It’s going to be a hot one in Perth this week so this dessert should help to cool you down. It’s the first time I’ve tried to make a semifreddo, but I was pretty happy with the creamy, tropical result 🙂 You can really mix it up with whatever flavours are your favourite, but for […]

Super easy, super tasty, super pretty recipe! It’s a fun, fast dinner or lunch and it sure to impress with its vibrant colours 🙂 Summer time tomatoes are bursting with sweetness so pick up a few punnets and a packet of puff pastry and you are in business! Cherry Tomato Tarte Tartin Approximately 6 slices […]

If you still have some belated Christmas or perhaps New Year entertaining to do then here’s a recipe that I just love – Pork Belly with Chilli Caramel Sauce and Fresh Herbs. This is another one that you could recently find on a recipe card in store at Belmont Forum but for those that didn’t get […]

Ahh Christmas Ham….. such wonderful stuff. Though there is always sooooo much of it! If you are still working through a large leg then why not whip up some of this tomato relish and have some ham and egg burgers for breakie! This is one of the recipes I recently did for Belmont Forum’s Twelve […]

I enjoy cooking. I’m no expert but I always try and bring two things with me to the kitchen – passion and enthusiasm – and I find with them in tow you are much more likely to have some culinary success. Now I have a reasonable cook book collection and let’s face it, the internet […]

Until last week I knew I was a fan of fungi but I didn’t have much of an appreciation for the power of the mighty mushroom. I was invited along to a fundraising dinner that the Mushroom Growers Association held in support of the Australian Cancer Council at the Pavilion Restaurant at the West Coast Institute […]

When I had the opportunity recently to try my hand at recipe writing for Belmont Forum I turned my attention to desserts for my third recipe (after whipping up some Mini Beef Burgers with Hand Cut Chips and also Lemon and Herb Chicken Schnitzel with Slaw and Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges). It really was a whole […]

Back in August I had the exciting opportunity to come up with a few recipes for Belmont Forum. I headed along to their shopping complex and made a bee line for the fresh food precinct. They have a really solid selection of fresh fruit and vegies, lovely freshly baked bread, all your poultry needs sorted […]

It is great fun to mix things up every now and then, so what’s more mixed up for a city gal that normally doesn’t wear gumboots or play in the rain than to pull on a pair of wellies and go splish splashing during a downpour? Oh yes, it was bizzaro world last Saturday and […]

I love cheese and one of the most fun cheeses, if there is such a thing as a fun cheese, is haloumi. I think it’s because when you take the time to pan fry some haloumi, it is sheer perfection. I think it’s the squeak. That wonderful squeak you can hear as you chew it. […]