I finally finished up at my old job at Media Giants and now this week starts a new challenge with AFAC who are the council for MFB and CFA in Australia and New Zealand. I’m looking for a new start doing more project managing then hands on web work, so it should be interesting.
During this [...]

Just near my mum’s work is the Mediterranean Wholesaler is Brunswick.  It’s a great shop to find all your Italian needs including fresh pasta, which is where a lot of my pasta comes from (when I don’t want to make it myself).
My mum came home last week with some Porcini Stock.  Taking a look at [...]

Of the users that filled in the poll this week, 57% of you are sweet-tooths, 14% like the occasional sweet and savoury all the way is at 28%.
I’m lucky enough to have a cousin that makes a lot of sweets (sweetbynature.com.au) although some of these have gelatine in them.  After much hassling she’s changing her [...]

Although this is quite simple to make, it’s a really enjoyable meal that I wanted to share with you all.  You can make it as a snack for yourself for lunch or get away with serving at a dinner party as some appetisers.
There’s not much preparation at all, as the bruschetta mix can be found [...]

Having a couple of sausages left over from the weekend (as my mum made too much food as per usual when we have parties) I came up with the idea of combining the sausages in a pasta.
The following recipe uses these in a great pasta dish with fetta, olives and parsley. It’s a nice [...]

After a hectic weekend last week, I’ve set a few things up to begin a new journey of losing my final weight loss. I’ve purchased a new domain to being a new website for the journey of the weight loss and to assist others. The website is www.onekiloaweek.com and will focus on losing [...]

When trying to come up with something for my dad’s party for myself to eat. I looked at some various vegan sites for ideas. I did look at the Vegan Ribs by Susan V as suggested by reader Jamie, however Julie Hasson’s sausages took my eye at the same time and I came [...]

It seems most of you love your spicy foods and could eat it everyday, for any meal!  Very similar to me.  Having a mother that comes from Sri Lanka we were brought up on curries and spicy foods.
On my visit to Sri Lanka, I was quite suprised that they do eat curries for each meal.  [...]

This vegan recipe was concocted after trying to come up with a pasta consisting of tahini. When you normally think of tahini, you think of the vital ingredient to hummous, this little piece just might change your mind on that!Other pasta recipes you might be keen on:

Chickpea Pasta with Leek and Mushrooms
Lemon Mustard [...]

Following from the chickpea batter mushrooms, it gave me the idea for this warmed tempeh salad. Tempeh is quite a unique flavour which is made a little spicy with the chickpea batter. It’s quite a flavourful dish that also as a bonus, is vegan!
The tempeh battered up could easily be eaten on [...]