I had seen these Traffic Light Party Treats at Little Creatures in Balwyn (great play space for kids!) months ago and have been meaning to try and recreate them myself. Yesterday it was the AFL Grand Final and my youngest sister’s birthday. We were having family at our house to celebrate – perfect excuse to [...]

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I really dislike the taste of copha, but do like the idea of a chocolate crackle! This Christmas Chocolate Crackles recipe has no copha in it. It uses actual chocolate instead which in my opinion give such a better taste. Christmas Chocolate Crackles Ingredients: 300 grams chocolate (we used Cadbury Dairy Milk) 1 1/2 cups [...]

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This is a great super easy recipe that you can make in a day or so in advance. I made individual Olive Oil Chocolate Mousse cups for dessert on Christmas Day. This recipe is based on one from George Calombaris and it was the first time I have melted chocolate using a bain marie – [...]

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This post is part of my 10 week Christmas Preparation Plan for 2011. I have had a super busy last couple of days. Last night we held our first Community Blogging event which was so inspiring! I will talk more about it tomorrow. Then today I had my daughter’s 8th birthday party, so I have [...]

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These Coconut Macaroons with Chocolate are gluten free, kid friendly and easy to make. I had three helpers when we made these, my 2, 5 and 7 year old all had turns at adding, beating etc. These are the first macaroons we have ever baked, so was pretty happy with our result for a first [...]

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This recipe comes from a cook book my kids school sold as a fundraiser a couple of years ago, it has some pretty amazing recipes in it. This was the first time I had cooked the Chocolate Snow Ball recipe – they are so delicious. I had made then on a Sunday to be the [...]

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