For the love of food
I love olives and I love chocolate but I’ve never loved the two together in one mouthful. Stay with me I’m going somewhere good, somewhere wonderful in fact because combined in baked-good deliciousness, these two are an unlikely but perfect pair. The matchmaker extraordinaire, Mr pine nut, brings them together in crunchy harmony. If you [...]
This time in three weeks, Will and I will be on a plane heading over to New York City! We’re more than a little excited. The planning is well and truly underway and we’ve gone so overboard as to plot every place we want to go on a map. Restaurants have their own colour so [...]
Let’s be honest, when I started Claire K Creations way back in 2010 I really didn’t know what I was doing (my first post was about macaroons – they were macarons! Oh the horror!). I knew that I loved food and I wasn’t bad at whipping up tasty meals and treats but when it came [...]
Have you ever seen such a magnificent spread? I haven’t been to many first Birthday parties but I think this may be the prettiest I will ever see. I arrived an hour an a half before the party was to start. Both girls were asleep and Sarah and her mum were calmly putting the finishing [...]
Today is a very special day for two, very special reasons. Today is The Twins’ Birthday! They’re celebrating in serious style with a pink party tomorrow and my goodness you should see the preparations. I was called in to help with baking yesterday and would you believe, between three of us (adults I mean – [...]
I may have fooled you into the illusion that here in the Claire K Creations household, we eat a great variety of food with some new creation landing on the table ever night. That would be my ideal but in reality, there are a few dishes that are in high rotation around here. Monday nights [...]
The rain was still bucketing down outside. We’d spent so much time on the couch that there were Claire and Will shaped indents in each of our spots (yes we have spots, don’t judge) and 13 episodes into Prison Break season one, I was starting to plan my escape from the house. The weather had [...]
If you’ve been visiting here for a while you’ll know that at my bridal shower last year, my grandma gifted me three of her old recipe books one of which was an original 1940s edition of The Commonsense Cookery Book. I posted a photo of its guide to meat cuts on Instagram last week and learned [...]
I’ll be the first to admit that ‘ethical’ eating is not the easiest thing to do. I say ‘ethical’ because to me, everyone has their own idea of what the means. As I said yesterday, to me that means knowing as much about the food I’m eating and where it has come from as I [...]
Our tree is finally starting to look like Christmas as more gifts are added as they trickle in from my online orders or are whipped up in the kitchen. One of the delicious gifts under our Christmas tree is my homemade macadmia dukkah. It’s another very easy recipe to prepare and makes a delicious present [...]
This week I’ve been a little bit naughty. Instead of my usual fruit and vege-packed smoothie for breakfast, I’ve been indulging in a little sweet treat. Usually when I bake banana bread it’s for my mum. In fact I could even blame her for giving me the idea of banana bread for breakfast because it’s [...]
I hope all my fellow Brisbanites survived the weekend of wild weather. Storm number one on Saturday morning delayed our departure to the coast and left us without power into the evening (so good thing we went to the coast). Storm number three, which hit yesterday in the early evening, struck just as we were [...]
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.
