Category Archives: Cooking

Christmas Mint Slice Balls (No-Bake)

These are the best!! Out of everything I make, I think this is what people love the most. I can’t tell you how easy they are. I have been so happy since Coles makes gluten free mint slice, so now those with severe dietary needs are catered for. Ingredients: Arnott’s Mint Slice or Coles I’m …

Continue reading

Almond & Cranberry Biscotti

Another really easy Christmas recipe, although it doesn’t have to be just for this time of year. Incredibly easy and I’m sure you can add any dried fruit or nuts to the mixture. Ingredients: 1 egg 1 egg yolk 2/3 cup caster sugar 1/2 teaspoon almond essence 1 1/3 cups plain flour 1/2 teaspoon baking …

Continue reading

Christmas White Chocolate Rocky Road

It’s been an incredibly long time since I’ve posted and I felt I had to share my recipes for Christmas. Every year I get incredibly excited for Christmas, and it has become a yearly tradition to bake and give these as gifts. Then I remember the massive process involved with having to buy specific ingredients, …

Continue reading

Chocolate Mousse…

I do not have a sweet tooth, but I have limited to zero control around chocolate…I’ve heard it’s medically proven it’s good for you – enough said When it comes to some easy, but indulgent desserts, who doesn’t love a quick but delicious chocolate mousse? This recipe literally takes about 10 minutes to prepare. Ingredients: …

Continue reading

Blueberry & Oat Mini-Muffins…

When it comes to baking, the easier the better! I like recipes that are quick and can be adapted to create something new. When I went shopping I saw blueberries were on sale and changed this original recipe which calls for bananas and added the blueberries instead. I think quite easily the fruit could be …

Continue reading

Cheoreg – Armenian Easter Bread…

“Mum, I’m going to make Cheoreg”. My mother’s reaction to this was not really a surprise – she blankly stared at me and responded with “why, when you can buy it?” Traditions: My family story can be viewed as a complicated one, and for a very long time I felt quite lost with my identity. …

Continue reading

White Chocolate Chip & Cranberry Cookies…

As a child  was always hovering around my parents as they cooked. I think it came to mum as a huge relief when I began offering to cook the family dinners and bake. Still at mums place now there is a big plastic container full of ‘my things’ – ranging from holiday themed patty cases …

Continue reading

Hot Cross Buns…

Heading closer to Easter and while bakeries and supermarkets have been selling hot cross buns since the 26th December, I’m not complaining, it’s probably the only time I really eat bread…and the chocolate chip ones are a little bit amazing…did I mention I have a weak spot for chocolate 🙂 So considering cooking with children, …

Continue reading

Jam Drops…

  I must have been about 7 or 8 and I had entered an IXL (the jam) colouring competition and won myself a children’s cookbook. I was pretty excited and I felt really grown up that I had my own cookbook. I started going through the recipes and deciding what to make – the first thing I …

Continue reading

Frozen Mars Bar Mousse…

  With my brother’s 30th coming up I wanted to spoil his sweet tooth and was prepared to take days off work to get a cake together. I spent months (not an exaggeration) researching different cakes, I had looked into purchasing soccer ball cake tins which would be shipped from the UK, I contacted the local cake …

Continue reading