Gingerbread Muffins

Makes 12 Now I'm at home all day, I'm trying to emulate the original domestic goddess herself, Nigella. She is my total kitchen hero.  I have tweaked her original recipe, dabbled with the [Read More]

Sticky Date Cookies

Makes 18 If you like Sticky Date Pudding, you're going to love these Sticky Date Cookies! I first fell in love with sticky date when I was backpacking around Australia. My travels took me to the [Read More]

Catherine’s Best Chocolate Brownies

Makes 20 small squares Last month, I had morning tea at Gidget House where I was inspired by some amazing people, learned about the important work of the Gidget Foundation  and inhaled some truly [Read More]

Mandarin and Cranberry Muffins

Makes 12 These mandarin muffins are sugar and spice and all things nice! For me they taste like Christmas, but they're so delicious you'll want to eat them all year round. They're not [Read More]

Christmas Tree Cookies

A few weeks ago I was invited to an event. It was called Make It Merry. It was an event presented by Spotlight. And it was all about Christmas. That's a hat trick of happiness right there. Have you [Read More]

Cherry Cake with Lemon Icing

This is adapted from an original recipe  by Mary Berry, she of the Great British Bake Off  fame. It's simple and it's delicious and it will transform you into a star baker in just a few simple steps. [Read More]

Choc Chip Honey Cake

Serves 12 September is National Honey Month and  Jewish New Year. At Rosh Hashanah we eat honey cake to express our wishes for a sweet new year. This one has chocolate chips on the inside [Read More]

Easy Beef Curry

Serves 4 - 6 It's no secret that I love a good curry and I can throw this one together in minutes with ingredients that are close at hand. I've included both stove top and Thermomix instructions. [Read More]

Strawberry and White Chocolate Muffins

Makes 12 My love affair with strawberries has been long.  When they're in season, I eat them, I bake with them and I freeze them (so I can eat and bake with them later when they're not in season [Read More]