Description: Cooking everything from Dani Valent's "In The Mix" recipe book with my fabulous Thermomix
It’s coming to the time of year where I always like to have a few little things around the house that can make nice little gifts for people…dropping into neighbours houses, drinks parties and the like. It’s probably not the best idea for my waistline, but most of the time I like giving edible gifts – that way, if you don’t use them, you get to eat the spoils! Or, in this case, I got to taste the odd shaped ones that didn’t look so good in their bags…
Master just turned 6 is just about to finish kinder and become a big Prep boy next year. We held him back last year for a variety of reasons – best thing we ever did. His teachers have been truly phenomenal so to express our thanks I always like to create a little something for them at the end of the year. Last year I did a hamper with body products – salt scrubs, bath salts, sugar scrubs, and a few food items – some vanilla sugar and a fabulous All Purpose Spice Rub, along with a bottle of bubbles for g
For my overseas followers, a Cherry Ripe is an Australian confectionery item. In fact, one I owe the grand sum of $58,000 to. You see, last year I was on “Million Dollar Minute”, and one of the final questions for me to win was “What is the colour of the writing on a Cherry Ripe pack?”. Luckily I have downed enough of these bad boys in my life time to be able to tell you what it is… I had to choose from either Red, Yelllow or Green. Do you know what it is? So, naturally, the Cherry Ripe now holds a very