I know that officially it’s still August – just – but Spring has unofficially sprung here on the Sunshine Coast. The fruit and veggies that had been missing from the markets over the winter are …
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A market update…and tuna 3 ways
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How to make peanut butter chocolate chip biscuits…
It’s the Queen’s Birthday long weekend here in Sydney, and I should be writing…which means, of course, that I’m baking. These peanut butter chocolate chip biscuits are super easy to mix up, super quick to …
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How to make Louise Cake…
So anyways, I’m now deadline free- for the first time since the beginning of February. When I say deadline free, I mean freelance deadline free- the next draft of Finding John Smith (or whatever I …
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How to make chicken biryani…
Miss T had her braces (Nusa Dua, as we’d affectionately come to call them: the top row was the price of airfares and the bottom was accommodation) taken off a couple of weeks ago- just …
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Cooking the Books…and how to make Empire Slice
As I’ve been banging on for a few weeks now, I’m deep in deadline territory. That’s ok- I tend to respond well to dates and milestones. It’s settled into a bit of a manic rhythm: …
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How to make oaty ginger slice…
My Kiwi BFF used to make lolly cakes for work morning teas. It was one of those fridge set cakes that involved a lot of condensed milk, some crushed malt biscuits, chopped lollies and desiccated …
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Cooking the books: Cauliflower
If you’ve read Big Girls Don’t Cry, you might have come across a support character Max. Don’t worry if you missed her- it was a very brief appearance, mainly designed to set up the book …
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More than 10 things to do with egg whites…
So anyways, sometime after the ice cream had gone into the churner and before it ended up on Miss 17, the floor, the wall and the dog, I asked the following question of my Facebook …
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How to make: Pain Au Chocolat Cinnamon Rolls
So anyways, every so often a recipe comes along that’s so mind bogglingly simple it couldn’t possibly work…and if it did work, it couldn’t possibly taste good….yet somehow it does. This is one of those. …
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Lime Week: The Best Bits
So anyways, my family isn’t big on warm vegetable salads. Miss 17 turns her nose up at the slightest mention of zucchini or eggplant. When I announced we were having a warm salad to go …
