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Rustic Baking At Its Best. Hazelnut Coffee Cake With A Sour Cherry Jam Swirl And Chocolate Crumble.
As always in our house Autumn brings cooler weather and a spate of baking as I give in to a seemingly never ending demand for cake. As long as there is no request for fancy decoration I’m always happy to … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Afternoon Tea, Autumn, Cake, Chocolate Crumble, Coffee, Hazelnut, Sour Cherry
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Diet Recipe Idea Under 100 Calories. Beef Broth, Stock or Brodo.
According my news feed New York City’s latest health trend is a steaming cup of bone broth. For the stylish and sophisticated, purchased from the hip and happening Brodo, a take-out window attached to Marco Canora’s popular Hearth restaurant. Simply … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Soup
Tagged 5:2 Diet, Beef, Brodo, Broth, Fast Diet, Gluten free, Healthy, Kitchen Basics, Stock
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The Pleasures Of The Feast. Three Layer Salted Caramel Slice With Popcorn Brittle
Oh my. Sometimes I throw caution to the wind and totally abandon any semblance of clean eating. To shamelessly indulge in the pleasures of the feast. Sometimes I just can’t say no, particularly so when staring down something like this. … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Afternoon Tea, Australia, Baking, Brittle, Caramel, Popcorn, Slice
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Kitchen Secrets. How To Quickly and Easily Seed A Pomegranate.
View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Paddington Foodie (@thepaddingtonfoodie) We’ve been seeding pomegranates in our house. Splitting open plump and heavy orbs by the bowl full. Releasing a tumble of ruby red arils from their jewellery … Continue reading
Posted in Fruit, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5:2 Diet, Autumn, Fast Diet, Healthy, Made From Scratch, Pomegranate, Seeding Pomegranate
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Lest We Forget. Honouring Our Traditions. Little Anzac Ripple Cakes.
Saturday marks the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign in World War I. A bloody eight month campaign which commenced on April 25, 1915 with the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. Through … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Afternoon Tea, ANZAC Day, Australia, Biscuits, Chocolate, Coconut, Dessert, Ganache, Golden Syrup, Oats, Ripple Cake
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Diet Recipe Idea Under 100 Calories. Black Forest Trail Mix.
With the April holidays almost over, it’s time to properly embrace my 5-2 eating regime again. Somewhere along the line I’ve fallen into a pattern of faithful adherence during our 8-9 week school terms coupled with a slow but certain … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Fruit
Tagged 5:2 Diet, Cacao Nibs, Coconut, Fast Diet, Gluten free, Goji Berries, Healthy, Trail Mix
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A Little Taste Of Italy. Lemon Polenta Cookies With Rosemary and Pine Nuts.
There’s a certain curiosity associated with baking with herbs. For me it started with a visit to Lavandula in Victoria’s beautiful Hepburn Spa region and Stephanie Alexander’s lavender scones. Before too much longer I was inspired to add a little finely minced fresh … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Afternoon Tea, Autumn, Baking, Biscuits, Cookies, Italian, Lemon, Pinenuts, Polenta, Rosemary
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Diet Recipe Idea Under 100 Calories. Mini Berry And Yoghurt Smoothie Bowls.
Last summer I was introduced to the instagram smoothie bowl craze by my teenage daughters. Literally a smoothie in a bowl. Thickened with frozen fruit to add natural sweetness and creaminess. Topped with an ever-changing but always pretty array of … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Fruit, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5:2 Diet, Blueberries, Brunch, Chia Seeds, Fast Diet, Gluten free, Healthy, Pomegranate, Pumpkin Seeds, Smoothie, Strawberries, Yoghurt
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So Rich. So Buttery. So Chic. Pear and Almond Friands
One of the things I love most about school holidays is the welcome change of pace from a frenetic, breakneck speed to an almost leisurely meandering. Time to stop and smell the roses. Throw routine out the window and indulge … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Fruit, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Afternoon Tea, Apple, Autumn, Baking, Butter, Cake, Friand, Pear
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Diet Recipe Idea Under 300 Calories. Pumpkin and Spinach Dahl.
As always, we returned from our Easter long weekend road trip with a car boot full of organic produce from my father’s autumn garden. Each time we visit my family in Canberra I am reminded what a privilege it is … Continue reading
Posted in Vegetables, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5:2 Diet, Autumn, Dahl, Fast Diet, Gluten free, Healthy, Indian, Lentils, Organic, Pumpkin, Silverbeet, Spinach
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