RSPCA Cupcake Day is back again this year. Monday August 17th (my birthday!) is Cupcake Day for the RSPCA. RSPCA Cupcake Cooks across Australia will descend on their schools, workplaces and social groups with batches of yummy homemade cupcakes to sell. With 100% of the proceeds will go to the RSPCA. Whether...

The Million paws walk is coming up again on the 17th of May. A great RSPCA event that has helped raise money and awareness  for the RSPCA across Australia since 1994. It’s also a great day out for people and their dogs. That’s great and all, but what about all the cat lovers of Australia? The...

Hi Ladies, The weather is starting to cool down a bit now so it’s time to get those soup recipes out of storage. Soup is an excellent way to feed the family on a budget and it does wonders to fill you up without too many calories (that’s if you skip the dollop of sour cream!). This soup isn’t...

Hello Ladies, Got some diced lamb in the fridge and fancy your man doing the cooking tonight? Knock these up and send him out to the backyard to fire up the barbie! It doesn’t take long to thread the meat onto the skewers and brush them with the marinade. All you need is a little time to let the...

Hi Girls! Here’s a great way to keep the kids occupied for a few hours. These muffins are super easy to make and you can hide a serving of fruit in them too - it’s the perfect Mummy disguise. I used a piping nozzle for the icing but you don’t have to be so fancy, a spoon, spatula or...

Do you know what is in your tap water? Or the environmental impact of bottled water consumption? Until recently, it wasn’t something I had given much thought to. We use a lot of bottled water in our house each week, purely for the convenience. Tap water can be a chemical cocktail with many impurities,...

Red wine lamb shanks with herb mash 1 cup plain flour sea salt and black pepper 4 lamb shanks, frenched 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 brown onion, diced 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped 2 cups full bodied red wine (such as Cabernet Sauvignon) 1 cup beef or chicken stock 2 bay leaves For the mash 4 large...

The United Nations declared this decade (2005 - 2015) as the decade of “Water for Life”, but how much is changing? Today 1.1 billion will have no choice but to drink dirty water. That is 1 in 6 people who are exposed everyday to diseases such as malaria, cholera, dysentery and typhoid without...