Having Your Way with Apples: Julia Child’s Apple Clafoutis

Having Your Way with Apples: Julia Child’s Apple Clafoutis

The perfect, crustless showcase for an autumn harvest of apples. Adapted from a recipe by Julia Child in my favourite “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.”

Know Your Thermomix: Reverse Blade Function

Know Your Thermomix: Reverse Blade Function

The Reverse Blade Function on the Thermomix TM31 is another one of our Best Friend in the Kitchen’s totally clever features. With it you can cook and stir curries, stews, spaghetti sauce, and even risotto without chopping or blending your ingredients.

Plum Crazy

Plum Crazy

A typical Australian dessert or tea cake, combining a cake base with fresh fruit and a crumble topping. Serves 12 to 24 depending on the size of the portions.

Home Grown, Local, Delicious!

Home Grown, Local, Delicious!

Flash back two days. It’s Friday and I should be packing my suitcase to leave on holiday tomorrow but the sun is shining and I’d rather be outside. As I pull overgrown rocket from my raised vegetable bed I am serenaded by the rhythmic clucking 

Composing Your Compost

Composing Your Compost

Our Best Friend in the Kitchen becomes a gardener’s best friend by chopping your compost ingredients into a more easily compostable mixture