I love ginger. I really really love ginger. Whenever someone asks me what my favorite ingredients are to cook with, ginger is always on my list. It’s amazing in desserts, and it’s amazing in Asian dishes. I even love just chopping ginger (especially so when it’s matchsticks!). Okay, I’ll be the first to admit that…
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Kid-Friendly Stoplight Sandwich
One of the challenges in raising children is getting them to eat the right things. While my oldest child, 7 years old, eats a perfectly healthy range of food (although she does certainly enjoy indulging in sweets!), I face the struggle of getting enough healthy food into my 3-year-old, who would happily survive on cookies,…
Chili-Lime Popcorn
Did you know that popcorn has been around since 4700 BCE? Popcorn sure has a long history, with the knowledge of it having spread north from Guatemala to the Native Americans, who then taught the practice of making popcorn to the English in the 16th century. Little did they know, back then, how popular popcorn…
Happy Halloween!
I hope everyone had a scary (and safe) Halloween this year! Halloween isn’t very popular in Australia (although more and more Aussies seem to be celebrating in recent years), but that doesn’t mean you won’t see Halloween stuff in the shops, or trick-or-treaters on your doorstep. We haven’t celebrated Halloween in a few years –…
Chocolate Chip Pikelets
Pikelets are just one of the many things I’ve been introduced to since moving to Australia. Pikelets don’t exist in the US, as far as I know, but are popular in Australia, New Zealand and some parts of Europe. While similar to American pancakes, pikelets do have subtle differences. For instance, pikelets are generally smaller…
Salted Chocolate Almond Butter
Almond butter is one of those things I’ve been meaning to try for ages but just never got around to. I did make my own peanut butter once, when I first got my Breville food processor, but I wasn’t very happy with it at the time. I thought it would turn out nice and smooth,…
Anchovy & Herb Salad Crostini
Hello strangers! Long time no post! You might be happy to know that we are now living in our new house and things are slowly returning to normal. The kids are back at school as of last week, leaving me more spare time (that 6-week school holiday was torture!) to do what I please –…
Pikelets
We do a big grocery shop once per week on Saturdays, and through the week I might stop in at the store and pick up any extras. Usually by Thursday, Friday we start to scrounge around a bit to make up a meal using bits of this, or scraps of that. It’s on these last…
Treacle Scones
This was my fourth year as a mother for Mother’s Day. It’s been pretty amazing, the past four years. Mother’s Day hasn’t ever been a big celebration for us, maybe just a nicer meal than usual and a “Happy Mother’s Day”. This was the first year though that my four-year-old daughter was able to understand…
Nutella Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
As you may know, February 5 was World Nutella Day. I submitted my entry, a fried Nutella and banana sandwich with cinnamon sugar crust, but a comment on that entry inspired me to make a Nutella fruit dip. It’s basically a variation of this peanut butter dip, which I have made before and absolutely loved….
