It all started with a mince & cheese styled birthday cake. It didn’t have mince or cheese in it, wasn’t a pie & was definitely a cake 🙂 I’ve always enjoyed making & styling cakes, and for as long as we’ve been married I’ve almost always done a different cake for DH. From pac-man to pies, it’s always been a sweet treat. This year, however, DH issued me a challenge without actually thinking he had 😛 He happened to mention, at some point before his birthday, that he’d never seen anyone do savoury cupcakes with icing/frosting. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED said my brain 😛 Timing, however, wasn’t on his side. With his…
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Easy Dairy Free Scones
I’ll start off by saying I’m TERRIBLE at making plain scones. My previous attempts could, and should, have been classed as weapons or doorstops ; that’s how hard they were. I’ve been told it’s probably because I mix them too much, but I’m never sure how much is TOO much? I mean all the flour does need to be mixed in properly right? Anyway, it doesn’t really matter any more as these scones are SO easy to make! There’s no cutting of butter (cos there isn’t any) and not much chance of over mixing. PLUS, it’s dairy free, egg-free & sugar-free!! Which is great for me because I don’t have…
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Lunchbox Days – An Introduction
It hit me, finally some might say, that my son is 4! Now less than a year till he can start school. So far making and feeding him lunch has been pretty simple. I make lunch just before lunchtime, and we eat it. On kindy days, I don’t need to make him lunch as it’s all included in the fees that we pay weekly. It suddenly struck me that I need to be able to make and pack lunches that he can store in his school bag for half a day before he, hopefully, eats it. When I was growing up, lunches were made by mum that morning before we…
