Yesterday was the Winter Solstice which means we're now calling in longer days and more sunshine. Until that happens though, one g...

I was searching for the perfect guilt-free treat for Mother's Day and came up with these! If you're a fan of the combo of ch...

As I was writing up this post, Mr 6 came into the room and looking over my shoulder said 'YUCK! I'm never going to eat sweet pota...

Years ago, before we had kids and still when my eldest was little we used to buy tons of dried fruit as a 'healthy' snack. Not re...

Hello dear readers! I've been taking some time away from the computer these past few weeks and am now refreshed and ready to jump b...

4.57 am. Why do I always wake up at 4.57am these days?? Today I got up straight away and crept downstairs to enjoy the extra quiet t...

I am so much more of a cold-weather girl. I love hot tea, fluffy doonas, boots and striped scarves. I live in jeans pretty much year roun...

I don't want to start by talking about the weather but boy has it been cold! Winter has well and truly arrived here finally and we...

I gave up dairy cold-turkey in December 2013 and honestly it was really hard. Not just giving up a food I loved, but the fact that dairy ...

We're going retro with this one! Is there anyone who didn't eat tuna mornay sometime growing up int he seventies or eighties? It ...

So unless you've been living under a rock you will have noticed a LOT of publicity lately regarding the Thermomix and some safety iss...

Well I don't know where the last week has gone! The kids went back to school on Monday and we've been easing ourselves back into ...

I'm never quite sure where I stand in the cookies v biscuit debate. Being Australian I have always called them biscuits but now coo...

Whether you are vegetarian or not, there is definitely a place for vegetarian meals in your diet. We really enjoy meat and choose to buy...

For me trifle is the quintessential Summer, and therefore Christmas, dessert. It was my favourite thing growing up and I remember the exc...

Actually that should read happy birthday to us as my husband and I are lucky enough to share the same birthday! Being Sunday we had to g...

  One of my all time favourite things is peanut butter and chocolate. For many years I've made Nigella's Peanut Butter Square...

Sometimes you just need cake. And with cake it really doesn't need to be fancy to be good. This may be a bit plain in the looks depar...

I know they don't look like much but these Chocolate Chickpea Biscuits are one of the best things I've baked in ages. Seriously...

We've been hit with numerous bouts of colds recently and seemingly permanent runny noses so I've been looking for lots of nutrien...