We’re heading off on our annual September camping trip this weekend. I love the enforced slowness of camping. No rushing, time to sit, time to chat, time to experiment with new recipes. Of course the only way to get this time is to rush around like a mad woman meal planning and packing in the…
Much has been written about the traditional camping dessert s’mores. I’m yet to try a ridgy-didge version, because I haven’t been able to find graham crackers here in Australia yet. This twist on the traditional – s’mores cones – is perfect for small people because it’s easier to hold and less-mess. Camping with kids is…
Remember a time before food blogs, when the very best recipes were handwritten on the backs of envelopes and shared? When I asked my Mum if she would share her chicken satay recipe with you all, it arrived as this photo. I can picture the exact accordion file that it came from – a treasure…
Sometimes I find it hard to find the right balance when blogging about the mundane minutiae of life. My friend Beth calls posts like this “full and thorough reporting” and she does a cracker job of using words to illustrate her life’s goings on. I’m not finding an easy way to tell the same old…
Did you know broccoli has twice the amount of vitamin C as oranges? (Very handy this time of year.) Or that a 100g serving of broccoli provides 97% of an adult’s daily vitamin K requirement? Which assists in the prevention of osteoporosis and aids heart health. (Who couldn’t do with a little extra bone density?)…
This was the first recipe I ever had published. It appeared in a local paper the year before I started the blog. A school-friend was writing for the paper and asked for cooking-with-kids recipes to publish on the school holidays. I readily agreed. My photography was horrible, but the pudding was as delicious then as…
I spoke to my brother Anthony this morning. He’s performing in a show at the EKKA and I asked how it was going. He said he’s enjoying it. The role he’s playing is fun “and I get to chase brumbies and do the things I like.” He asked what I was up to and I…
