Get outta town, we’re making naan bread?! This is definitely not something I would have even thought to have tackled a year or so ago, but the more you cook, the more willing you are to try. See, eventually you figure out that if something doesn’t work out quite how you wanted, well, it doesn’t…
Twirly damper
In the wintertime we love setting friendly fires in our outside firepit, which we built ourselves out of old bricks and creek pebbles. We gather wood from the bush around our house all autumn long, getting in before things get too damp and cold. There are always trees being felled by the autumn winds, handy when…
Spelt blueberry banana bread
Right now my oven is out of commission and has been for a couple of months. It’s a sorry state of affairs indeed and I honestly don’t know what’s keeping the funny little appliance guy who’s meant to be fixing it for me. The children stare forlornly at the cold, black oven door, dreaming of golden pasta bakes and…
Teach me how to bake a loaf of bread
‘Teach me how’ is a series that encourages the clever clogs wearers of the world to show us less clever types how to do the things we’ve always wanted to do. Darling Bele from Blah Blah Magazine was actually the inspiration behind the whole series. She emailed to tell me that bread wasn’t as hard…
Delightful banana bread
I don’t know when the baking thing snuck up on me. I used to admire my clever sister who could whip up friands and brownies at a moment’s notice and think “I could never do that”. Packet cakes I could manage, anything “from scratch” I thought was beyond me. Which is why I was surprised…