For the love of food
I was (an secretly still am) a serious Spice Girls fan. Seriously, what’s not to love? When they announced their comeback tour a few years ago I was almost dancing around the house to ‘Spice up your life’ in joy. Sadly, they couldn’t stay together long enough to make it to Australia. Not to worry [...]
This Friday, I have my first fitting for my wedding dress. It’s starting to all feel very real and so exciting! The dressmaker had two openings for my appointment; 2pm & 3pm. My preference – 3pm so that gives us time to go out to lunch before. He was a little shocked. I don’t think [...]
I love broccoli. It’s one vegetable that I have eaten since I was little and don’t think I’ll ever stop. I even tried my hand at growing it a few months ago and managed to harvest a few little heads. I’ve also discovered that if you shave off the outer skin of the stalk, the [...]
For as long as I can remember, my family has had ‘cocktail hour.’ It’s not necessarily a time for martinis and olives but more of a pre-dinner nibbles and drink. Try as I might to avoid it, my body is build to require a nice little snack around 6pm. As you can imagine, this can [...]
I love a quick, healthy meal and when I’m not grilling up some halloumi or baking some eggplant parmigiana, I often turn to noodle soup. It’s so easy to make and so versatile. The latest version that I made used a Continental Stock pot which I won on Not Quite Nigella a little while ago, [...]
My apologies for the terrible photo. I whipped this dish up last night based on some dying veges I had in the fridge and didn’t expect it to be so tasty (I take a photo of everything I make just in case it’s one to share). It was so easy to make and you could [...]
I love having friends over. Not only to socialise and catch up but because it gives me a chance to try another recipe from my massive and ever-growing ‘to try’ list. I make new recipes for the two of us all the time but having a few people means you can go all out. This [...]
I haven’t reported on the status of my vegetable garden in at least a month but it is going very well. Unfortunately the zucchini and squash haven’t fared too well but they are the only casualties of the cold. Above are the first of the Roma tomatoes coming through. I can’t wait until they’re ready [...]
I started following @monkylicious while I was involved in baked relief during the Brisbane floods. The other day she tweeted about cookbook club. Now I’ve never been a part of a book club but always liked the idea. The thought of being in a cookbook club though – I’m in! I have cookbooks spewing from [...]
There’s a winter chill in the air as soup season descends upon us. I’m not one for sloppy soups but chunky soup is definitely a winter warmer I enjoy. There are so many recipes for minestrone soup out there that I decided to take inspiration from a few different ones and create my own version. [...]
I love hummus. It would have to be one of my favourite dips and I go through vast quantities of it at home. Anything I purchase vast quantities of I like to have a go at making from scratch to see if I can come up with something just as good and a little more [...]
Banana bread would have to be one of my favourite morning tea foods. Toasted and warm spread with butter mmm. Unfortunately, despite the deceivingly healthy name, cafe-style banana bread is little more than dense cake with banana in it. We could fool ourselves into thinking it’s just bread and fruit but our waist lines would [...]
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.
