after months of talking about it…today was the first day of Notebook Magazine’s The Craft Room! Here is a sneak peek into our very first class, cake decorating with Yogi of Sweet Dreams Cakes… After sitting through 2 of yogi’s classes today I have some lovely ideas for Keira’s birthday cake and we were amazed […]
{Keep Reading...}berry blondies
April 30, 2010 By 3 Comments
after success with the brownies last night I decided to play around with my blondie recipe….another winner! And since I’m out of the house most of the weekend I don’t expect these to last long with retro daddy in the kitchen….. 300g white chocolate melts100g butter2 eggs1 cup caster sugar1 cup flour (I used plain […]
{Keep Reading...}my chocolate raspberry brownies
April 29, 2010 By 20 Comments
oh my goodness! I didn’t think my brownies could get any better….but they just have!I bought all the ingredients to try a new cookie recipe and then it dawned on me…what if I put raspberries in my brownie recipe! My trusty, old faithful, been making it for years brownie recipe…… 200g dark cooking chocolate100g butter2 […]
{Keep Reading...}knitting for beginners
April 27, 2010 By 3 Comments
30 stitches scarfOriginally uploaded by miss_fee who knew that garter stitch could look so cool! With the official launch of classes for Notebook Magazine’s The Craft Room happening this Saturday (oh my goodness where has the time gone) here is a sneak peek of one of the projects you can make in beginners knitting. I […]
{Keep Reading...}cute book
April 26, 2010 By 21 Comments
I heart macarons…..ok so we call them macaroons here but tell me, is this not the sweetest book cover you have ever seen ???? I put this back at the newsagency yesterday but couldn’t stop thinking about it for the rest of the day…. step by step pictures, umpteen flavours of macaroon and then lots […]
{Keep Reading...}long time no dress
April 26, 2010 By 22 Comments
Yes, it has been a long time between dresses for my big miss! Mind you with the way she poses these days who’s looking at the dress…. I had seen this pattern (simplicity 3510) on posie gets cozy and knew I had to make it, as luck would have it SL had it in stock […]
{Keep Reading...}zucchini and feta pancakes…
April 25, 2010 By 17 Comments
I made these last year from a moosewood cookbook….and that went back to the library and did I write down the recipe, oh nooooooooo! So I winged it and we had sucess as I remembered it was 4 zucchini’s and 4 eggs. So here goes: 4 zucchini’s grated4 eggs separated100g feta crumbled (I love danish […]
{Keep Reading...}sweet potato and feta frittata
April 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
1 sweet potato1/2 cup peas8 eggs100g feta cubed1/2 red onion slicegrated cheese or cheese slices on top – Peel, cube and steam sweet potato and add to mixture of eggs, feta, peas and season well.– Pour into lined square baking tin and top with red onion and cheese– Bake for 20 minutes in 200 degree […]
{Keep Reading...}zucchini and feta pancakes
April 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I made these last year from a moosewood cookbook….and that went back to the library and did I write down the recipe, oh nooooooooo! So I winged it as I remembered it was 4 zucchini’s and 4 eggs. These disappeared very quickly from the plate and this week I’m going to try pea and feta. […]
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