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Recipe: Lemon Raspberry No Fail Individual Cheesecakes

May 9, 2013 in Anecdotes, Food & Recipes, Lifestyle, Stories

Those who know my family and me are aware of my mother’s culinary skill. Mum is a full time nurse who spends large parts of her time off cooking. Mum is passionate about food. She loves trying new recipes and puts an incredible amount of effort and care into cooking, especially when we have guests. Having said that, mum also cooks for her family with the same attitude- attention to detail, taste, and presentation: she’s not afraid to experiment, and we are only too happy to be her test subjects. She is a dessert queen. Fluffy soufflés, moist cakes, creamy [...]

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Recipe: Allergy Friendly Chocolate Cake

May 2, 2013 in Children, Food & Recipes, Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition

It’s birthday season in our house. Well three from five birthdays are in May so it’s most definitely at the top of my mind. Last year we had a guest at the kids’ party who had dairy and egg allergies and I must admit I initially had a bit of a stress about it. However I’m not one to back down for a culinary challenge and when you break it down it’s actually not as bad as you may think. Here are a few tips and ideas if you have to cater for those with allergies. Of course check with [...]

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Recipe: Rolled & Poached Chicken Breast

April 23, 2013 in Food & Recipes, Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition

This afternoon I’d like to share a recipe with you for a heart-friendly rolled and poached chicken breast that was not only very easy but also healthy and fancy looking! That ticks all my boxes when it comes to food. As you would know, I recently attended a cooking class hosted by Brand Meets Blog for the Heart Foundation. The class was held to educate bloggers about healthy food and the health message of the Heart Foundation, and also to build some ongoing relationships between the Heart Foundation and bloggers. After posting a photo of the dish we made, I [...]

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This Week: Heart Health, Anniversary & New Jeans

April 20, 2013 in Anecdotes, Comedy, Fashion, Food & Recipes, Health, Humour, Marriage, Nutrition, Stories, Style, Wedding

This week has been, and will continue to be, a busy one. After pulling on my jeans last Thursday morning only to discover they were ripped right in the crotch (stylish, no?) I began my search for the ‘right’ jeans. I had pretty specific ideas of what I wanted in this pair of jeans. They had to be tight, stretchy enough that I could move comfortably, long enough to scrunch a little at the ankle, dark blue in colour, super skinny and high waisted. Not a long list of requirements at all! It took 3 different shopping trips with the [...]

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A Robot And My Hopes for a Stepford-like Life

April 15, 2013 in Health, Home, Lifestyle, Pets

Anyone who has read more than a few posts from me knows when it comes to housework I’m the laziest person ever. I hate housework. I thought this would magically change over time and I’d become a Stepford Wife purely by growing up, getting married, having kids, moving out of home. Well, I haven’t had kids, I got married and I moved out, but whether or not I’ve grown up is debatable, and I still haven’t had a magic wand waved and become a Stepford Wife… And considering how painful that machine to turn the wives into robots looks, I guess [...]

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Recipe: Hot Cross Buns

March 29, 2013 in Family, Food & Recipes, Home, Nutrition

This weekend I am going to immerse myself in all things Easter, especially chocolate. I’ll be spending the holiday at home with my hubby and three kids and to celebrate I am going to be doing lots of baking. Well, I probably should say, I intend to do lots baking. Although the Easter break is four days long, it doesn’t seem long enough to get through all the baking I’d like to eat. And of course, I need to leave room for chocolate! Some of the things I’d like to bake: Hot Cross Buns Fritole (Italian-style donuts) Easter Bunny shaped cookies [...]

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Beauty: Best Natural Face Scrub

March 21, 2013 in Face, Food & Recipes, Lifestyle, Style

Today I’d like to share with you a face scrub I made up. The best one I’ve found – it’s natural, it’s cheap and it can actually be made from things you already have in your pantry. My skin is really sensitive. Like, touch it with mint body wash and be covered in red lumps and bumps for 2 weeks sensitive. So when I wanted a facial scrub I had to be careful about what I put on my face. In my time I’ve tried a few different face scrubs, everything from St Ives Apricot Scrub to Chanel Gommage Microperle [...]

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This Week: Easter Eggs and New Contributors

March 16, 2013 in Food & Recipes, Lifestyle, Meta

It’s been a bit of a weird week for me, and apparently the weather agreed with me – going from muggy and hot to freezing in about 20 minutes, then back again. But I’m still here, so that’s got to be good right? It’s been an exciting one for the site as we welcomed two new contributors Caroline from Present Imperfection and Rachel from Parenting Central. I’m excited to see the site growing and am looking forward to welcoming a few more contributors soon. On to my week in pics: The pics: I discovered Ferrero Rocher makes easter eggs. I [...]

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This Week: Something New

March 2, 2013 in Meta, Self

Thought I’d try something different this week and give a bit of a roundup, an update, on the week that was for me, for KiKi & Tea, and for the rest of the world. Let me know what you think. Thought I’d kick it off with my week in pics: The pics are (top down, left to right): An unfiltered picture of the view from my lounge room one morning. I looked up Sunday morning from Bella beside my head to see Lionel peering at her through the slats of my headboard. He then stuck his paw through, smacked her [...]

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Disaster Chef

February 27, 2013 in Food & Recipes, Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition

I love cooking. I’d consider myself as a good cook – not MasterChef quality as I lack the ability to plate up. But I know how to put flavours together as well as I can put an outfit together. Cinnamon, cardamom, tumeric, green fresh green chilli and cumin added to lamb curry creates magical curry. Figs and stinky cheese on a home made pizza is heaven. And puréed peas and spinach topped with feta is the ultimate comfort food. A colleague asked me what I was cooking for dinner. Soup, I told her. I live alone so it’s often assumed [...]

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