Books and bacon. They go together like… eggs and bacon! I can’t wait to share with you a great idea for the second combo, but first allow me to digress and share a very special family story. Since the boys were babies, we have always read to them as part of their bedtime routine, until of course they were old …
Comfort food is an essential part of everyone’s diet. There, doesn’t that sound comforting! Doesn’t that make you feel at ease! Of course, I’m not imagining here some sugar-laced, processed sweet item, but rather a simple, home-made, warm dish of wholefood that softly nourishes from the inside and feeds the inner glow. For me, comfort can always been found in the deep wedges of …
Make yourself a treat for the holiday season with an impressive sheet of glossy chocolate bark. I love the way that Christmas time upholds the wonderful tradition of homemade sweet treats appearing every year, in hundreds of thousands of kitchens worldwide. What a delicious response this is to this time of celebration, when so many homes fill with sweet, alluring scents of the season. I readily admit that, every year without fail, …
I’m sure one food memory many of us share is of the traditional cauliflower in white sauce. I remember it fondly as an accompaniment to Nan’s Sunday roast, included in Mum’s meat-and-three-veg dinners, and when I was at Uni as part of the pub lunches. Do you too remember it dressed to impress in its beautiful, cheesy white splendour? Interestingly, move forwards …
Our veggie garden has been springing into action with the change of season. As the temperature heats up and the days start to lengthen, we are being rewarded with daily bounty of fire-truck red cherry tomatoes, crisp baby cos and mesclun lettuce, peppery rocket, climbing english spinach and well-mannered, straight-backed spring onions. I never tire of the seemingly endless salad combinations available, and how …
Without a doubt, Spring is my favourite season. I absolutely adore the sense of renewal and rejuvenation that seems to quickly take over the garden, with jacarandas in full bloom, rose bushes heady with their new crop of lush flowers, and blossoms appearing in seemingly forgotten garden corners that now burst forth with colour and vivacity. Spring fills the air …
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