Big Day Out
Hurrah! This weekend we're giving up on the city and going out to the country, but before we make our great escape, I squeeze in a sneaky 8km to set me up for the fun filled days ahead! We've both [Read More]
Food for Thought: Top Tip 1
1. The Tape Measure Test To be healthy, women should have a waist measurement of no more than 80cm and men no more than 94cm. Despite what we think, the size of our legs and bums is not important, [Read More]
Corn and Fetta Samosas
Makes 8 large samosas These tasty little pockets will go down a treat – make some and freeze some! Ingredients 2 cups (320g) frozen sweetcorn ½ cup (125ml) vegetable oil 2 teaspoons [Read More]
An Evening of Health
On Tuesday, Eve and I head off to the local community centre for an "Evening of Health". We're going to find out ways to eat ourselves healthy, see and taste some "healthy" chocolate made in the [Read More]
Meatless Monday – Thermomix Mushroom and Pea Risotto
Serves 4 I've never been one to cook different meals for different people, I like to take into account everyone's dietary differences/requirements and then work on the premise that one meal feeds [Read More]
Going Down
It's July 25. One of my students really gets into the Christmas in July spirit and brings a box of "Christmas" chocolates to share with us. It gives Wednesday a totally festive feel! There's lots [Read More]
Coconut Ice Frosting
This frosting is pretty as a picture, pretty delicious and tasted pretty much like coconut ice, just in frosting form! This frosting is so quick and easy to make. I love to serve it atop [Read More]
Weighting and Baking
My back is better, so much so, that I feel brave enough to venture back to pump. I lift a fraction of my usual weights but I feel stronger already. Man, I've missed this! The Feeder Programme is [Read More]
Melt and Mix Chocolate Cake
This delicious chocolate cake is one of the first recipes I ever tried in my Thermomix. You won't be surprised to learn that the first recipe I tried was a cake but you might be surprised to learn [Read More]
A Pub2Pub Purpose
Today I'm thinking about that quote from Avenue Q; "everyone needs a purpose." And no one needs one more than ME! After my two second shortfall yesterday at the Sutherland to Surf, I feel like a [Read More]
