Sunday’s at our place start with a serve of Grace’s fabulous pancakes. This is her ‘thing’ and the excitement usually starts building Saturday evening when Grace makes the slight mention to her Sister’s that it is ‘Pancake Sunday’ tomorrow. It couldn’t be any sweeter for our middle girl, Ava who has always treasured a sleep […]
One of my little ladies is home sick today which of course, means I am home too. Setting her up for a rest this afternoon and setting myself up to work nearby and I am quickly interrupted and told these biscuits are what will assist in her speedy recovery. I thought of chicken soup but […]
We have a big line up of birthday’s in our house this week. Today is my husband Michael’s birthday, tomorrow is our daughter Grace’s birthday and later in the week, it is another ‘daughter birthday’ as Ettie steps up to the candles. That’s a lot of cake isn’t it so I was kind of relieved […]
These friands are oh-so-special and it’s an official promise that they are also oh-so-easy to make. On the inside, they are moist and melt in your mouth – a wonderful contrast to their delicious, slightly chewy exterior. These raspberry friands are subtly sweet, very pretty, they are a joy to cook and a real treat, […]
What a beautiful Sunday we had. One of those rare Sunday’s where we had no plans and so we made a conscious effort to make a date with each other, before we got caught catching up on chores and frankly, all of those other things that can wait……. if only we would let them. I […]
In my last blog post, I mentioned I would post our family challenge each week to our supportive and wonderful facebook community in hope that you would join us. The weekly challenge’s will have a positive impact on our health, on our planet and or on our families. The challenge for week 1 is ‘Meatless […]
Middle Eastern flourless Orange cake and a love letter to my Sister I’ve been thinking about my sister a lot lately. It’s not like I don’t see her often (she lives in the same suburb). I see her most days – I bump into her at school pick up – but sadly, unless we […]
I was part of a Greek Seafood feast yesterday and it was truly gorgeous. The weather was a little wet and miserable earlier and then, almost by some divine miracle, the clouds floated away and we were left with blue skies and sunshine which filled the room with amazing warmth and a lovely feel for […]
Ava is ‘my middle girl’. In very typical ‘middle child’ style, she tries to please and to keep the peace. She is one of the most thoughtful people I know and this is not me, gloating as a Mother (although I am), this is me, writing with much pride, that she is one of the […]
Shrove Tuesday means Pancake fun The history: Shrove Tuesday is celebrated today, on this last day before Lent. In earlier days there were many foods that observant Christians would not eat during Lent such as meat and fish, eggs, and milky foods. So that no food was wasted, families would have a feast on the […]
Most of you would know the love affair that I have with a good brownie. I also know a young girl who could possibly ‘pip me at the post’ with her adoration for the perfect brownie. This lovely girl usually comes to our home and shares afternoon tea with our children at the start of each […]
The best chocolate brownie recipe My addiction is officially out of control! My brownie tin has been on a ridiculously fast rotation of late! I thought that putting pen to paper would be like some sort of admission, the start of my therapy, so to speak……sadly, it’s having the opposite effect. Damn! I think […]
Only 11 more sleeps until Father’s Day I am told !! This was told to me by my husband and not our three children. I’ll have you know! I find this so lovely and really quite funny. When I met Michael, his idea of a celebration of any kind was all very casual (a lot […]
Have you ever sat at the bar at MoVida and sampled their very Moorish salted almonds? I think it just has to be one of life’s simple pleasures. These nutty morsels are so amazingly simple to make. Oddly, the microwave gets a work out here (I was a little baffled too) but trust me, it […]
Almost every Monday morning I meet a lovely friend before the sun comes up. We head off with our two dogs and hit the beach for a good hour plus walk and even better, an uninterrupted conversation (rare in both our worlds of three children each!) My habit is to get the gear out the […]
The times we get together with my family are fabulous. They are always guaranteed to be full of gorgeous noise, way too much food, kids running around frantically (they seem to only have one speed when on mass), lots of wine, Mum’s beautiful home cooking and then there’s my Pop (my Dad’s father) – almost completely […]
