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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Today’s post is actually an excerpt from the Planning With Kids book! You can purchase signed copies of the book here on the blog or you can also find it in most book stores and Big W. I am taking an online holiday until Monday 16th January. Over the next couple of weeks, I have [...]

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I do love Christmas time. Love the festivity of it, the warmth shared amongst family and friends and the generosity that you see. These very cute watermelon Christmas trees make such an easy Christmas Treat. I can take no credit for the idea! The lovely Jessica from Apples and Jam, sent me a photo of [...]

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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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This post is part of my 10 week Christmas Preparation Plan for 2011. With less than three weeks left until Christmas, now is the perfect time to start thinking about what activities and tasks you can do ahead to make the work load for Christmas day lighter and less stressful. I have compiled a list [...]

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This post is part of my 10 week Christmas Preparation Plan for 2011. This originally was planned to be a post for Christmas gift ideas for boys, but I had a number of readers email and ask could I include Christmas gift ideas for girls too. So I have collated a list based on age [...]

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