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Coconut Lime Cake With Rum Frosting

March 28, 2012

Coconut Lime Cake With Rum Frosting is a beautiful tropical cake that has a zesty fresh flavour steeped with the headiness of rum. A quick to bake, easy celebration cake!

Tagged: | baking, cake, coconut, cream cheese, green, high-tea, lime, liqueur, rum, summer, tropical, under the walnut sun, white

Chickpea Bhel Salad

February 14, 2012

Chickpea Bhel Salad is inspired by Mumbai's most popular street snack - bhelpuri. It is light, healthy, tangy and packs a crunch with chickpeas, peanuts, capsicum and lime

Tagged: | chaat, chickpea, healthy, indian, lime, peanut, picnic, quick, rock salt, salad, spices, street food, summer, vegetarian

Brown Mushroom Tortano

January 31, 2012

Brown Mushroom Tortano - A gorgeous yeast Napolitan bread stuffed with balsamic glazed swiss mushrooms and stringy cheese. Perfect for picnics and barbecues

Tagged: | baking, balsamic vinegar, barbecue, bread, brown, italian, mushroom, picnic, summer, thyme, tortano, yeast

Pomegranate Dragon Fruit And Lychee Sorbet

January 21, 2012

I love pomegranates. I hate peeling or prepping them. One of my kitchen pet peeves along with refilling oil from the can into the oil bottle and cutting a pumpkin. I only get to eat

Tagged: | chilled, dessert, dragon fruit, fruit, gelato, lemon, lychee, pink, POM, pomegranate, red, sorbet, summer, tropical

Lemon Cake

November 12, 2011

A plain lemon cake is a joy to eat fresh from the oven. It speaks summer like no other afternoon treat during hot days. Just like old fashioned lemonade it has the ability to

Tagged: | baking, cake, high-tea, lemon, picnic, summer, yellow

Brown Bread And Rum Ice Cream

November 1, 2011

Brown Bread And Rum No Churn Ice Cream. Tell me you want it! Scream it to me! Because it is THAT good! It will make you feel like naughty and nice, you know? those

Tagged: | bread, chilled, dairy, dessert, ice cream, liqueur, orange, rum, summer

Vanilla Sustagen And Strawberry Pops. Win A Zoku Quick Pop Maker!

September 23, 2011

I was asked by the ever so lovely people at Kitchenware Direct to pick something from their amazing array of products to review and test run on the blog. Having done a beautiful pasta

Tagged: | chilled, dairy, dessert, giveaway, healthy, ice cream, kitchen gadgets, pops, review, strawberry, summer, sweet, vanilla, white, zoku

Potato Bacon And Egg Grill Sandwich

May 20, 2010

I did a hearty and warm salad for dinner last night. No pasta and no rice, I thought to myself. I whipped up a hot pot of pumpkin and potato soup. Drawing inspiration from a

Tagged: | bacon, brunch, egg, grill, lunchbox, potato, sandwich, summer

Gorgeous Passionfruit ice cream recipe to beat Sydney's summer heat. Fresh passion fruit is the most delicious of fruits with its juicy pulp and crunchy seeds. This ice cream has a very refreshing and tropical tangy taste

Tagged: | dairy, dessert, fruit, ice cream, passionfruit, summer

Summer Peach And Lemon Jam

December 17, 2009

Summer in Australia is a stone fruit lover’s dream. Markets abound with peaches, plums, apricots and mangoes, sold in trays of luscious golden, sun-kissed goodness. We are big fruit eaters in this house and there

Tagged: | fruit, jam, lemon, pantry, peach, summer, yellow

Cheesecake Berry Trifle

April 30, 2009

I made this delightfully simple dessert for Easter. It requires no cooking or baking, just some assembling of ingredients, some whisking and putting it all together. It is one of the fastest desserts I have

Tagged: | cheesecake, dessert, fruit, pudding, summer

Mango And Toasted Coconut Semifreddo

February 8, 2008

Mango And Toasted Coconut Semifreddo created from Donna Hay magazine's gorgeous launch issue. Bright, beautiful and full of lovely texture, this cool treat is a summer staple in our home