The Ship that Never Was! Whenever I am on a plane I use the iPad “downtime” to catch up on my inflight reading courtesy of the travel magazines provided by the various airlines. During a recent trip I was surprised to see a few very familiar images. Images that immediately took me back to … Read more
I have always romantisied the idea of living in Paris for a year or so, perfecting my high school French and eating out with my lovely husband. I would be sipping red wine in sophisticated wine bars, indulging my sweet tooth in all the chic French Patisseries and immerse myself in “La vie française” … Read more
Sugar and Spice and all things nice, that’s what little girls are made of. My gorgeous “little A” celebrated her 5th Birthday last week. She invited 10 other little princesses to share her special day. For the first time in almost a month the sun was shining so our planned indoor party was taken outside … Read more
“Oh my God” I say to Mr GG and I melt into the sumptuous puffy layers of bedding and linen. “Bed is good!” I am sure I do not spend nearly enough time in bed. At the moment it is 11.30pm and I have just turned to jelly as my tired body, fresh from a … Read more
So I have made some Nutella & Banana cupcakes for my baby’s first day of school today. She is my baby because she is my last little one to toddle off to big school. Her siblings all started last week, but kindy at our school starts a week later. So will it be a sad … Read more
I don’t know about you but all my original plans for Australia Day have gone out the window. The weather is playing games, and camping on the beach no longer seems like a really good option. Even with the lousy weather I am always up for an Australia Day BBQ with friends. So the Australia … Read more
When chef Joel McCulla from Zulu’s Restaurant in Coffs Harbour asked me to be a party to the creation of a new dish there is was an overwhelming mixture of feelings on my behalf. Naturally I was honoured and excited, there was a huge amount of curiosity, but I have to say there was an … Read more
I am such a lucky girl! I was matched up with Traci from “Cookie Queen Kitsch’n” for my “Cookie Swap.” As it turns out Traci is a professional cookie maker and she sent me the most gorgeous iced gingerbread cookies. Traci makes personalised cookies for birthdays, weddings, christenings and party favours and the cookies she … Read more
Today I stumbled across Maxabella Loves… a beautiful website full of gorgeously positive sentiments of a mummy blogger. Her post for today is “This week I am grateful for…” I instantly knew that I wanted to join in with the lovely sentiments and be a little indulgent on my own site. I have so many … Read more
For me this is the ultimate childhood retro slice! It was one of my favourites as a child, and mums seemed to make it for school lunches, fetes and any “bring a plate” occasions. Unfortunately it wasn’t a slice my mother ever made, which meant I didn’t have it very often. Luckily I stumbled across … Read more
Can you see this dripping delicious caramel sauce? It is made using the new Philadelphia “Cream for Desserts” which means it tastes just like double cream but with only half the calories! I am sure this means I can eat twice as much! A few days ago I attended a “Cream for Dessert” Masterclass courtesy … Read more
I Love Halloween and all the fantastic Halloween Costumes. Here are some great Halloween Party ideas.
When I was a kid I used to love pink milk! I remember I first had this delicious sweet drink at my grandmother’s place. Milk took on a whole new meaning. My sister and I used to sneak into the kitchen and eat the pink sugar by the spoonful when grandma wasn’t looking. Moving on … Read more
Finding Nemo on the Gold Coast I have been quite busy lately and I really wanted to spend some quality time with my family. I decided to take advantage of the school holidays and book a quick three day getaway to the Gold Coast. I didn’t feel like all the hustle and bustle of “The … Read more
Pictured above is the last remaining piece of Red Velvet Cake from my dear hubbys birthday dinner. I should add… my belly hurts; I have eaten way too much cake. I even skipped dinner because I was writing this story and needed more cake to keep me going. Each time I have edited a photo … Read more
Theme 12 Spice The topic for this fortnights’ Cookbook Challenge is spice! I have had a few ideas’ rolling around in my head but I kept coming back to the spicy Chai flavours. I wanted to use this flavour in a dessert similarly to last years White Chocolate and Chai Creme Brulee, but this … Read more
What a gorgeous day, the sun is shining and we have a three day weekend to celebrate the Queens birthday. I am very pleased for this unexpected change in the weather as I have a lot planned for the weekend, and most of it is outdoors! It’s a bit of a given that I will … Read more
Little Miss A turned four recently and at the suggestion of a friend we decided to have a “tea party” theme. It was a great opportunity for me to “tizzy” things up a little and go overboard on the “girly” stuff. After all, with three older brothers it has been a while since we’ve “done” … Read more
The other day I received a lovely surprise in the mail courtesy of Chocolate Suze and Liquid Ideas , it was a copy of “Simply Heaven”. This delicious cookbook features 75 sweet and savoury recipes using Philadelphia Cream Cheese. I have always been a fan of Philly Cheese, especially the 5% fat variety. I usually … Read more
