I have had so many questions about my weekend in Adelaide that it’s time to give you all a little look. A weekend in Adelaide is not enough. The Adelaide Central Markets all by themselves could do with one full day. Looking out the window as the plane starts to descend into Adelaide in South…
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The 18th and why it was a bloodbath.
The 18th and why it was a bloodbath. family stories and birthdays. Cherry Ripe Tower with Chocolate sports balls Baked Alaska with Golden Syrup Ice cream and Raspberries and Nutella Cake Today is the day. The day of the year that I always make three cakes. The three birthdays were even more special this year…
Chocolate Leftover Rice Cake- Gluten Free
This is a genius cake. A Chocolate leftover rice cake. Have you ever heard of that? This is a lovely fudgy chocolate cake that just happens to use up your leftover rice. Bonus! How do you bake rice into a chocolate cake? I dreamt it up one day. I was making the well loved and…
Organic Bread Bar
Bread is one of the things that I find very hard to resist. The homely smell of the browning crust and the crack and crackle of the knife sawing through it to the soft interior. There are few better things in life than cutting into a warm loaf and slathering it with a salty creamy…
Roasted Smoked Trout Soy, Ginger & holidays #lakemunmorah
Being teachers, Mum and Dad were always available for holidays. We travelled to many places in our caravan, but one place we went on quite a few occasions was Budgewoi on Lake Munmorah, New South Wales. A pretty place with lakeside activities such as boating , fishing and water skiing. Unfortunately Lake Munmorah terrified us because…
the three sisters
the three sisters weekend scultures by the sea This Sculpture was at the 2011 Sculpture by the Sea , a free art exhibition on the cliff walk between Bondi and Bronte in Sydney, was one of my favourites. It was also probably the most apt, as I spent this weekend with my three sisters………so this is currently our…
Gourmet Food Safari Kangaroo Island Part 1
Gourmet Food Safari kangaroo Island Monday:“You are 1 minute late”, the well groomed girl at the Jetstar counter said to me at 6.01am “ and I can’t allow you on”. Those words filled me with despair, and I shed a few tears before setting about getting to my destination. I was supposed to be meeting…
My Week on Kangaroo Island
My Week at My Kitchen Stories included a visit to Kangaroo Island . My Week involved Tranquil water and white sand. Some times when things look calm on the surface there is a lot going on underneath. This is always true but My Week this week was fun and contained lots of food. have…
Long week end #old posts
Long week end. These are beautiful little holidays during a long work trudge. The sun goes down on another week…………… and all is well. A long week end led to a short working week and that in itself is something to love. Wind and cold aside what could be better than an extra day to…
Tomato Tart Tatin with Goat Curd and Basil & Israel
Tomato Tart Tatin is a mini version of the famous tart but boy is it special. Served with Goat Curd and Basil this will know your socks off. Tomato Tart and a trip to Israel There was a time I couldn’t face another tomato. Whole days in the sun, picking on hands and knees, followed…
Tropical No Bake Crumble and Creme Fraiche
Tropical No bake Crumble tops off a great holiday 2011 will always be remembered as the year of the terrible disasters in Queensland, floods, cyclones…. no tourists. Oddly some higher power was looking after us. We had the Oprah Winfrey treatment , the weather was as good as can be, the citizens looked after…