Roaming Cow Yoghurt Winners
Good morning readers! I hope you are enjoyed your weekend, and perhaps took the time to make my Bircher Muesli or sample the Roaming Cow range of yoghurts. Roaming Cow Bircher Muesli It’s now time to...
View ArticleChristmas Gingerbread Push Up Cakes w Philly Cream Cheese Frosting
Christmas Push Up Cakes I know we have a little way to go before it is Christmas, but I am already getting excited. There are so many gorgeous new Christmas decorations in the shops and I am already...
View ArticleChristmas Choc Mint Macarons – w Lucky Nuts
Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas! Chocolate Mint Macarons I feel a little like Santa because at the end of the story I will be announcing the 5 winners of the Philadelphia Cream Cheese scrumptious “Simply...
View Article2012 Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap
I love getting presents in the mail! Cookie Swap Cranberry & Pistachio Shortbread Cookies This is the second year I have participated in the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap, so delicious pressies...
View ArticleSmoked Salmon Wontons
I am so excited, Christmas is fast approaching. T’is the season for getting together with friends and family, sharing a festive drink or two and indulging in some delicious food. Smoked Salmon...
View ArticleA Slice of Heaven
I have a little secret that I am able to share with you today. Next week, a range of delicious slices are about to hit the Coles supermarket shelves that will change your life… does that seem a little...
View ArticleGinger & Caramel Ice-cream Sundae
Readers I hope you have tried the new Loaf Slice Dessert Range, now available in Coles Supermarkets. These are delicious restaurant quality treats pre -prepared for those times when convenience and...
View ArticleEurope In A Box
My dream holiday would be to hire a car and spend the whole Summer traveling through Europe. I would sample all the provincial cuisine, le vin, le fromage and anything else that caught my fancy. At...
View ArticleChocolate Philadelphia Giveaway
It seems that the people at Philadelphia Cream Cheese and Cadbury’s Chocolates are constantly coming up with new ways to tempt our taste buds. The latest treat to hit the market is “Chocolate...
View ArticleCreamy Strawberry & Coconut Ice-cream
Just the other day my shiny new Cuisine Art Ice-Cream maker arrived, naturally I was dying to throw in the ingredients for my first batch of ice-cream! This is not my first ice-cream maker… I have had...
View ArticleChicken Caesar Muffuletta
Regular readers would know that I love Bakers Delight products. I have used their lovely fresh baked bread products in recipes such as; Pizza Bases: Creamy Garlic Prawn Pizza Smokey Steak & Cheese...
View ArticleChocolate Fondant Cake & Blogging Tips
In April I will be celebrating three years of writing Gourmet Getaways. It has been a huge commitment, but an absolute labour of love, so the time has just flown by. My website has allowed me the...
View ArticleEurope In A Box -March
Oh I do love receiving surprise presents in the mail!! I especially like to receive gifts of exotic foods. I have a confession, I did actually signed up for “Europe in a Box” so technically it wasn’t...
View ArticleMosman Gorge – Wordless Wednesday
I know the idea of Wordless Wednesday is that I don’t talk… but anyone who knows me will know, that this is next to impossible. Wordless Wednesday is the perfect forum for me to showcase beautiful...
View ArticleFood & Wine Writers Picnic
This is just a quick story today, actually it is more of an invitation than a story. I have met quite a lot of food bloggers over my three years of writing and photographing food. The gatherings I have...
View ArticleRed Velvet Whoopie Pies
A Platter of Red Velvet Whoopie Pie Do you like my pretty suitcase? I am always looking for props to use in my photo’s and I fell in love with this suitcase immediately. I thought it would make a...
View ArticleGourmet Kitchen Garden
Our weather here in Coffs Harbour has been fantastic … no not really! It has been very wet and horrible, and it’s soon to be wet, cold and horrible. So perhaps this type of weather is good if you...
View ArticleKambrook Sunny Hunny Waffle Maker Review
I have a quickie breakfast story for you, and a product review. I usually don’t go in for single use electrical products… Actually perhaps I should say, I stopped purchasing this type of product after...
View ArticleHappy Mother’s Day
Wishing every mother and grandmother the happiest of days today and every day! An extra special Mother’s Day hug and kiss to my own dear mum Dianne, such a wonderful Oma to my children, and a friend...
View ArticleNot Quite Nigella – The Autobiography
“What a gorgeous property with the most amazing views” I commented to hubby, as we step out of the private lift which had just deposited us at the penthouse suite of the Diamant Boutique Hotel, Potts...
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