I love challenging myself with new food and love finding a recipe that I can tweak and call my own. After a quick 3 days in Samoa, I found myself staring blankly in my pantry and found a packet of Risoni I’d purchased to make baked stuffed capsicums. I had purchased fresh mint the day before to make grilled chicken kofta’s which got me thinking how I could use both […]
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This recipe was given to me by one of my mother’s group friends at one of our very first meetings… it is so quick and simple to make that it’s great for when you are time poor, or have run out of butter and have too many apples in the fruit bowl ~ which was the case for me this weekend. Ingredients 2 cups plain flour 1tsp bicarbonate of soda […]
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As the days get shorter and the nights get colder, even the best of us can get a little down. And let’s face it – winter generally isn’t the most welcomed season. Rain, frost bite, coughs, colds and not to mention the dreaded winter blues are a catalyst for the extra kilos that add to the pitfalls of Winter. But just when you thought you had a good excuse to […]
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With 2 fennels in the fridge and not too much else to go with my olive, feta and pesto infused chicken breasts, I recalled a delicious Autumn salad I had eaten years ago at Mr Wolf in St Kilda owned by one of my favourite chef’s; Karen Martini! Let’s see how the memory goes… Ingredients 2 fennels finely shaved 1 large red chili finely sliced ¾ cup of peas (frozen […]
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We celebrated our son Daniel’s 18th birthday in April 2008 and I can remember thinking ‘how lucky am I’. I had a loving husband, a daughter who was studying Year 11 and planning on pursuing a career in medicine, and a son Daniel who was studying Year 12 at Parade College. Daniel had been experiencing back pain on and off for approximately four months, in which time he sought treatment […]
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