Month: April 2015

peanut butter and nutella ice cream sandwich, peanut butter, nutella, ice cream, ice cream sandwich, dessert, recipe, melbourne food blog, gluten free

Peanut butter and Nutella Ice Cream Sandwich

It’s no secret I love peanut butter. It’s also no secret that Nutella features regularly in my diet (or non-diet as the case may be). There is Instagram evidence that the two often coexist in my world – yin and yanging on a soup spoon or slathered on hot cross buns (yep, still eating them…) Life […] Read more…

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Spelt Ricotta Gnocchi for My Love

Whenever I ask My Love what he wants for dinner he shouts “GNOCCHI” accompanied by a fist pump.  This happens most days. Unfortunately until he can keep me in the manor to which I would like to become accustomed (house in Carlton, faffing about teaching people about wine and regular brunching) I don’t have the […] Read more…

salmon, baked salmon, balsamic, blueberry, balsamic blueberry glaze, fish and vegetables, keep your brain healthy

5 steps for a healthy brain

My grandma died of Alzheimer’s disease in November. Actually, no, I’m lying to you. Technically my grandma – all that she was, believed in, and stood for – died quite a while before November 2014. The last time I really saw her was in February 2011. I took her out for lunch just before I […] Read more…

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Sherry wine for cool aunties

Just like a dodgy aunty, I’ve loaded you with sugar and then left you to your own devices. It has been a week since we last caught up (a whole week! 😉 ) the longest time between posts since I started this blog. Did you try any of my Easter desserts (or recommendations)? I was […] Read more…

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Salted Caramel Hot Cross Bun Pudding

I love hot cross buns. I love them smeared with butter or dobbled (new word meaning ‘so thickly spread that the only way to do it is with a spoon’) with lemon curd, slathered with peanut butter or Nutella, or both at once. I always buy too many hot cross buns and end up with […] Read more…