Firstly I need to apologise for the fact that this post has been so long coming! All of you have been very patient waiting for it...but it's here at last! It's been over a month now since I held a BabyMac Long Lunch to celebrate 10 years of the blog and took the chance to host a lunch praying … [Read more...]
Father’s Day 2016
September 5, 2016 by 16 Comments
Oh we have had some good Father's Days around here can anyone recall the "Happy Fucking Father's Day of 2009?" Oh dear lord I swear to God I still have an eye twitch from it. There's usually some kind of drama on these days of parenthood. They always involve someone spilling a coffee or children … [Read more...]
Ladies dinner
May 27, 2016 by 20 Comments
Guys, I had an entertaining BREAKTHROUGH last night. You see it was my friend Zoe's birthday so I suggested we all come over for a catch up. I asked the Birthday girl what she'd like me to cook and she said her favourite thing was tapas...just bring something, bung it in the middle of the table and … [Read more...]
Bert’s Bash
May 16, 2016 by 38 Comments
We did it! One 40th birthday party done and dusted and it couldn't have gone better if we tried. The weather was dead set perfect. Sunny! No wind! 22 degrees! The food was perfect (and even better not done by me). We had cocktails in the sunshine, an amazing spread of food and the most wonderful … [Read more...]
Sunday arvo kitchen: how to carve a roast chicken
May 1, 2016 by 10 Comments
Last week I showed you guys how to make gravy using the pan juices from your roast and this week I thought I'd share with you how I carve my chook. It's more of quartering the bird and breaking it down from there. Using this method I find I can get more from the bird, less waste on the … [Read more...]
Ladies lunch: Salt & Pepper Squid
April 29, 2016 by 14 Comments
I really must stop watching cooking shows at night. You see, because we always eat early with the kids at Grandma o clock, by the time 8/8.30pm comes around and if I am watching something tasty on TV I can be found wiping the drool from the side of my mouth. This happened to me earlier this week … [Read more...]
Monday arvo water cooler catch up
April 11, 2016 by 18 Comments
Ah school holidays...when "working" at home becomes a juggling act and if you are not organised, which I am not, the day time routine goes out the window! Which is lucky because the windows are wide open and there is a stunning Autumn day out there. Washing drying, kids playing outside, baby … [Read more...]
Friday morning ramblings
April 8, 2016 by 27 Comments
A gal asks for some help and BOY did you guys deliver! Thank you for all your comments on yesterday's post...I will have that bottom sorted in no time! I really appreciate it, and boy do I love the community we have here...no problem too small. I found myself on the blower this morning to a chemist … [Read more...]
Feeding crowds at home
April 6, 2016 by 38 Comments
Over the years of being down here and hosting visitors for various meals at our home, there's one thing I have gotten good at: feeding crowds of people. While having your entire family over for Christmas lunch, or a christening or birthday party can seem entirely overwhelming, if you keep it simple, … [Read more...]
Monday morning water cooler catch up
April 4, 2016 by 29 Comments
Sheesh that was a long morning wasn't it? Anyone else ready for School 1.5 hours earlier than usual? Or was that just us? The old change in time always keeps you on your toes, or your tired toes. All those people that talk of enjoying an extra hour of sleep obviously don't have children because it … [Read more...]
Easter 2016
March 28, 2016 by 38 Comments
Because our summer holidays were cut short with Perfuckuss I said to Rob some time in the trenches of late January that we would start the year again at Easter because by then, we would all be better, and we would just start the year over. So you can imagine how happy I was when last week Harper was … [Read more...]
Monday meal ideas: EASTER
March 21, 2016 by 8 Comments
I don't want to alarm anyone, but Easter is THIS WEEK. As in this Friday is good Friday. I know! It was just Christmas, and it's still entirely too hot for any kind of enjoyable Easter, but it's here and there's nothing that can be done to change it. At least we are all in for a shorter … [Read more...]
Beth Says: Pop a Prosecco!
March 11, 2016 by 34 Comments
If there's one thing I am good at, besides making a bed or keeping my floors clean it's drinking Prosecco. Oh, and eating butter. I have been rabbiting on about Prosecco for many years now and I often get asked what's good, or what's the best one to get etc so I thought I'd share some of my … [Read more...]
Christmas Family Palooza 2015
December 21, 2015 by 23 Comments
My goodness we had a weekend of family celebrations...full ON family time with 4 catch up's over 2 days in some of the hottest weather we've seen in Sydney in some time. Everyone had a BALL. Mainly. Mags spent a lot of the time like this: Babies and parties and 15 minute naps between venues … [Read more...]
Monday Meal Ideas: Christmas cooking
December 21, 2015 by 6 Comments
It's the last Monday meal ideas for the year so I thought I would hit you up with just about every kind of possibility for Christmas cooking this week. I'm still not sure what I am going to trot out on Friday...I have a desire to chuck out all the traditions and go with a simple ocean trout and … [Read more...]
Jamie Oliver Make Ahead Gravy
December 17, 2015 by 13 Comments
This recipe is high on the search results on my blog this time of year so thought it best to share it again. I LOVE this gravy (or graby as Harps still calls it) and the best bit is you can make it now, whack it in the freezer and you have something done for the big day! Make it a few days before … [Read more...]
The Flavours of Christmas: Smoked salmon with Created with Jamie
December 10, 2015 by 21 Comments
A sponsored post for Woolworths There are a couple of staples at my place for Christmas. There’s always some kind of seafood (usually a prawn or smoked salmon), always a Christmas cocktail and there is ALWAYS dill. It’s the ultimate flavour for me when entertaining whether it’s used in canapés, … [Read more...]
This is Christmas: The joy of baking
December 8, 2015 by 37 Comments
A sponsored post for Westfield Christmas day is the Grand Final in the Kitchen. The ultimate cook off as you juggle tiredness, over excited children, extra family members, hot weather and a desire for perfection that would meet Mary Berry’s Christmas special. Of course inevitably something … [Read more...]
5 Vegetarian Christmas Canapés
November 18, 2015 by 16 Comments
A sponsored post for Woolworths Christmas time usually means one thing food wise and that’s an ode to all things MEAT. Whether it’s on Christmas Day, on the lead up with various family functions and drinks parties, there always seems to be so much meat. Which is great for a pork lover like me, … [Read more...]
Make this for breakfast {or lunch or DINNER}
November 2, 2015 by 18 Comments
We've just had visitors for the weekend...my little sis and her husband, Archie and Kevin the dog. Look! Babies! It's just like we used to play with our My Childs when we were little, except now they are real life my childs! The actual best. I followed my advice (point number 3) from this … [Read more...]
