How fast did December go?! How fast did the whole YEAR go??! I’ll be VERY glad to say good bye to 2008. It hasn’t been one of better years.
Our menu isn’t anything too exciting this week so I apologise if you came here thinking you were going to get some brilliant inspiration from my menu [...]

Common sense! That is what is lacking in this world, seriously.
“Why is Tina’s husband holding a box of chocolates above his head?” I hear you ask. “I know that Tina has said that he’s weird before but ………”
The box of chocolates that we received from one of Madeline’s best friends had the chocolate [...]

I was up early this morning so I could make the Donna Hay chocolate cupcakes that I got sent to me. I added 1/2 cup of the Metamucil Fibresure that I also got sent to me.
 

 
My kids were wondering what was up when I was telling them to eat a cupcake before they [...]

It’s the week of Christmas! I’m really looking forward to it now that all the gift shopping is done.
This week will look like this for us:
Monday - bangers and mash, veg, gravy
Tuesday - spaghetti bolognaise, garlic bread
Wednesday - takeaway (we’re taking the kids on a Christmas lights tour)
Christmas Day!
Boxing Day!
Saturday - not planned
Sunday - not [...]

Asking Bill and the kids what they wanted for Christmas lunch was a BIG mistake! If I was to make everything they wanted, I would have to start now and wouldn’t some out until Christmas morning!
So I told them that I will take their suggestions into consideration when I create the menu for our lunch [...]

 
Ingredients:
* 4 cups of rice bubbles (krispies)
* 1 cup icing sugar
* 1 cup desiccated coconut
* 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
* 250g Copha
 
Method:
1. Place Rice Bubbles, icing sugar, coconut and cocoa into mixing bowl.
2. Stir dry ingredients together.
3. Melt the Copha in a saucepan. Pour into the mixture.
4. Stir until mixed well.
5. Place spoonsful into paper patty [...]