Yikes! It’s 2016, and already I’m behind the eight-ball! This summer I had every intention of posting dozens of salad recipes, icy poles and ice creams, but alas, I barely had time to make Christmas gifts, let alone test new recipes. One gets caught up in the busy-ness of the season and before you…
Thick, Chewy Muesli Biscuits
Emergency Banoffee Pie
Choc-Chilli Brownie Cookies
“The greatest marriages are built on teamwork. A mutual respect, a healthy dose of admiration, and a never-ending portion of love and grace.” ~Fawn Weaver It’s not often your friend gets married on your birthday. (Yes, my birthday. The big 4-0!) And we got invited. But it’s not like we live in the same state,…
Orange, Oat and Cardamom Cookies {aka The Perfect Dunking Biscuit}
Mezzaluna {shortbread jam turnovers}
We don’t have many traditions in my family of origin; we are more likely to eschew a tradition than maintain one – non-conformist is our rule of thumb! Growing up we never had a Christmas tree (except the year when Mum, in desperation, strung together a few palm fronds and draped them with tinsel). We…
Rosemary and Walnut Shortbread
As someone who tends to veer away from making more traditional fare (think sponge, pavlova, roast lamb), I don’t think I’d ever actually made shortbread before; at least not for a very long time. But lately I have developed a fascination with it, and after discovering a recipe with rosemary and walnuts, was intrigued enough…
Ranger Cookies
Perfectly Chewy Anzac Biscuits
It’s certainly the time of year for it – Anzac Day is celebrated annually here to commemorate and honour the sacrifice of Australian and New Zealand servicemen and women who gave their lives at Gallipoli – but Anzac Day is for all war veterans. My Dad is one, but doesn’t like to identify himself as…
Peanut Butter Cookies {vegan}
Aunty Liz’s wholemeal date scones
Disclaimer: I had no regular scone cutters when I made these the first time – hence the heart-shaped scones. These babies take me right back to high school. They were made by our house mother every other day, it seems, to satisfy a hungry man’s craving for sweet, solid carbs. The man in question being…