For the love of food
‘I don’t care what mine looks like just please…. give me some food!’ To some, this may seem demanding and rude but sometimes in my house it’s acceptable. On this particular occasion, Will had been at golf since 6am. I’d told him that I was making a special lunch so he wasn’t to eat at [...]
It’s not really all that cool here yet but the slight change in the air was enough for me to get out the slow cooker a couple of weeks ago. Actually it was pouring rain on that particular day which to me, no matter what the temperature, calls for a warming, hearty dinner. I had [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I’m one of those people who yells at the TV and gets quite involved in discussions even if they can’t hear me and never speak back. Can of Worms the other night had me even more active than usual. The question to the panel was ‘should there be a tax on fast food?’ The responses [...]
Come on Aussie come on come on, come on Aussie come on. As the opening ceremony of The Games is lest than 24 hours away a tribute to an Aussie favourite is in order – the humble meat pie. This was my first attempt at pies and oh my goodness was it worth the effort. [...]
Hello winter! I don’t like your temperatures all that much but I do like the hearty, warming food you let me make. Winter hasn’t really arrived with a bang here in Brisbane. In fact I think it’s the warmest day since I got back. It felt so wintery earlier in the week I decided it [...]
The other day I mentioned that I’m not really big on sleeping in anymore. Since I wrote that, my body has decided to prove the point and has woken me up at 5am nearly every morning this week. I really see why everyone wants daylight saving here so badly. At 5am the sun is [...]
If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a thousand times. I love my slow cooker. What is not to love about something that you can throw a whole lot of ingredients into and walk away only to return to a tender, warming, gloriously delicious meal? This recipe is so simple you can throw it [...]
Stir fry is a week night staple in my dinner repertoire. It’s just so easy to throw together some meat, veges and a bit of sauce to make a delicious meal. I tend to get stuck with my sauce selection though and end up resorting to oyster and soy sauce with ginger or garlic. When [...]
Every year I say the same thing. ‘I’m going to learn to sew this year.’ Every year it gets to the end of the year and my sewing skills are still severely lacking, okay non-existent. Not this year though. On Thursday I had my first sewing lesson with my very patient Aunt/new teacher. See that [...]
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.
