Australia Day Food Ideas
Celebrate Australia Day with these delicious Australian Native & traditional food inspired recipes.
Matt Dobson
Michelle Bridges Indian Spiced Chicken
The most delicious Spiced Indian Dish from Michelle Bridges cookbook.
Salmon & Potato Salad Lettuce Cups
I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas, with luscious food, expensive champagne, and a house full of friends and family! With Christmas over for another year, and the barbeque season in full swing, I thought I would share a healthy, but still deliciously indulgent salad recipe. I am sure we have all had our … Read more
Christmas Candy Cane Chocolate Bark
Christmas has a way of sneaking up! Here is a sweet, festive treat that can be made in just 5 minutes.
Crunchy Caramel Pots w Candied Macadamia Nuts
Delicious Caramel Pots are a quick and easy dessert using only three ingredients.
Chocolate Chip Cookies w Smarties or Freckles
I needed a quick and easy recipe, that makes a bulk quantity of delicious choc chip cookies. I chose my amazing… can’t stop at one, or even two, famous choc chip cookies recipe and added freckles and smarties.
Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls – Alfresco Friday
Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls are this weeks Alfresco Friday dish because they are the perfect starter for a summer picnic on the beach or a BBQ with friends.
Lemon Calippo Cocktail
How to turn a lemon sorbet into the most delicious frozen lemon cocktail. Just like a Streets Calippo!
A Loaf of Bread
I walked into the kitchen this morning to receive a wonderful surprise. Sitting on the bench were two freshly baked loaves of bread! You can either spend 17 years raising a child and hope to teach them cooking skills or you can use this breadmaker recipe.
Top Drop – October 2012
I have found the perfect wine for the start of the picnic season and outdoor entertaining.
Halloween Roundup!
Each year I have a rather elaborate Halloween party. I have shared some images hoping to inspire readers for next year.
Halloween Pumpkin Hommus
I have to thank Lorraine from Not Quite Nigella for the idea of serving my dip in a coffin.
Spooky Meringue Ghost
These cute little meringues are perfect for a quick Halloween treat. They can be used to sit on top of an adult style dessert or placed on a treats plate to form and army of ghosts for the kids at a Halloween party. Meringues only take about five minutes to make but there are some … Read more
Eyeballs for Halloween
Imagine this, you open your lunch box to find two googly eyes staring up at you! Luckily it’s Halloween and the eyes are made from delicious Red Velvet cake.
Swimwear Cookies – Iced Sugar Cookies
I used a basic sugar cookie dough with a bit cocoa added to make the cookies a chocolate flavour.
Cookie Swap 2012
Regular readers of Gourmet Getaways may remember the First Annual Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap, well it is on again!
Triple Chocolate Oreo Dessert – Super Sweet Blogging Award
Velvety smooth triple layer of chocolate dessert. Starting with a layer of Oreo crumb, then creamy dark chocolate, luscious white chocolate custard and finished with cream and Oreo Cookies.
Honey Soy Lamb Shanks
These Honey Soy Lamb Shanks are a mouth-wateringly delicious experience which requires absolutely no effort. The slow cooker does all the work making this comfort food a great winter warmer.
My European Vacation
Where in the world would you go if you could choose your dream holiday? For me it would be Europe! Why wait, there are so many cheap travel packages about.