I've had such a hankering for dumplings lately, actually, I have hankerings for dumplings ALL THE TIME but it's not often I decide to actually MAKE them. I think it was one of those recipe videos you watch on Facebook (maybe Tasty Japan?!) that made it look really easy to make dumplings so the last … [Read more...]

It's December this week! It's true! Somehow we have almost made it to the end of the year...it's pure madness! Now if like me, you still have kids at school for a few more weeks I would urge you to use the time that we do have to enjoy coffee in peace, get you shopping sorted and try and get some … [Read more...]

I tell you, weekends go by way too quickly. I swear I wasn't ready when this one started so it's all over before it began. Much like the pace of this year... I have a hectic work week ahead with lots to do, deadlines to meet as we head towards the end of the year. It's going to require extra … [Read more...]

Hello Second Monday in November, my how quickly you have come around! There's no mistaking it now friends, we are HURTLING towards the end of term/year and there is nothing we can do about it. What we CAN do is, is eat well, try and get some exercise in and rest as much as we can at night. Seems … [Read more...]

In my quest to be eating better food I am finding that balance is where it's at. Total deprivation only leads to blow outs, but if there's enough exercise I can have the odd dumpling blow out (or make that 45 of those last week). Here are some ideas that cover both the ying and the yang... Slow … [Read more...]

I can completely lose interest in dinner if it's just the bog standard meat and a couple of veg or salad...but if I go a little more trouble with a side, chances are it will make me want to cook and then eat the dinner. And for me, I'm more likely to skip the chicken/fish/meat and eat the side … [Read more...]

Oh Monday, how quickly you come about. We all had a great but very quick weekend...how fast those days seems to fly by. We've got a pretty stock standard week around here but with added bonus of a birthday! Harper is turning 8 on Friday....talk about things coming around quickly! So until then, it … [Read more...]

I'm not quite sure what day or time or where I am but apparently it's Monday? And here we are at the start of a new week?! Sheesh what an adventure I had on the weekend in NZ....still spinning from all that learning and beauty! Of course after being so focused on eating well and getting back into … [Read more...]

Well hello there term 4, it's kind of good to see you although I am dead set still trying to work out how it's time for you to be here. Honestly? It has to be the fastest year EVER. But I am happy to be heading back into some routine and order, to try and get some more work done and generally get my … [Read more...]

Ah school holidays...is it good to see you here! I am hoping that they bring rest and health for all three girls who are STILL being troubled by colds and weird tummies...man to be well! One thing I do love about the holidays is being able to go a bit bigger for breakfast and eating later means that … [Read more...]

Good morning friends from a very quiet and slow Beth. Wowsers has it been a big week, month....etc etc. I survived the end of last week (just) with the Spring Fling lunch on Saturday. What a day it was...more details to come on that later. There was LOTS of cooking prep from me (feeding 30 people … [Read more...]

We've another bloody freezing morning here - frosts again - the only upside is that these mornings make way for the most gorgeous sunshiny days here. I think that the weather is set to warm up a little in this week which will make us all believe that Springtime might actually be here. As soon as … [Read more...]

On Sunday we celebrated Father's Day early for Rob as I will be away this coming Sunday. He didn't want the fuss, but I wanted to make the day a little bit special for him with a few little pressies and cards and of course something special to eat. Obvs Maggie was especially pleased with the fart in … [Read more...]

Whilst the calendar is telling me that Spring will be here later in the week (how?!) it most definitely feels like winter here this morning (felt like -4.5 when I was first up this morning) and yesterday afternoon we even got a small snow shower! What better way to warm up then to add a decent hit … [Read more...]

Do you have a subscription to a food magazine? I used to get Delicious and would look through them and think, meh, and there they would pile up month after month. I am useless! So then I stopped getting them and now just have recipe books that I never seem to open...it's truly such a bad habit where … [Read more...]

Given it's birthday week ahead of us here in the BabyMac household, what better way to celebrate a birthday then to bake a cake! I have a long history of birthday cakes in this household, you can check our the full history of my Women's Weekly repertoire for the girls over the years in this post … [Read more...]