For the love of food
It wasn’t really a special I don’t think. $6 for a punnet of blueberries is hardly a bargain but for some reason, that particular week I was powerless to resist. I had banana and blueberry bread on the brain and I knew I wouldn’t stop thinking about it until I was eating a warm slice. Well a [...]
I’m a smoothie-for-breakfast girl. Even in winter I’m happy to pop my heat pack in the microwave while I whip up my frozen smoothie then slurp it down, rugged up in front of the heater. That’s most days. Some days I’m not so brave and I crave something warm and comforting. It’s best if it’s [...]
Chewy, no-bake biscuits crusted with coconut and topped with a smooth, rich, chocolate ganache finished with a dusting of desiccated coconut. Sounds mouth-watering doesn’t it? It sounds like something you could only have one of because they must be seriously naughty. It would appear that if you have a lack of self control when it [...]
I think maybe one of the reasons people think bread baking must be hard is that there are often so many steps in the recipe. In truth though, most of those steps require as much work as covering a bowl and sitting down with a cup of tea and your favourite book. The list may [...]
Don’t tell mum and dad but I was a bit of an unconventional uni student. Apart from the few lecturers and tutors who I loved and sat there soaking up their every word like a sponge, I wasn’t all that good at attending classes. It’s not that I was a terrible wagger, blase and never [...]
It’s almost instinctive. I can smell it in the air. As soon as the chill arrives, so too does the sweet, rosy fruit and its myriad of dessert combinations. It’s the meeting of the soft, sweet fruit, still with a little bite and the crunchy, golden topping that sucks me in. Serve it to me [...]
Can you smell the cinnamon wafting from your screen? Does it make you want to reach in and grab a little piece and pop it greedily into your mouth? I want to but you know I can’t resist anything with cinnamon in it. It probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise that I chose [...]
Searching for my hot cross buns recipe the other day I realised that I actually have quite a stock of Easter recipes here. To save you the trouble of searching for them all I thought I’d bring them all together. Please excuse some of the earlier photos! I made this Easter cake last year as [...]
Today I have a very special visitor and guest sharing one of her favourite new recipes with you… my sister. My sister and I are pretty different when it comes to food. She’s very very healthy and likes all sorts of good things like tofu and beans, every fruit under the sun and she’s even [...]
‘How is Claire not the size of a house?’ That question was posed to one of my friends by a friend of hers who reads my blog. With the number of sweet and somewhat naughty recipes I post here you’d be forgiven for thinking I was enormous. You know I’m very anti-diet and believe that [...]
Are you sensing a bit of a theme here this week? You’d be quite right in saying that these are not the first cupcake/muffin recipe for March. When I said that I was going to make a dint in my cupcake liner supply I did not speak an untruth. It seems that the variety of [...]
It’s Secret Recipe Club time again! This month, I was assigned to Food Ramblings. You would think I was assigned to myself the way I ramble on about food but it turns out there are a lot of ramblers out there. Elizabeth likes cooking, travelling and eating just like me so it’s no wonder I [...]
I am Claire & I love food. Here you'll find my favourite recipes, tips, tricks, restaurants & plates full of frivolity with the odd crafty post. New inspiration posted daily.
