Do you need a gift for a special occasion? Look no further than these delicious treats. This is a recipe from Mum’s Recipe Book. What you will need: 60 grams cream cheese 60 grams softened butter 125 grams chocolate, melted 1/2 cup coconut 2/3 cup chopped dried apricots and/or dried cranberries 2 tablespoons white rum Continue Reading
This recipe is an oldy but a goody! I made it the other day for lunch and served with some eggs and bacon. But, if you are doing without meat at the moment or permanently, this loaf is also great. It contains eggs and cheese and brown rice as well as a whole range of Continue Reading
One of my favourite things to do when I was little was to stand by my mother as she was cooking. I learned many tips and tricks this way. I can’t stress enough how important it is to share your knowledge of cooking with your children. Sadly I did not do this and although my Continue Reading
This recipe for Passionfruit Delicious is from Mum’s Recipe Book. She is no longer with us but I think she would be pleased to think that I was sharing the recipe in the lead up to Mother’s Day. It is a simple and tasty dessert that your Mother is sure to love. Whether you are Continue Reading
What do you like best about Christmas? For me it has always been the cooking. For years when I was growing up Mum and I cooked up a storm each year for family events, entertaining friends and for gifts. Many of the traditions have continued over the years. One of those traditions involves cooking sausage Continue Reading
This recipe is in Mum’s Recipe Book marked as ‘Favourites’. In my memory they are associated with Christmas. Mum made all sorts of cakes and biscuits for Christmas. As well as all the sweet treats these ‘Cheese Buttons’ were made to eat when we had people over for Christmas drinks. They are also my brother’s Continue Reading
This is one of my favourite Christmas recipes from Mum’s Recipe Book. I remember helping mum with this when I was quite young. She would ask me to crush the biscuits to go into the mix. But my favourite thing was opening the can of condensed milk and pouring the sticky liquid into the bowl. Continue Reading
There was a time when I baked biscuits and cakes every week and they were eaten very quickly by my hungry family. I also used to have a cake or two in the freezer for unexpected visitors etc. But these days Andrew and I eat very little sugar and even less cake. But I still Continue Reading
Have you ever made your own ice cream? When I was very young my mother made our ice cream all the time because you just could not buy it. It took quite a lot of effort to make as there were several cycles of freezing and beating to go through to make sure the final Continue Reading
It seems that winter has only just arrived in Sydney even though it is August and we should be heading into Spring. With the coming of winter we feel the need for comfort food. Of course we should not indulge everyday but the occasional treat on a cold night as we gather around the fire Continue Reading
