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One of the great bonuses of my boy growing older is he’s becoming increasingly adventurous in his food choices. At the grand old age of 5½ he’s becoming quite the little foodie, always asking what ingredients are in foods, wanting to help in the kitchen and keen to try out new things. Which is a [...]
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I don’t need an excuse to bake, but Easter is a pretty good one! The 5 year old loves hot cross buns. So much so, that for weeks now he’s been taking them in his packed lunch to school. Every. Single. Day. Now I’m not going to pretend I bake them all the time – [...]
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In the almost 5½ years since we became parents, the husband and I have been out on ‘dates’ together only a handful of times. There’s been the odd trip to the cinema, a couple of anniversary meals and birthday celebrations. But it’s definitely a once, maybe twice a year occurrence, that we actually get to [...]
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With spring rolling in, and the milder weather around the corner, I like to have a bit of an overhaul of our weekly menu plans. Out goes the winter comfort food, and in come the fresh flavours and vibrancy of spring! There’s something uplifting about eating food with a flavourful punch. Just what spring ordered! [...]
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As a family of four, with both the husband and I working to make ends meet, we’re often stretched financially. But, being a little obsessed with cooking, and making delicious home cooked meals, one area that I monitor religiously is our food budget. I make sure I menu plan, and try to spend as little as [...]
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My 2½ year old daughter is a bona-fide cakeaholic. If you ask her what she wants to eat, her usual reply is cake. She’d even have the stuff for breakfast if I let her! So, today was our first mummy/daughter day for a few weeks, and when she asked for cake for lunch, well, how [...]
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Cake. Who doesn’t love it? Give me a quiet corner, a cup of tea, and a slice of something delicious and I’m smiling. Today’s ‘something delicious’ was a slice of Chocolate Banana Loaf. I always have leftover bananas looking a little past their best in the fruit bowl. This banana loaf (or cake if that’s what [...]
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As much as I love a good old fashioned braised beef casserole, sometimes I just want to pump up the flavour threshold and give it a bit of pep! So, since my current obsession is with Thai and Chinese flavours, I thought what better than to turn our Sunday casserole into something a little more [...]
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We took our first foray into the world of the school packed lunch recently. The 5 year old had asked Santa for a ‘Thomas’ lunch box, and decided he’d like a change from his usual hot school lunch. When I asked him what he’d like in his lunch box, he said it had to be [...]
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