Posts from the ‘My Favorites’ Category

Lemon Macarons

I often take the kids to Kmart so they can have a look at the toys and I can have a look at the books – they often have some of the best cookbooks at the best prices.  Last week, while browsing there, I found a book called “Macaroons“, with 30 macaron recipes, for only $9. Read more

Salted Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

I’ve came to a decision.  Chocolate and peanut butter make the best flavor combination ever.  And chocolate peanut butter cups are the best things I have ever eaten. Read more

Chocolate Pots With Salted Caramel Toffee

Are “chocolate pots” a new thing?  I had never heard of them before August 24, 2009, when I was in the hospital with my newborn baby.  I was trying to decide on my dinner from the hospital menu, and when I got to the desserts, I saw “chocolate pot”. Read more

Tim Tam Truffle Pops

Cake pops and cookie pops are becoming quite popular; they’ve even inspired pies, brownies and other yummy treats to hop onto sticks as well.  It’s the latest craze for food these days. Read more

Double-Chocolate Cookies

Wouldn’t you know it?  I got my new camera and then I had a string of failures in the kitchen.  They were tasty failures, but they were definitely not blog-worthy or even worthy of photographing with my new camera. Read more

Easy, Eggless Tiramisu

I realize that I have not updated here with a new recipe for a while!  Although I have a few things to get done today (including making egg salad and cooking the honey-mustard chicken that’s been marinating overnight, picking up my daughter from school and taking my 3-year-old son to an ear, nose and throat specialist to consider having his tonsils taken out) I really want to update with a lovely, delicious recipe for eggless tiramisu. Read more

No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

Regular readers may notice I have a bit of a thing for chocolate + peanut butter.  I’ve made chocolate peanut butter cups (which is the most popular recipes on my blog), Read more

Brioche Cinnamon Rolls

I’ve made brioche before, and I’ve made cinnamon rolls before.  But I’ve never made brioche cinnamon rolls.  I’m so proud of myself for this one – I did a really fantastic job on these. Read more

Iced Coffee

If I had it my way, I’d drink multiple cups of coffee a day.  I know it’s not a great idea to do this, so I limit myself to two cups a day (maybe three if I feel like I deserve it).  Hot coffees are great in winter for warming up, but now that the days are getting hotter here in Sydney the last thing I want is a hot beverage.  An iced drink will hit the spot much better than a hot one.  Enter the iced coffee.

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Chocolate & Peanut Butter Slice

Dear peanut butter fiends, as if you needed another reason to love peanut butter!  I am going to show you something so deliciously peanut buttery and chocolatey that you just may explode!

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Aaron's Chilli, Mushroom & Chorizo Pasta

Just to get your attention, I’m going to say first off that if you love Italian comfort-style food, you’re going to love this recipe for chilli, mushroom and chorizo pasta.  It comes from MasterChef Australia magazine, issue #5, and is a creation of former MasterChef Australia contestant Aaron Harvie.  I have to admit that while watching this season’s MasterChef, Aaron was not one of my top favorites, especially when Marion lost to him over the satay sauce!  However, the recipe he included in this month’s MasterChef magazine makes me realize that Aaron isn’t actually that bad.  His food dream is to open a pasta bar, so he gets all my good luck and respect because I just love pasta.

Aaron states in the description of this particular recipe that this is a great pasta to curl up on the couch with for a night at home (I totally agree).  His inspiration comes from his local deli’s “amazing” Portuguese chorizo.

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