. Our Halloween decorations were up in September and Christmas decorations up since October! My kids are obsessed (yes even the little…
Salted Caramel and Hazelnut Slice
Over the last few weeks my recipes have taken a slight healthy bent – refined sugar free lemon curd, refined sugar free raspberry and lemon cake, raw chocolate bliss balls and healthy quick tortilla soup. But today I will not apologise because this is unashamably sweet tooth heaven. Gooey salted caramel. Rich dark chocolate. Crunchy…
Basic Bliss Balls
I’m not sure I should start off a food blog post with this story, but I’m going to. The other week the whole family went to Henry’s little friend Bella’s first birthday. It was such a lovely birthday but the aftermath was not cool, seriously not cool. Two nights later my husband and I woke…
10 Minute Tortilla Soup
What the heck is Tortilla Soup? Is it Nachos in a bowl? Do I grab a Quesadilla, throw it into a blender and voila I have Tortilla Soup? What an odd concept for a soup! Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Yup. The first time I encountered Tortilla Soup on a menu I thought it…
Raspberry and Lemon Cake
What do you do with all that Homemade Ugly Lemon Curd you made yesterday? Make a Raspberry and Lemon Cake of course. Layers of moist lemon, raspberry and almond cake studded with tangy raspberries, topped with creamy mascarpone, cream cheese and vanilla frosting and drizzled with your lemon curd. Enough said. You need to make this….
Homemade Lemon Curd
Normally I wouldn’t touch lemon curd, not because I don’t like lemons or because I am super health conscience (look around my blog, you’ll see) but because I have always found it far too sickly almost cloyingly sweet. Often I would look at it and think how delicious it would look but after a few mouthfuls…
Miso Glazed Eggplant
Did someone say miso? Me so love miso! Hehehe. Yes, I know, that was a terrible joke. Jokes have never been my forte. It’s true though, I do love miso! I can’t get enough of this addictive umami, salty flavour. If there is anything miso on the menu then I just have to have it….
Mulled Apple Cider
Do you love mulled wine? Yes? Me too. How about mulled apple cider? I know, I know, I had never tried it or even thought to make it until recently, so sorry mulled wine but you’ve been bumped to second place because mulled apple cider is where it’s at in my house right now. It’s…
Banana Cake
I bet without a doubt you have your favourite banana cake recipe. Your go-to cake to use up all those over ripe bananas that we all have lingering in the fruit bowl far too often. Am I right? This is mine. Let’s be specific it’s my banana cake filled with mascarpone, topped with cream cheese,…
Gingernut and Roasted Nectarine Ice Cream with Hazelnut Praline
It’s a little strange posting a recipe for ice cream in the depths of winter I know, but I have good reason. Firstly, I have never been one to be put off ice cream by a little cold weather, ice cream is far too good to be reserved only for summer and secondly it’s warm…
Chocolate and Beetroot Cake
If Red Velvet Cake had a healthy cousin, this would be her. She’s red, she’s sweet, she’s chocolatey just like her cousin but instead of being super sweet and full of food colouring she’s earthy, delicately sweet and full of dark, good for you, chocolate. Don’t get me wrong, Red Velvet Cake has a space…