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Nautical Nonsense Party – the details

In aid of my housemates Bec and Elly’s birthdays, we hosted a Nautical Nonsense themed party at the weekend. Armed with a bevy of ideas (thanks to this Pinterest board) we went about converting our 3 bedroom townhouse into some … Continue reading

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Bruce Bogtrotter’s Chocolate Cake

Bruce Bogtrotter is the poor sod who’s made to eat the entirety of a ridiculously huge chocolate cake by the evil Miss Trunchbull in Roald Dahl’s ‘Matilda’ (click here to see the stomach churning scene from the movie). When I … Continue reading

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Redemption baking: cauliflower and broccoli pies

These pies have turned out to be an ongoing saga. Firstly, I told you about The Greatest Most Delicious Pie in the World that can only be bought from a bakery in Esperance and how I had promised to make … Continue reading

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Lately: food and friends

I went to a EuroVision party. Aaron made a rainbow vodka jelly cake using one and a half bottles of paint stripper vodka: Karen made Obložené chlebíčky: I made apfel strudel for the first time ever, winged it and totally … Continue reading

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Banana choc muffins

It’s rare that I have the luxury of having old bananas to use in baking, but last week my housemate Elly asked me to buy 10 bananas. 10! So that we could stuff them with chocolate and marshmallows, wrap them … Continue reading

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Eating my way around Melbourne – part 4

Friday We needed nourishment and revitalisation by Friday. Hello Pho. (and greetings to the painkillers you can see in the photo below) At one stage I used to eat at Pho Chu The on Victoria Street once or twice a … Continue reading

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Cauliflower, broccoli and cheese pie

I thought I would break up all these food posts with a recipe! Clever. I’ve been meaning to post this for a while so apologies to those who have been waiting with baited breath (I know you’re out there). For … Continue reading

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Moving to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches

Well, we didn’t actually eat any peaches but we did eat a lot. On Good Friday I flew to Melbourne, was picked up by my sister and after accidentally heading towards Bendigo for a while we made it back on … Continue reading

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Healthy Apple Crumble

So, my housemates Elly, Bec and I are making an effort to eat a little more healthily at the moment (a project which involved a hilarious session of finding both the fattest and skinniest photos of ourselves available, thank you … Continue reading

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Retro lawn party

Thank God (quite literally) that this is a short week. My Mondayitis is particularly acute this morning because I had a humdinger of a weekend. It started on Friday night with a joint 30th Retro Lawn Party at the Hannans … Continue reading

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