In honour of Halloween here are some Voodoo biscuits by Lorraine at Not Quite Nigella. Actually Lorraine calls them cookies, but these are definitely biscuits to me. Now, of course Halloween doesn’t deserve to be honoured – at least not in the junk food and silly scares way that Australians have adopted from our US cousins….
Pin of the Day: Vietnamese caramel pork
This recipe is made up of three of my favourite things: Vietnamese food, caramel and pork. What’s not to love? There are kazillioins of recipes on Pinterest, but when I clicked through to the blogger who created this one, I really liked her and I really liked the premise of the recipes she makes. Taking…
Apple slice cookies
Do you struggle with providing healthy snacks for the kidlets? It’s one area where I’m often baffled by the whole food thing. Unless you manage to bake from scratch weekly, it’s hard to give them snacks that interest them that aren’t pre-packaged ‘healthy’ crap, it really is. Especially when they are ravenous after school. These…
Review | Sophie is lovely
You know Sophie from Local is Lovely, right? She’s one of the most talented people I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with. She’s so creative and clever and honest and true. Her first book is out today! I was lucky to have an advance copy thud on my doormat last week (I didn’t know if…
Friends for dinner: no-fail fancy recipes
My home is never short of a party. Last year we had six big ‘occasions’ in the backyard. SIX! That plus 3 big birthday parties for the kids. I really am mad. Mind you, most of the gatherings weren’t actually for me. There was my sister’s 40th, my brother and sister in law’s (they are…
Pin of the Day: Sweet potato cream pasta
This is one from How Sweet It Is has come to feed the fatness, I reckon, but it’s not toooo bad – it has skim milk. I love it how a recipe will insist on swapping that cup of full cream milk for skim milk but then throws in a cup of romano cheese to…
Pin of the Day: Caramel Filled Triple Vanilla Brown Butter Cupcakes
Let’s say that once more, but faster. “Caramel Filled Triple Vanilla Brown Butter Cupcakes”. Sweet jaysus, just saying it makes your mouth water and look… Look… It’s by Fields of Cake and (thank god) (in a way) there is no recipe. Just a feeling. Visit Fields of Cake or click on the image to repin the…
Pin of the Day: Crock pot chicken and cashews
I want to love my crock pot more than I do. I think I cook stuff too long or something because all the casseroles and stews I make in mine taste… beige. Or something. And don’t get me started on bone-flavoured chicken. But I will persist. This dish cooked by Preppy Paleo using a recipe…
Toffee Butter Crunch
Sometimes American food recipes freak me out. They have really weird shit in them that probably comes out of a spray can. Stuff like ‘light corn syrup’ and ‘shortening’ – both of which you will find in this recipe from A Farmgirl’s Dabbles. That’s a seriously clunky blog name, isn’t it? It’s almost as weird…