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easy spring appetizer

This is a great appetizer if you need to take it to a friend's place or on a picnic. It travels well and can be made ahead of time (on the same day).  Just refrigerate it until you need it.…

mindfulness

                                      (source: thesocialmediamonthly.com) I have a very busy brain. There are lists of lists running through it at all times making sleep and relaxation a challenge. I'm constantly multi-tasking and feeling like a winner when I have as many balls…

DIY gift tote

When a friend has helped me out I've sometimes put together a basket of goodies to say thanks, or I've found one already wrapped and ready to go. This week a lovely family really stepped up when I needed them…

mini cheesecakes

I love cheesecake. There's something incredibly satisfying about the combination of sweetened cream cheese and that crumbly cookie base. Even though we all probably remember cheesecake from our childhood, that's not when it was first created...a type of cheesecake has…

nanny cake

This simple but heavenly cake is all tangled up in my memories of my grandmother (we called her Nanny), Irene Mulally. When I visited her comfortable rambling home on Sydney's North Shore with my brother and sisters, there would be…