With a big boy in grade 1 this year and another in kindy, I've realised just how important breakfast is to their mood and energy le...

I am a sucker for the combination of sweet and salty, be it popcorn, pastry or salted caramel. When I saw these pop up on Laws of the Kit...

** The giveaway is now closed. The winner will be announced and contacted shortly** It's been a really interesting experience going ba...

Secret Recipe Club time! This month I was assigned The More than Occasional Baker by Ros and let me say it was an absolute pleasure sp...

 If you have no interest in breastfeeding this may not be the post for you! As any new parent will tell you, the first few months wit...

Lately it's been really hard to fill up my kids. At 3 and almost 5 these boys eat a LOT.  Even my 5 month old who has just started on...

Happy new year everyone and welcome to my first Secret Recipe Club post of 2014! So my blogging has been a little sporadic to say the ...

I know I said I wasn't going to post any of my Christmas recipes but I made an exception for this salad. Because it is exception...

Recently I received a lovely gift bag of nuts from Lucky courtesy of Product Talk by Nuffnang . Just look at that haul! As a baker it made m...

I think every baker has something they fear, whether it be caramel, pastry or decorating cakes. For me in the past it has been biscotti....

I have a love-hate relationship with breakfast. If I have toast/pancakes/waffles etc by mid-morning I feel light-headed and stuffed from a c...

You can probably tell from the photo that my sticky buns aren't quite as 'sticky' as they should be. That's because I co...

This week we have Rugelach! Before making them for TWD a few years ago I had never heard of Rugelach and had no idea how to pronounce it let...

Hello? Is anyone still out there?? I'm embarrassed to say it's been over 6 weeks since I last blogged. That's not to say I haven...

This week Jennifer of Cooking for Comfort chose a recipe with possibly the longest name I've ever come across! The Nutty, Chocolatey, S...

Cranberries aren't all that common in Australia but I was delighted when Sabrina of Superfluous chose Dorie's Cranberry Upside-Down...

After all the brownies and blondies we've had, finally a cookie for us redheads! Dorie says she created these cookies by accident but I ...

This week's TWD recipe was Nicole of Cookies on Friday and she picked Dorie's Chewy, Chunky Blondies. I don't think I've ev...

With all the Christmassey fare I've made over the years, I can't believe I've never made nuts. Until now, that is! I saw the rec...

I have to admit I wasn't that excited about making pecan pie this week. I've been in Christmas baking mode for weeks now and have be...