10 Ways to Celebrate Australia Day. Here are 10 great ideas for food to celebrate the big day. Are you searching for a little Australia Day inspiration?. You are? Good because I have come up with a collection. They are of course knowing me, mostly desserts but I am very sure you will be…
Biscuits, Cookies and Slices
Pistachio No Bake Slice #vegan #gluten free
Creamy Pistachio No Bake Slice is vegan and gluten free too. Besides that it is delicious I have a surprise for you. This Creamy Pistachio No Bake Slice has some interesting ingredients I was wondering if it is because I am getting old that time feels like it is speeding on relentlessly fast, but thank…
Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars-Gluten Free No Bake
You can get your Peanut Butter fix without turning the oven on when you make these Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars. So simple it’s criminal. Once I open that jar of crunchy peanut butter it’s hard to stop eating it. It makes me crave sour dough toast with peanut butter and honey. Heaven help me if…
Date, Cashew and Caramel Slice of Love .
Caramel Slice but not as you know it. It’s for everyone who loves Caramel and Chocolate plus it’s gluten free and Vegan friendly. It’s hard not to love a caramel slice, and this Date, Cashew and Caramel Slice is THE best. It’s especially a nice treat to make for someone you want to spoil. I…
Spelt and Chia Hundreds and Thousands Cookies
Organic Spelt and Chia Hundreds and Thousands Cookies AND my contribution to the very first crowd sourced Bioglan Cook book- with your chance to win one coming up too. These cookies have been popping out of the oven in our kitchen for years in one form or another. Just recently I decided that they could…
Alfajores with Dulce de Leche & Lake Titicaca
Alfajores with Dulce de Leche are one of the worlds most underrated pastries. They will be a welcome biscuit at your house. This is how I first discovered them… I love Alfajores. They are one of the gems of South American treats. melting shortbread filled with Dulce de Leche, a caramel made with caramelised milk….
Brownie Cake Salted Caramel and Chocolate Bombs
This is a brownie made in a nice round shape so that it can be served for dessert. A brownie is perfect at any time but imagine eating it with ice cream and salted caramel sauce. Sounds good don’t you think? Last week I made a cake and took it to The Gasoline Pony, this…
Easy Christmas Chocolate Shortbread
Easy Christmas Chocolate shortbread is the best thing to make when you have run out of time to do your Christmas baking! It’s December and I think I might have run out of time to marinate fruit and make Christmas pudding! I always have plans and then I always wake up and think….oh no its…
Fruit Mince Muffins – Great for Christmas
Fruit Mince Muffins are totally easy and completely remind me of Christmas. I asked one of my Italian work collegues this week what kind of things her and her friends eat at Christmas here in Australia. She has been here for 8 years now and is an Australian citizen. We were standing in front of…
Chocolate Yoghurt Brownies & hidden goodness
Chocolate Yoghurt Brownies I am a bad Mother, according to Australian researchers. All this time I thought I was some wise, hip Mumma, but apparently I was doing the wrong thing. I am deceitful and encouraging of bad habits that will never be overcome. This is NOT something that a Mother wants to hear is…
Christmas Slice fast, no commitments necessary
This is the baking for you if you left it to the last minute. Christmas Slice fast, no commitments necessary! Christmas apparently is not the time to start new things. It’s not time to commit to anything new or start any thing that needs change. Everyone is just trying to get to the end of…
Brownies using leftovers
Bake these chocolatey dense brownies using what ever you have in the fridge. Simple stir together Brownies using leftovers As a sole parent I am of course no stranger to scrimping and saving. I am able to produce a meal from very little and I worship a left over. This week I had a lot…
Giant Skillet Cookie. Chocolate chip macadamia.
This Giant Skillet is quick to make AND you make it all in the one pot. Stir it together and eat it with friends “I’d just like a cookie that is so big it would take me all day to eat it”, said my friend Sally. I looked at her and realised that she really…
Chocolate Biscuit people. A side trip to Italy
Make these little Chocolate Biscuit People with any cutter on hand. They are lovely and crunchy and can be decorated with all kinds of colourful shiny bits and pieces. I have also included some postcards from food travels in Italy. My kitchen is a bit neglected in the last couple of weeks my teenager, Skater…
Chocolate Shortbread, Easter treats
It’s a really busy time for us this March. Skater has now finished school but is going to The Australian Institute of Music or AIM a musical university. He is studying Audio but this also involves him being part of the musical community of the college by joining an ensemble. He has keyboard classes, composition…
Fruit Mince Slice with Crumble Top
This is the time of the year I would like to make all kinds of special things but alas, I don’t really have the time and ….lets face it what would be the point, my adorable teenager, Skater would probably not eat any of it . He most certainly would not consider eating this Fruit…