If you are after a plain, crispy cookie, you will love these brown sugar and cinnamon cookies. They are quick and easy to prepare and taste amazing fresh from the oven. Sarah baked up a big batch on the weekend while I was vacuuming - it was so nice … [Read more...]
A Cool Escape
Sponsored by Cold RockWe are finally getting some decent Spring weather in Perth, with the thermometer reaching the mid 30's this weekend. When the weather heats up, we love to walk down to the Boat Harbour to get some fresh sea air. Tonight we … [Read more...]
Spicy Tomato Ketchup
One of the things we love about Spring and Summer, is eating more meals outdoors. We enjoy our BBQ's and grilled foods. One way to make your home made burgers and fries shine, is to add some home made spicy tomato ketchup. It has a richer complexity … [Read more...]
Halloween Craft
Halloween is certainly growing in popularity in Australia, if the number of "Treat or Treat"-ers that we get knocking on our door in recent years is anything to go by. We really enjoyed our three Halloweens spent in Texas. It really is such a fun … [Read more...]
Chocolate and Vanilla Swirl Cookies
Chocolate and vanilla are our favourite cookie flavours. Sarah has combined them in these Chocolate and Vanilla Swirl Cookies. They look really effective with the swirl. We might make a big batch of these for Christmas.Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups … [Read more...]
Burp Cloths to Sew
We have been having a big clean-up of our sewing/crafting space this week. All of our sewing supplies have been reorganised. As part of the organisation, we discovered lots of projects from a few years ago, including this set of Burp Cloths that were … [Read more...]
Custard Cake
Eggs were left off our shopping list this week. When Sarah went into the kitchen yesterday to bake us a cake for afternoon tea, she realised we only had one egg left - which wasn't enough for the recipe she was planning to make. Not to be deterred, … [Read more...]
Christmas Gift Pouch
Gifts come in all shapes and sizes, so we have made up a few little Christmas Gift Pouches in red gingham and white homespun to match our Christmas theme. These are the perfect size for small gifts like jewellery, chocolates, or other little … [Read more...]
Hot Chocolate Mix
Now that Christmas is getting closer, we are starting to plan our Christmas gifts. We always love to include some homemade gifts for family and friends, so will be sharing some gift ideas here over the coming weeks. One item that we love to give and … [Read more...]
Book Reviews: From the Family Kitchen, and Fine Cooking Italian
Books are the perfect gift to both give and receive. Whether it be novels, craft or cooking books - we love them all. We have a couple of titles today that will interest home cooks and would make terrific gifts for Christmas.From the Family Kitchen: … [Read more...]
Sablés with Caramel Glaze
If you love buttery biscuits (cookies) as much as we do, you will enjoy these French Sablés with a Caramel Glaze. They are light and crisp, and are the perfect accompaniment to a cup of tea. They taste amazing fresh from the oven, and also freeze … [Read more...]
Stitched Gift Cards
To fit with our French Inspired / Red Gingham Christmas theme, we have made some Gingham Gift Cards. Our gift wrap this year will be white, so we wanted our gift cards to be fairly simple. Stars and Hearts will be perfect.We ironed some Steam a Seam … [Read more...]
