For the love of food
Merry Christmas!!! Today I am celebrating, enjoying time with family and eating until I resemble the jolly fat man and opening presents (I hope!). I had my Christmas feast a little early and did some posing in front of my favourite subject (the photos are tongue-in-cheek just in case you thought I was a big [...]
(sing this) Santa Clause is coming, Santa Claus is coming, he’s not very far away. Time to hang your stockings up, tomorrow’s Christmas Day! I can’t wait. Tomorrow morning I will be up with the birds ready to celebrate, eat and open presents. I don’t know about you but I love setting the table for [...]
I wanted to play my favourite Christmas carol as the opening to this post but alas my technical skills don’t seem to be up to the challenge today. I’m reserving all my brain power for baking, baking and more baking (and a fair bit of eating too). My favourite Christmas song also happens to [...]
Fairytales seem to have been on my mind a lot lately. I’m not sure whether it’s Christmas time that makes me nostalgic but it’s definitely a great time of year to be a kid. Hansel and Gretel was the story playing in my head on Friday. Wouldn’t a house made of gingerbread be the most [...]
Thank you to everyone who commented, Facebook liked and tweeted to enter the Claire K Creations Christmas giveaway. There was an overwhelming response and I’m so happy that so many people got involved! So without further ado, the winners of the first Claire K Creations Christmas giveaway are… The winner of a pack of Ecosilk [...]
Blockbuster movies with all-star casts quite often lack any sort of plot. They rely on the pull of the famous actors and actresses to sell tickets. I thought that was the case for Valentine’s Day so when I heard about New Year’s Eve I wasn’t expecting much but yes, felt the pull of the big [...]
Don’t forget to enter the Claire K Creations Christmas giveaway for you chance to win heaps of great prizes! Win a Lush Delights curry pack. Win a BioSnacky sprouter and seed packets. Win 6 Ecosilk shopping bags. Win a $50 hamper from Byron Bay Cookies. Win a threechefs palm mitt and [...]
I’ve always been a bit of a craft nerd. I love love love making things. Sort of like baking, there’s nothing more satisfying than starting out with a pile of ‘raw ingredients’ and seeing it turn into something fabulous. I’m not very good at following instructions when it comes to creative activities. What I love [...]
Typing with one hand is a very tricky exercise. I would know because that’s how I’m typing today’s post. It seems my capsicum bush has turned against me. I chopped up my first capsicum of the season about an hour ago and added it to my tomato pasta sauce. A few minutes later, my fingers [...]
I seem to be reminiscing about my primary school days a lot lately. Another fond memory I have is of giving and receiving candy canes at Christmas time. There were all sorts of colours and flavours around but to me you can’t go past the traditional red and white striped peppermint candy cane. It’s oh-so [...]
There’s no doubt the sleigh bells have begun to jingle in the distance. There’s just one month until Christmas and I have been getting into the spirit all week. I’ve also had ‘it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas’ (the Bing Crosby version) in my head for nearly two weeks. Naturally when I saw [...]
I was seriously proud of myself when I presented a golden-cooked turkey at Thanksgiving dinner this time last week. It was my first turkey and definitely not my last. It wasn’t without fear, a little jumping around squirming and the odd harsh word as I burnt my hand on the oven for the nth time [...]
