Classic Date Scone Recipe

Classic Date Scone Recipe

Eating Baking always cheers me up and I knew exactly what I wanted to make today.  I have only recently become a fan of dates, they seem to be Abby’s favourite scone variety so whenever we have morning tea she always comes equipped with some …

Glorious Mussel Fritters Recipe

Glorious Mussel Fritters Recipe

This recipe was simple and amazing – a feast in fact! MUSSEL FRITTERS Serves: makes 20 fritters Ingredients 1 teaspoon dried yeast 300mls tepid milk 350g flour 3 eggs, beaten 75 mls fish sauce 4 coriander roots, well washed 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 …

Cook Eat | Fresh Vege Tortellini w/ Carbonara Sauce

Cook Eat | Fresh Vege Tortellini w/ Carbonara Sauce

You will need; 1 pack Signature Range fresh spinach and cheese tortellini 1 x pot of fresh Delmaine Carbonara sauce 1 large tomato 1/2 yellow capsicum / bell pepper 6 mushrooms 1 zucchini 1 head broccoli garlic to taste Sautee zucchini, mushrooms, bell pepper and …

Cook Eat | The Best Pancake Recipe

Cook Eat | The Best Pancake Recipe

On the Target product check on TV3 tonight, they road-tested store bought pancake mixes.  The host pointed out that the most basic pancake recipes only have 4 ingredients, so it’s a little disturbing when the ingredients listed on a pre-mix constitute an entire paragraph! So …

Fruit Leather

Fruit Leather

How beautiful is this?  Dave & I made this in our fancy new dehydrator last night.  Ethan and Mum picked the strawberries and 8 hrs later voila! This flavour was strawberry-kiwi and we also made strawberry-apple-banana which was the yummiest.

Best Dinner Ever!

Best Dinner Ever!

Mikey brought us some fresh mussels he got diving so Dave and I cooked up a storm, he prepped and steamed the mussels while I made the batter – Fresh Mussel fritters!!  C’est magnifique. MUSSEL FRITTERS Serves: makes 20 fritters Ingredients 1 teaspoon dried yeast …

Yummy Frittata

Yummy Frittata

I made this last night and everyone loved it!  I made it vegetarian but you can go to town and get creative with any ingredients, Feta and smoked salmon would be yummy! Weekend Frittata Serves 6 Breakfast or brunch has never been better than with …

Boys and Cupcakes

Boys and Cupcakes

I guess if you have a little girl you get to decorate your weekend baking in pretty colours, but Ethan likes his cupcakes slime green!

After a somewhat wasted afternoon….

After a somewhat wasted afternoon….

of dealing with Hewlitt-Packard on the phone about my busted printer (getting your faulty product replaced is like the prize you win for being on the phone with them for 1.5hrs, turning your printer off and on like a million times, printing numerous test pages …

Homemade Sushi – my first attempt

Homemade Sushi – my first attempt

I am pretty proud of my first attempt, I was expecting it to be a lot harder than it was.  Five sheets of nori made way more than the three of us could eat.  Ethan loved it and even tried wasabi!  He said it tasted …