Our christmas baking is well and truly in full swing. With little Miss G. by my side, we've been busy little kitchen bees baking all of our adored festive delights. Amongst the mess we've managed to conjure up a gorgeous batch of deep dark intense christmas choc puddings, a tray or two of jewel adorned christmas cookies and of course a mega slab of marshmallow spiked rocky ...
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ultimate roasted vegetables
Even though we celebrate Christmas in the middle of an Australian summer, gorgeous golden crispy roasted vegetables are still a must on our festive table. But rather than enjoying them straight from the oven I opt to bake them Christmas eve and serve them at room temperature along with a cool crunchy zesty salad of greens for a much lighter christmas lunch. Over the years and thanks to the ...
festive zucchini choc brownies
I love to bake chocolate brownies. Especially around the holidays. This year, however, my brownie recipe has been given a fabulous wholesome make over in order to perfectly suit those lovely little hands it will surely find its way into. This delicious recipe is wonderful not only because it contains vegetables but its free of butter, uses wholemeal flour and thanks to my new found friend ...
maple sweet potato loaf
Poor little Miss G. had her 12 month vaccinations today. Gosh it broke my heart. Luckily for both of us the process is over as quickly as it begins and after a big cry we enjoy plenty of cuddles and both start to feel better once again. Knowing that I could have a fussy little one on my hands this afternoon I decided to get up a little early and stir together this super simple sweet ...
festive pasta salad
I love this time of year. The air is filled with the scent of just cut grass, the market shelves are groaning under the weight of mangoes, cherries and stone fruit and afternoons are spent escaping the hot sun in the back yard wading pool. The long hot summer days leading up to Christmas are just wonderful. During the summer months I love to take full advantage of this beautiful ...
gingerbread muffins
The expression says it all. These little christmas inspired gingerbread babies are scrumptious. As I mentioned earlier this week, leading up to the holidays, I will be bringing you a gorgeous collection of classic christmas recipes that have been tweaked, reworked and modified to be perfect festive baby led weaning meals, snacks and treats and todays recipe are these beautiful gingerbread ...
