Fresh tomatoes? In the middle of Autumn? It’s 4 degrees outside! I know, it seems an odd choice but cherry tomatoes were so cheap at the supermarket this week, I just couldn’t pass them up. Especially considering that all those delicious winter seasonal vegetables such as Brussel sprouts, cauliflower and silverbeet were at least $5(!!),…
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Blueberry Popsicles
My husband suggested to me the other day that maybe I might like to write about something other than him on my blog. Particularly, he suggested that he could no longer be the butt of all my jokes. So. Dum de dum dum…. How about them Dolphins, hey? Ummmm… What do I write about then?…
Beetroot, Herb and Goat’s Cheese Lentil Salad
Happy New Year!! Happy Beetroot, Herb and Goat’s Cheese Lentil Salad! I think 2017 is going to be a great year! I guess this is where I should be confessing to you all my New Year’s resolutions for 2017…eat more greens, buy less shoes, Kondo more, eat less fries (they all sound good resolutions and super fun…
Honey, Orange and Cardamom Cake with Yoghurt and Pomegranate
Christmas Eve is tomorrow. EEEEEKKK!!! As always, I have left everything to the last minute for Christmas…including this blog post on Honey, Orange and Cardamom Cake with Yoghurt and Pomegranate. All the websites giving advice on blogging suggest that you should be pumping out the Holiday themed posts about three to four weeks before the…
5 Spice Lettuce Cups
My darling, very gorgeous little lad Henry has kindly kept me up most of the night for the past couple of nights. The amount he is up during the night would have made me start to suspect he could be part vampire but his serious lack of sleep during the day has ruled that one…
Broccoli and Lemon Orecchiette
Broccoli and Lemon Orecchiette is maybe what you might make for dinner when your broccoli-hating all-round-brassica-loathing husband is out again at his 5th of 15 Christmas functions while you’re at home looking after the kids because you have a rather sad and miserable social life with only one Christmas function. You also may like…
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….
Spaghetti alla Carbonara con Aglio
Are there any Italians reading this? No doubt if there are you are all shouting ‘What!?! Come on Kate! This is not Spaghetti alla Carbonara! My family has been making this recipe for generations and this is definitely not Spaghetti alla Carbonara.’ I know, I’m happy to admit this is not at all authentic…