For the love of food
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 [...]
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 [...]
We’re leaving Morocco today and hitting the high seas. Head to the port at Tangir, in the north of Morocco, jump on the ‘fast ferry’ and 2 hours later you will find yourself in the land of senoritas and paella . There are a some similarities between Spanish and Moroccan food, the two countries being [...]
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 [...]
I’d seen it before but being quite a landmark, I thought Will would want to see it for himself and convinced him that it was worth the side trip. We navigated ourselves from our hotel through the cobblestone streets to the hire car office where we were given the keys to a little black Fiat. [...]
Sono would have to be one of, if not our favourite restaurant. We celebrated our 1st anniversary (of dating) there 7 years go and visit for special occasions regularly. Lately we’ve been a bit naughty. It seems ‘the end of summer,’ ’2 weeks before Christmas’ and other equally as un-special occasions have been deemed special [...]
You know how I said that my eating is all about balance? Well this is the perfect example. Last week, I was lucky enough to have three girlfriends (and the gorgeous twins) over to lunch mid-week. It was probably the first time that’s happened since we were all at uni at least five years ago [...]
On Saturday I shared the secret as to why I’m not the size of a house. It’s not really a secret, it’s just that I don’t eat quite as much as it looks like I do. There is one secret I can attest to though. Tasty food. That means only eating food that you really enjoy. [...]
‘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 [...]
‘What made you think to crumb them in coconut?’ ‘I have no idea, maybe making lamingtons this week?’ I tend to get on a roll with things. I start using an ingredient, love it and use it in everything until I get sick of it and move on to the next thing. That would explain [...]
I was deliberating over which dip to buy when an older lady asked for assistance. ‘Would you mind helping me?’ she asked. ‘Of course not, how can I help?’ She’d forgotten her glasses and wanted to make sure she was buying the avocado dip with the highest percentage of avocado so asked me to read [...]
Stay with me I haven’t totally changed my eating habits over night. I’m not one to latch on to the latest craze diet, in fact I’m quite against them in general. My idea of a diet is eating as well as you can most of the time with a few (ok sometimes more than a [...]
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.
