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Dark Chocolate & Hazelnut Brownies with Chocolate Icing

I decided to vary my Dark Chocolate & Almond Brownies recipe by swapping the almond meal for hazelnut meal, and the almonds for hazelnuts. Yummy variation! I also decided to ice them and write things on them with a red icing pen (store-bought) for friends & hubby. Below is the recipe for the chocolate icing […]

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Coconut and Sultana Rice Pudding

This recipe loosely based on a coconut rice pudding recipe found on coconut rice pudding recipe found on bestrecipes.com.au. Good ratings from hubby, dad-in-law and Aiden (our pageboy at our wedding and James’s cousin ^_^). I’m fairly happy with the photo I got of it on my little mobile too! (see below) Serves: 5-6 Ingredients […]

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Dark Chocolate & Almond Brownies

Today I attempted to make brownies for the first time. I started with a brownie recipe from taste.com.au, but ended up modifying it quite a bit.  They turned out yum thankfully, they were a lot of work as I haven’t baked much, so it was all a bit new to me! James also enjoyed them […]

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Garlic and Parmesan Bread

This recipe is taken from the garlic bread recipe on simplyrecipes.com, but I’ve altered a few things and changed the measurements into Aussie standards (metric) for my (and your?) convenience. I made this for a bunch of friends when we got together to play Dungeons & Dragons one autumn weeknight and it was all gobbled […]

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Spinach and Ricotta Filo Triangles

Another goodie, Spinach and Ricotta Filo Triangles recipe on http://www.taste.com.au/. The grated apple caught my eye at first as strange, but it really works! I didn’t alter anything really, just seasoned the mixture inside the triangles with cracked salt and pepper before baking. I also served them with small dipping amounts of tomato, bbq & […]

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