Monthly Archives: December 2009

Ice-Cream Christmas Pudding

Living in a warm climate at Christmas time can have some definite disadvantages, the most obvious for me being that I have never experienced a white Christmas! However, on the bonus side, how many people  in the northern hemisphere would … Continue reading

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Sweet Potato & Herb Muffins

On the first day of the school holidays, my 12 year old son was so happy! With school finally over for the year, summer here and Christmas just around the corner, my boy, like many other school aged children, has … Continue reading

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There’s Nothin’ Like a Muffin!

School’s out for the year and what better way for a 12 year old to celebrate the Grand Finale of his primary school years than with a freshly baked batch of Chocolate & Banana Muffins. A firm favourite in our … Continue reading

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Green Mango Chutney

With my beautiful mango tree producing fruit like crazy this summer, Green Mango Chutney was a certainty. I also knew exactly which recipe I would be using. For the last goodness-knows-how-many years I have been hearing about my husband’s grandmother’s … Continue reading

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The CWA & The LOA (AKA…Country Women’s Association & Law of Attraction!)

Last week, whilst reading my favorite magazine, a letter to the editor caught my eye. The author of the letter told her story of having purchased, in 1984, from an antique store in England, a copy of a Coronation CWA … Continue reading

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