My Cookies and Cream Cheesecake Truffles has been one of the most popular posts of the year. I mean, who doesn't love cookies and cream, and cheesecake, and cupcakes. Not only have they been popular with my readers, they have been popular in our house too. In fact I've made them several times at[...]

Do you get excited about Christmas? When I was growing up, while I was obviously excited about Christmas, as all kids are, I was nowhere near as excited about Christmas as my Mum was. Every year she'd be up early, VERY early, trying to make as much noise as possible. When my brother and I were[...]

You all know I'm a little obsessed with mushrooms, so it's no surprise that I'm sharing with you yet another mushroom recipe, and this recipe was inspired by a visit to a restaurant, one of my husbands and my favourite restaurants.We'd visited for lunch, and these mushroom, cream cheese and chickpea[...]

When I was growing up in Tasmania our family Christmases were big. There were my Grandparents, my family, my Mum's sister's family, and her brothers family in attendance at Christmas lunch. Sometimes some of my Mum's other brother and his family, who lived interstate, would fly back for the holid[...]

Being vegetarian for the last 20 years I've been through many a Christmas feast feeling a little disappointed in the vegetarian offerings. A couple of years ago, when we had family over for Christmas lunch, I even forgot to make myself something as I was so focused on making a delicious turkey fille[...]

Christmas is a time of get togethers. Of people dropping over to catch up and of catching up over drinks. It's times like these you want something delicious to nibble on, but don't want to go to a whole lot of effort either, but by the same token don't want to settle for store bought either. Thi[...]

I believe gifts from the kitchen are the most thoughtful and personal gifts of all. It's easy to go out and buy something for someone, but it involves more effort and thought to actually make something. And it's far more personal too. Imagine giving the gift of this gorgeous red hued Strawberr[...]

Christmas, it's a time of celebration and joy, but often, for the person who has the responsibility of planning the festive feast, it can be a time of stress. Not only do you have the stress of finding the perfect gift for friends and family, but you also want to host the perfect meal. There's weeks[...]

A month or so ago I finally picked up a copy of Heidi Swanson's beautiful Supernatural Everyday. It had been on my wishlist for far too long, so when I spied a copy at Scrumptious Reads recently I knew it had to be mine.

I'm on a bit of a yoghurt kick at the moment. I can't seem to get enough of it. But I'm fussy about my yoghurt. It has to be the thick and creamy Greek yoghurt style, and definitely not that horrible watery commercial type with fake fruit flavours! In fact, this is my favourite. I could eat it b[...]