It was my husbands birthday a few weeks ago and the day before was an absolutely stinking hot day, so there was no way I was going to turn the oven on! I had to come up with an alternative to a cake that was baked in the oven. He loves coffee, whiskey and […]
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Wombok Salad with Chicken
Posted on August 19, 2014 · 7 Comments
My mum makes a mean wombok salad, one of the things I have missed since going Failsafe. We managed to find some dried noodles* at a local Chinese supermarket that listed all the ingredients as Failsafe. Since I had the noodles, the main ingredient of this recipe, I had to adapt her wombok salad! […]
[Continue Reading]Meat Filled Triangles and Sausage Rolls
Posted on July 30, 2014 · 4 Comments
A simple recipe today but one that my fussy Miss 5 loves in her lunch box. She is increasingly fussy that I am surprised we actually end up with anything in her lunch box each day! Surprisingly she still loves pastry and it has been the one constant thing that she will actually eat for […]
[Continue Reading]Frozen Birthday Cake & Cup Cakes
Posted on June 26, 2014 · 4 Comments
Miss 6 had been planning her 7th birthday cake for months. Being a huge fan of the Disney Frozen movie, that was the theme she wanted with an Anna and Elsa on the top was her strict instructions! At the time I was hunting for anything in the “frozen” theme, there was nothing in […]
[Continue Reading]Minecraft Cake
Posted on April 29, 2014 · Leave a Comment
My son is a huge fan of Minecraft and that was the request for his cake this year. I was hoping it would be easy since everything in the game is all blocks. It was a bit of a challenge trying to make them even, I can’t even cut paper straight with scissors, lol. I […]
[Continue Reading]Easter Cupcakes
Posted on April 17, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Easter is upon us again, a time to be able to celebrate an unfailing act of love. Eggs symbolise new life and I couldn’t resist putting a marshmallow fondant egg on top of the last batch of cup cakes I had just made. I had some marshmallow fondant in the fridge left over from the […]
[Continue Reading]Celebrate …just because!
Posted on March 1, 2014 · 1 Comment
I absolutely love any opportunity to celebrate! Last weekend, we did just that, with the help of a book that a very good friend of mine has just published. This isn’t just an ordinary book… so I had to share it with you! It is all about creating memories and bringing the family together around […]
[Continue Reading]Quark or Philly Caramelised Leek Dip
Posted on February 23, 2014 · Leave a Comment
After a recent trip to the markets, my husband, Jimmy and sister-in-law returned home with some locally made quark cheese. Knowing quark is suitable for the failsafe diet (if you can have dairy) we had always wanted to try it on the kids to see they would like it… anything to increase our repertoire of […]
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