When we made these, we had only been home a short time after being away for Christmas. The cupboards were pretty bare, but I knew I had marshmallows. We need to make …
White Chocolate Rocky Road (Sort Of!)
This post is part of my Christmas Preparation plan. This week’s task was cooking Christmas treats. ***** I had originally planned to do shortbread for my Christmas cooking this year. I love …
Candy Cane Cookies – Take 2
I made Candy Cane Cookies for the first time back in January. The kids thought they tasted great, but very flat. Being the time of year that candy canes have started appearing …
Mini Christmas Puddings For Kids
I made these cute mini christmas puddings for the first time on Christmas Eve last year. They were a result of a combination of suggestions from two lovely women, my cousin Bree …
Easy Chocolate Self Saucing Pudding
Spurred on by my success with the Butterscotch Self Saucing Pudding, I decided to have a go at making a chocolate one. Majority of the kids preferred the chocolate pudding, but the …
Butterscotch Self Saucing Pudding
Oh my! This is so completely delicious. The biggest shout out to my dear friend Cath who shared this recipe with me. Don’t be fooled by my less than stellar presentation, this …
Rolled Oat Slice
My friend Meredith who gave me the delicious Rich Moist Chocolate Cake Recipe, has also given me a couple other of her favourite recipes to try. On Saturday we tried her Rolled …
Rich Moist Chocolate Cake Recipe
A very big thank you to the gorgeous Meredith who gave me this recipe. This Rich Moist Chocolate Cake Recipe is easy to make and tastes divine. It is not the sort …
Homemade Chocolate Freckles
I love a chocolate freckle and I particularly love the larger freckles that you can buy at speciality chocolate and lolly shops. After enjoying one recently, I thought to myself that there …
Scone Making With Kids
I have found that making scones with kids is one of the easiest recipes to cook in the kitchen with them. Don’t expect perfect scones meeting CWA standards, but with this very …
Yo Yo Biscuits Recipe
This fab recipe comes from my dear friend Lou Woods. Lou was one of those people that from the first time I met her, I knew we were going to be great …
Lemon Yoghurt Cake
Mr I was home last week and he took the youngest two boys to go and visit his nana for lunch. His nana is the most amazing lady, she is 97 and …
Easy Brownie Recipe
Catching up with my friend Annie last week, she served me some very delicious chocolate brownie that she had made with daughter. It reminded me that I had a recipe filed away …
Easy Cookie Cutter Recipe
My history with making cookies in shapes has not been great. I have had trouble finding a recipe that makes a dough which is easy to cut and cooks well with well …
Chocolate Balls With Colour
My children each have a buddy at school, the older ones have a younger buddy and the younger and vice versa. At Easter and Christmas time they like to give a gift …
Pikelets For Shrove Tuesday
For those who celebrate it, this Tuesday is Shrove Tuesday. We celebrate this at home with the kids and the children also have a celebration at school. The school celebration is different …
Candy Cane Cookies
We tend to cook quite a bit during the school holidays. This serves a dual purpose, not only does it feed the kids and it gives them something purposeful to do. I …
Marshmallow Christmas Tree
This is a super quick Christmas treat that the kids can make by themselves. It takes about 5 minutes to put together and then sets in the freezer for 10 minutes (a …