Step-By-Step Hoisin Chicken Moreish Maki!

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Feel like sushi but can’t get safe fresh-but-previously-frozen-yet-yummy fish just like that? I sincerely and wholeheartedly recommend making these insanely delicious Hoisin Chicken Maki Rolls!

In this post you’ll find step-by-step preparation, great links, and a video tutorial for maki rolling. Continue reading

Awesome & Easy Gluten Free Hoisin Sauce!

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I just luuv hoisin sauce. Not much beats crispy duck rolls with a saucy hoisin wrapped around it like a velvety blanket of deliciousness! If only all hoisin was gluten free..

.. actually, I take that back. -If only all hoisin was as delicious as this Gluten Free one! It’s perfect!

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Norwegian Meatballs (that will leave you wondering why you ever ate the Swedish ones..)

At 00.50 tonight my parents will be touching down on Australian soil for the first time ever. They’re mid-air as we speak, and no doubt dreaming of sunny days and never-ending beaches in the magical land of Oz. Continue reading

Pop Over for Breakfast – and I’ll tell you all about my Nightmare Wedding..

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I woke up completely stressed out this morning, hair in a frenzy and with flustered cheeks. I must have had out-loud heated gibberish discussions all night, as I found myself utterly exhausted and frustrated when I finally woke up. Continue reading

Floods, Tornados and My Special Roast Chicken to Warm the Cockles

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A snake clings to life on top of a barbed wire fence during the QLD storms this weekend (source)

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This poor kangaroo seeks refuge from the violent floods (source)

I believe I mentioned a bit of rain in my last post. Little did I know. Queensland is now flooded, leaving families without homes and some without their loved ones. We have been indoors for three days, staying at a safe distance from flying debris and the likes. Continue reading

Good Bye 2012, Hello Mud Crab Tagliatelle!

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language,
and next year’s words await another voice.”
- T.S Eliot

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Each New Year’s Eve I seem to find myself in a remarkably different place or situation than I could have possibly foreseen the year before. Continue reading