MY DARLING LEMON THYME

fresh mint chocolate chip frozen yoghurt recipe

I hadn’t planned on seeing the New Year in. Unlike back in my teenage years I really can’t be arsed with the whole kerfuffle that goes with New Years Eve. Maybe it’s what happens when you get a little older, the whole pressure to ‘go out’ really doesn’t even come into play once you’re over […]

lemon, honey + thyme sorbet recipe

Last week a crazy storm ripped through Western Australia and I have a feeling it might be the very one that’s just passed through Auckland, NZ too? (I hope you are all okay?!) During the storm the kids and I stood at the window looking out into our back yard and begged for the crazy winds […]

strawberry almond cakes recipe {gluten + dairy-free}

So spring has well and truly arrived here in Perth. The weathers been as fickle as ever, 12C degrees one day, 29C the next!  Everyone always seems to wax lyrical about autumn (fall) and I get it I really do… but spring, spring is my most favourite season of all. New life is starting up […]

rich chocolate slice recipe

Fresh medjool dates were a luxury we could rarely afford growing up. I remember my dad would buy one or two every so often and keep them hidden from us, probably eating them in peace and quiet when us kids were fast asleep at night. They are still ridiculously overpriced back home in New Zealand, but thankfully […]

gluten-free apple berry pandowdy recipe

  I awoke yesterday to a very distraught little girl pleading with me to let her stay home from school. “My tummy really, really hurts mum”, she said. There have been all sorts of nasty bugs doing the rounds lately and even though Ada has a bad habit of saying something hurts on a daily basis, for […]

gluten-free chocolate almond cake recipe {Reine de Saba}

Cooking legend Julia Child would have been turning 100 on August 15th this year. For the past 6 weeks bloggers from around the world have been invited to cook recipes in her honour as part of JC100. Each week there’s been a different recipe from Mastering the Art of French Cooking to play with if […]

gluten-free lemon delicious pudding recipe

Citrus season is in full-swing in Perth and I’ve never seen such laden trees before moving over here! Back home in NZ our lemon tree used to take turns, you know… one year millions of fruit, the next, only a handful. But here, the trees seem to be full to branch-breaking point every year. We […]