Wishing all my readers a very Merry Christmas and a happy and safe New Year! Well Christmas is upon us and it is going to hot here according to the forecast! Actually we’re in for a heatwave over the next week. Nothing under 37°C (98°F) and up to 41°C (105°F) in the coming days. So it will be cold meats and salads for us on Christmas day! Thankfully we usually do most of our cooking on Christmas Eve – it’s often too hot on Christmas day! Actually as I write this the Christmas pudding is … [Read more...]
Easy Steamed Christmas Plum Pudding
One of my favourite things about Christmas is being able to have some Christmas plum pudding! There is nothing better on Christmas day than topping a big piece of plum pudding with some cream and ice cream. Some will add custard too, but I’m not a big custard fan! ;) The Christmas puddings we had when I was kid were usually store bought ones but I loved them anyway. It was a taste that we only had on Christmas so cutting the plum pudding was very exciting! Over the years I have fallen out … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
I’d like to wish all of my readers a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful and safe New Year! It is going to be a beautiful day, weather wise for Christmas this year. It will be about 28 °C (82 °F) here which is cool enough that we can enjoy a hot Christmas lunch but it won’t be too cold. We will be able to have a lovely Christmas lunch outside under our veranda (patio). Because it’s not going to be too hot we will be having some roast meats and vegetables. Plus this year I have made a … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
I would like to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and I hope you have a happy and safe New Year. Well there is not long to go now before the big day. I think that I have most things organized! I just have some presents to wrap but it has become a tradition in our family to leave most of the wrapping until Christmas Eve. This Christmas is going to be a hot one for us here in Australia! We have had a mild summer so far but the Christmas period is giving us our first heat wave! … [Read more...]
Beautiful Paper Christmas Decorations
The whole family will love making and decorating the tree with these gorgeous Paper Christmas Decorations. They are so easy to make from coloured A4 paper! It seems to be a bit harder to get into the Christmas spirit this year. I don’t know why but everyone I talk to says the same thing. I think that it has something to do with the cool summer that we have been having so far. Normally we have experienced a heat wave or two in the lead up to Christmas but this year the weather has been very … [Read more...]
Crunchy Nut Honey Joys with M&M’s!
It’s a while since I have eaten honey joys; they used to be one of my favourite snacks as a kid! We didn’t have them all the time, but at birthday’s and school fetes they always made an appearance. Honey joys are a delicious sweet, crunchy treat and they are also quick and easy to make. Regular honey joys are made with plain Cornflakes but I decided to use Crunchy Nut Cornflakes just to give them a subtle twist. Traditionally honey joys don’t have any chocolate in them either. But I wanted … [Read more...]
My Top Tips for a Deliciously Moist Christmas Cake
There is nothing better than tucking into a yummy piece of moist Christmas cake on Christmas Eve! Today I’m sharing a few tips to help you ensure that your Christmas cake turns out wonderfully moist and delicious! I was making my Christmas cake the other day and I realised that there are some things I do that are not in the recipe. They’re not vital to the cake making process but they do ensure that my Christmas cake turns out really moist. Most of the things I do are due to the advice … [Read more...]
Sweet Homemade Gift for Mother’s Day
In just a few minutes you can turn an empty container into a beautiful homemade gift for mum that is filled with her favourite sweets! I am not really a yogurt lover but I have been eating a bit of the Jalna pot set yoghurt lately. It’s mainly to boost my calcium intake a bit because I don’t eat a lot of other dairy. I’ve never liked yoghurt in the past but now I am starting to get a bit of a taste for the creamy vanilla flavour! Apart from boosting my calcium intake my yoghurt consumption … [Read more...]