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No, your eyes are not deceiving you, this is a post with a vegan recipe. Please keep reading, just occasionally it’s good to step outside of your comfort zone. Hosted by Nic from Dining with a Stud, this months Sweet Adventures Blog Hop has a theme to challenge even the best cooks. This month we [...]

Cancer is the leading cause of death in Australia. By the age of 85, 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will have been diagnosed with cancer. Probably the most depressing start to a blog post I have written but unfortunately they are stats we cannot ignore.  Everyone knows someone who has had [...]

There are definitely highs and lows when it comes to cheese making.  I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: cheese making is an art not a science. You can repeat a cheese making process over and over again and the results are always slightly different. We are getting to the pointy end of [...]

I love the change is seasons. Sydney is currently changing from summer to winter. Coming from the Northern Hemisphere I am used to four distinct seasons in a year, but in Sydney I think we only really get two seasons: summer and winter. The change from summer to winter is usually quite a gradual change.  [...]

Back in September 2012 I decided enough was enough and it was time to deal with the kilograms that had slowly attached themselves to my waistline, cheeks and chin.  Over the years, as my cooking skills have increased, so has my waistline and my husbands cholesterol levels.  Learning to make bacon and cheese was a [...]