Sweet
Baking
- ANZAC inspired Breakfast Bars (get-up and go fast with these easy to pull together muesli bars)
- Sugar Cookie Lambs (perfect with a cuppa tea)
- Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free Chocolate Cupcakes (who knew healthy could be so yummy!)
- Lemon curd (a butter-free alternative)
Cakes
- A Seedy Citrus Cake, Poppy Seed and Lime Syrup Cake (serve on the morning tea roster)
- Chocolate Cherry Meringue Pudding Cake (gluten-free and decadent)
- Red Cabbage Apple Upside Down Cake (deliciously sticky)
- Apple Sour Cream Cake with Crumble Topping (a reader’s suggestion)
- United Nations Human Rights Council Fruit Cake (random, but fabulous!)
- Birthday Cake – Buttermilk Chocolate Giant Cake
- Almond honey spiced syrup cake with Fig, Date and Apricot Compote
- Lemon curd and blueberry sanga (a take on the Victoria Sponge)
- Cookie Monster Cake (full of cookies of course!)
Desserts
- Chocolate Cherry Meringue Pudding Cake (gluten-free and decadent)
- Pavlova
- Chocolate Berry Cheesecake Tart
- Red Cabbage Apple Upside Down Cake (deliciously sticky)
Over Ice-Cream
- Pucker Up Plums (savoury or sweet – you pick!)
- Lemon curd (a butter-free alternative)
Savoury
Brunch
- Baked Eggs (because runny yolks are serious business in the morning, great for a crowd)
- Leek and Goat’s Cheese Mini Quiches (great to keep in the freezer)
Happy Hour
- Roasted Tomato Bruschetta with Goats Cheese (yum! with coffee or a kicking red wine, as is time appropriate)
- Scmokin’ Prawns and Homemade Seafood Sauce (finger licking good)
- Leek and Goat’s Cheese Mini Quiches (great to keep in the freezer)
- Gingerade (what to do with ginger wine)
- Smokey Macadamia Nut Dip (just a bit cheesy)
- Gooey Cheese (baked cheese is a pure indulgence)
Sides
- Pucker Up Plums (savoury or sweet – you pick!)
- Spiced Coconut Rice squashed into a Squash (great with BBQ lamb chops)
- Brussels Bringing Sexy Back (the bestest brussels sprouts about)
- Red Cabbage by Request (perfectly braised red cabbage)
Dinner
- Spiced Coconut Rice squashed into a Squash (great with BBQ lamb chops)
- Lamb and Eggplant Savoury Mince in Jacket Potatoes (dress it up or dress it down, it’s a great way to feed a crowd)
- Unfoilable Fish (an easy, delicious and steamy sensation… great with a simple side salad and some chips)
- Roasted Marinated Lamb (with duck fat roast potatoes)
- Pumpkin Soup with Savoury Pumpkin Scones (a celebration of pumpkin)
- Quick ragout – Jamie’s Jools’ Pasta (quick, easy and heart warming weeknight pasta dish)
- Ratatouille-Style Briouats (a great Middle Eastern entrée)
- Chicken, Olive and Preserved Lemon Tagine (a great Middle Eastern main to feed a crowd)
- Authentic Chicken Satay (and memories from a trip to Singapore)
Roundups
- Easter Roundup (a selection of my favourite Easter finds in 2012)
- Mother’s Day Roundup (an ode to my mum for Mother’s Day 2012)
- Farmers’ Market (testing our my new camera)
Reviews
- Palazzo Versace, Le Jardin – High Tea
- Culinary adventures… Singapore
- Wild Duck, Kingston Foreshore
- Berry Sourdough Bakery Cafe, Berry
Tips Tuesday Posts
- Whipped Cream (how to get it perfect every time)
- Fridge Freshness (have your fridge greet you with fragrance)
- How to Score Perfect Pork Crackling… (or, more truthfully, how to perfectly score pork crackling)
- Herb Freshness (for seasons when store bought is your only option)
- Red Cabbage by Request (perfectly braised red cabbage)
- Floral Freshness (come up smelling like daisies every time)
- How to get the most out of your citrus (making juicing easier)
Congratulation!
Dad
Thanks Dad! I’ve definitely inherited my passion for food from you. You and mum taught me everything I know about food. xx h
Clear, infromavtie, simple. Could I send you some e-hugs?