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Man food. Beer and cheese nacho sauce

by Dani

This recipe for a happy man is very appliance versatile. The whole shebang can be done on the stovetop. It could be made between stove top and slow cooker, stove top and oven, in the thermomix, or in a combination of thermomix and slow cooker. No matter how you make it, it’s the perfect blend […]

Sticky rice lunch bites

by Dani

Delicious little morsels, perfect for finger food or piling into lunch boxes. Very bento friendly. Just in case you were wondering, the recent lack of photos is a gesture of disgust at the hideous lighting in my hideous house. Photography will resume when the house has been demolished. Which will happen soon should the universe […]

Egg free, dairy free chocolate cake.

by Dani

Shocking though this seems to me, First Born is SIX years old. Really. I’ve been doing this parenting gig for six years. Crazy. In fact, I think this is the third of his birthdays that I’ve blogged about.  Which must mean that this blog has recently had a birthday too. This year, the boy had […]

A teddy bears picnic for Lil Miss

by Dani

Since October, Lil Miss has had her heart set on a teddy bears ‘nicnic’ for her third birthday. What mother could deny such a humble request? Not this one anyway. To avoid the whole saga of cleaning the house only to have it destroyed by hyped up preschoolers, we elected to picnic at a wonderful […]

The Dinner Party Recipes

by Dani

Its been a while coming but here are the recipes from our recent dinner party. chorizo in potatoes I read about these in a Gourmet Traveller whilst sitting in a cafe in Sydney recently. I didn’t copy the recipe but it’s pretty simple so I probably did the same thing as the original recipe specified. […]

A dinner party for six … Ankle Biters excluded

by Dani

I consider myself very lucky to have Ankle Biters with quite adult palates. Well there is both luck and good management involved in that. However, I have lately been overcome by a burning desire to throw a good old fashioned grown up dinner party. The Bread Winner is about to vanish to far away ports […]

Fairy Mushrooms, Snails and Leftover Roast

by Dani

Today we had a play day at Son and Heir’s kinder for the Ankle Biters and Dad’s (or other significant male). It was a lovely morning for all involved. The highlight of the morning seemed to be morning tea time. To keep things simple, everyone who came brought a plate to share. At Son and […]

A Birthday Cake for the Bread Winner

by Dani

Because he loves cheesecake and I love him. Mixed Chocolate Cheesecake 175g packet shortbread biscuits, crushed 75g butter, melted 500g cream cheese, softened 3/4 cup light muscovado 2 teaspoon gelatine, dissolved in 14 cup boiling water, cooled 100g fairtrade orange flavoured chocolate 100g fairtrade white chocolate with scorched almonds 1 cup pure cream 8 seconds […]

Chocolate Chilli Cinnamon & Raspberry Cake

by Dani

I’m off to yum cha tomorrow for a friend’s birthday. I wanted to take her a little birthday treat and figured a small cake was somewhat apt. Only thing is, my house is rather devoid of sweet things right now as I still have two rogue Christmas kilos to banish from my nether region. I […]