Do you have any annual birthday traditions? My kids have their birthdays about a month apart from each other. So, June and July is affectionately known as “birthday season” around our household. (My birthday happens to be early August, but I don’t include myself in these celebrations!) One of our annual traditions is that we […]
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Garlic Mashed Potatoes
June 20, 2016 by
Garlic Mashed Potatoes I’ve been sharing 3 posts a week for over 6 months now and I’ve noticed myself gravitating to 3 ingredients over and over and over again: Parmesan, Feta and Garlic. (Make sure to subscribe!) Not always in the same recipe but most of my recipes contain and least ONE of those ingredients. […]
Vegetable Fried Rice
June 17, 2016 by
Vegetable Fried Rice I like to mix up my meals through the week, so I regularly cook meat free meals and am always experimenting with flavourful meat free concoctions. It was during experimentation that I came across this delicious combo. I just LOVE easy, simple recipes like this that take very little effort to prepare […]
Scienceworks Melbourne Review – Day Out and Video Tour
June 16, 2016 by
Scienceworks Melbourne Review A couple of Saturdays ago it was a rainy day in Melbourne so we decided to head to Scienceworks for an adventure. My Star Wars crazy kids (and Husband) loved the futuristic, robotic, space themed “Think Ahead” area. At the moment there’s an Alice in Wonderland exhibit which is tons of fun to […]
Mandarin Salad with 4 Ingredients
June 13, 2016 by
Mandarin Salad with 4 Ingredients Winter has begun here in Melbourne and winter fruit and vegetables are EVERYWHERE! I’ve been craving a sweet, refreshing salad to whisk me away to a warmer climate and so I’ve included wintery Mandarin in this salad. There are only 4 ingredients and it’s super easy to throw together. […]
Homemade Baked Beans
June 10, 2016 by
Homemade Baked Beans As you know, I’m a complete cookbook addict. I spend my free time paging through cookbooks (or scrolling through them on my Kindle or online) and I love discovering cookbooks filled with recipes I’ve never tried or even thought about. My latest find has been My Secret Ingredient: Over 120 delicious, healthy, achievable […]
A Week Of Dinner Ideas For Kids
June 8, 2016 by
A Week Of Dinner Ideas For Kids Do you get struck with 5pm panic when you realize that dinner is mere hours away and you have NO IDEA WHAT TO COOK?!?! Despite my best efforts and being a food blogger who enjoys all things to do with cooking, that panic hits me regularly when I simply […]
Chicken Salad with Zesty Orange Salad Dressing
June 6, 2016 by
Chicken Salad with Zesty Orange Salad Dressing When the weather is warmer I tend to plan my weekly meals around the weather report. This chicken salad is just so easy to toss together once you have a bounty of leftover roast chicken that I’m sure you’ll do as I do and roast extra just so […]
Sausage and Potato Bake
June 3, 2016 by
Sausage and Potato Bake This Sausage and Potato Bake is just such an easy recipe to make and adapt to your tastes. It’s simply a matter of cooking potatoes and other vegetables in the oven for about 20 minutes to get a head start and then adding in your sausages to bake while your other […]
Split Pea Soup
June 1, 2016 by
Split Pea Soup Today is the first day of Winter, here in Australia, so I’m sharing my favourite, warming Winter soup recipe – Split Pea Soup. This Split Pea Soup Recipe takes me back 15 or so years to the first time I visited Amsterdam. This was in my single, pre-kids, pre-Hubby days where I […]
