Believe it or not, avocado is one of Layne's favourite foods
It is the perfect crime. Chocolate cupcakes that have two vegetables cleverly concealed within: avocado and the oft-reviled cauliflower.
I have written about my love of the Deceptively Delicious philosophy and recipes previously. Actually, I’m a raving fan and should be getting a commission on those books!
(The then) Miss2 checking out potential birthday cakes
I wrote in my bio that my family doesn’t have any food traditions, but my very young blog is already showing me that we do. Nice!
One of these is I think a very common one in Australia. And that is the Australian Women’s Weekly Birthday Cake Book. I remember looking at this book year-round and agonising over which cake I would have for my next birthday. I’ll have to go through my childhood pics at Mum and Dads and work out what I had. I do recall the piano, the maypole and the blackboard. My soccer mad brother had the soccer field and my sister had the swimming pool several years in a row. My husband’s family had the same book (not surprising, the book has sold half a million copies), and he had the fort multiple times. Apparently we aren’t the only ones: there’s a Facebook group.
Can you get more passive than passive? Obviously I can!
It’s been 11 months (close enough to round up to a year) since last posted. Why? Well, for one thing, I originally started this blog in hope that it might get my PhD writing juices going. It didn’t, but I’m pleased to say that I attended a wonderful workshop that did. So things were going well. I was cooking, doing a bit of blogging and making some genuine progress on my thesis.
I’ve got a bit of a crush on Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. His River Cottage series’ are just divine. Uplifting.
But the food always seems a bit hard. Even some of the ingredients that aren’t gathered from a hedgerow are a bit hard to obtain in regional Australia. Continue reading
Both my Dad and my Dad-In-Law love Chilli Mud Crab.
The recipes (and their origin) are quite different.
I have made this basic bread recipe a few times before, but I can’t remember ever having gone all the way.
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