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Easy family cooking for all occasions, from a city girl who became a farmer's wife and had to learn cooking fast
Just like traditional ANZAC biscuits but using shredded coconut and chocolate chips. These ingredients combined nicely with the butterscotch flavour and crispy oats to create a wonderful biscuit.Ingredients1 cup rolled oats1 (read full article)
I was recently given a bowl of figs that my parents had grown in their backyard. I don't normally eat figs, in fact I could hardly remember how they tasted, and wondered what I could do with such a large quantity. I referred to Margaret F (read full article)
The story goes that this meringue based dessert was created by a local chef in honour of the ballerina , Anna Pavlova, when she was visiting Perth in 1935. Whatever the origins it is a popular dish often served at christmas time as it is (read full article)
I'm back from a three week holiday by the sea. The new school year has started today, so back into the routine. Would you like to see where I have been? This is the bottom corner of Western Australia and particularly bea (read full article)
I am always curious to see how people find this blog. When I started nine months ago, I was disappointed to discover that the site could not be immediately found on google the day it was created. How naive! I quickly found tha (read full article)
Happy New Year!Summer has arrived here in Australia and the heat has hit us with some temperatures of over 40c (104F).Harvest is over and the vista will remain this brown and dusty until April.We have had a little shearing work to complete (wel (read full article)
I am always curious to try and bake a cake with no butter or eggs. Curious to see how such a mix of ingredients will work. I am not vegan but I do like recipes that a very quick to make and this certainly was. Not (read full article)
Whenever I make a leafy green salad I use this dressing recipe and always get asked what is creating the unusual flavour. Well, that ingredient is honey. When combined with the usual tangy salad dressing ingredients it creates a successfu (read full article)
An old fashioned egg salad using mayonnaise and curry powder served on a bed of shredded lettuce. Soft and crispy at the same time, this was served with a pasta dish at lunchtime. Other serving ideas are: serve on a large lettuce le (read full article)
Before baking these, I didn't think it was possible to really enjoy a muffin that doesn't contain chocolate. However, I combined a few recipes to make these as a 'healthier' muffin choice and they were great.IngredientsMakes 20 2 1/2 cups self r (read full article)
It is now a busy time at the farm as the crop has to come off. After a late start due to storms (cannot harvest wet seed) the guys have been working frantically to pick up the grain (basically money on the ground to us!) before the weather beco (read full article)
Try this easy marinade on your roast meats and avoid the gravy altogether! Making gravy from pan juices requires some attention that often is impossible for me at dinnertimes resulting in a fatty, lumpy mess. I had resorted to a well known (read full article)
A couple of weeks ago we attended a wedding on the south coast of Western Australia and enjoyed a wonderful meal at the reception. It was an unusual event for us bushies to have a formal dinner! But I was proud to notice that my two young daugh (read full article)
Last weekend we travelled a few hours in the car to a town on the south coast of Western Australia to attend a family wedding (I will post on the wedding menu later). We were lucky enough to use a friend's apartment on the canals. Right n (read full article)
As it is springtime and getting warmer each day I will be making more salads and lighter meals. I had some visitors for lunch yesterday and tried this new recipe. It worked really well and even though the ingredients sound a bit strange the result (read full article)
I have recently joined the Petitchef website which is a resource for finding many recipes and blogs from around the world. I was delighted to open my email and find my cupcake blog post on the 'menu of the day'. Here is the email. Click on the lin (read full article)
I haven't had my house and garden sprayed for bugs in 18 months as I delay it for as long as possible. No matter how much they tell me the pesticide is 'safe' , 'natural', 'non toxic', I just don't fully believe it. However, after finding many of t (read full article)
I love the combination of raspberry and chocolate, even the batter looks delicious. So, I decided to make a raspberry white chocolate cake using my regular muffin recipe. It worked well. I used a 20cm square tin and the only other adjustment to t (read full article)
This recipe was given to me by a friend some years ago and I have regularly made it ever since. The combination of dates and chocolate makes it moist and sweet. Best eaten the day it is made or the next. After that it becomes too moist.Ingredients (read full article)
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