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3 cheap and cheerful recipes with lemons

Lemons, one of those quintessential fruits with lots of uses. It can be a key ingredient in many sweet or savoury dishes and it has myriad health benefits. Who…

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5 delicious ways with cauliflower

Whole cauliflowers can be bought for only a few dollars, so they make a perfectly healthy and cheap meal or side dish. Cauliflower can be an amazing accompanim…

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Accessing Food Services under NDIS: The INS and OUTS

Need a little bit of help with grocery delivery? Or do you want to take the stress and time out of cooking meals? Did you know that you can access certain food…

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Amber’s sensory-friendly Christmas trifle

Christmas can be a difficult time for people with sensory issues and Autism. Sharing food with family and friends can be problematic and painful when presented…

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Anzac Bikkies

Anzac biscuits are a humble and homely antipodean snack with a long and honoured history. They pay tribute to our fallen and returned servicemen and women. The…

Brown, chewy, fudge-like brownie, cut into squares in the pan.

Banana Brownies

Indulgent, fudge-like, and one for the sweet-tooths amongst us. This banana brownie is easy to make and a way to use up overripe bananas.

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Basic Biscuit Recipe

The great trick with this recipe is that you can choose a flavour to fill it with. Split it into 4 and make 4 different variations, or leave it as a plain swee…

A photograph of a young male with prosthetic leg. He is standing in a kitchen, chopping food. In front of him is a blender to make a smoothie with.

Budget Cooking Tips with Vegetables

According to Foodbank, Australian households throw away 2.5 million tonnes of edible food each year. That equals nearly 300 kilograms per person…

Two chia puddings, one with mango smoothie and mint, the other with berry smoothie and blueberry.

Chia Breakfast or Pudding

When breakfast can be a dessert, that has to be a great recipe, right? Make this the night before for a ready-made breakfast. If you need breakfast on the go…

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Chicken Pie

When the cupboard is empty, it's been a long day, and I need a quick meal with an easy shopping list, this Chicken Pie is my go-to.

A slice of pale yellow pie dusted with white icing sugar and with lime zest on top.

Easy as Pie

Actually known as “Impossible Pie”, this recipe is easy to make. The name came about because a runny mixture goes into the cake pan, and a 3 layered “pie” come…

A blue bowl with a brown edge sits on a timber table. Beside it is a spoon. In the bowl is broth, celery, chicken, carrot and onion. A bowl of Chicken soup.

Easy Chicken Soup

Satisfying and soothing, chicken soup is always a useful recipe in your collection. Fighting colds, feeling unwell, or just for comfort, chicken soup is the es…

A bright green plate, with golden cooked fish, some garnish, a lime wedge and tartare sauce.

Easy pan-fried fish

A fuss-free fish recipe that lets the natural flavour shine. Your local fishmonger can recommend alternate fish varieties depending on seasonality and to suit…

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Food banks

If you have trouble affording food and necessities, help is available. Not working? Working reduced hours? Lost your job? In lockdown? You are not alone. If yo…

A caramel coloured slice with two layers and crumbled pistachio in the icing.

Ginger Crunch

With a rather odd colour, this one surprises me that children like it - they reach for it thinking it's caramel, but are surprised by the spice-sweet ginger. I…

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Hot Cross Bun and Butter Pudding

A comfort food staple, the classic Bread and Butter Pudding gets an Easter makeover! Using Hot Cross Buns rather than slices of humble white bread gives this r…

A range of healthy snacks. Banana, apple, youghurt, blueberries, honey, nuts, crackers, veggie sticks, hummus, rice cakes

Hunger Games: After-school snack ideas

Back to school means back to those after-school hunger pangs! Lunchable and bento-box ideas aside, you might need a little extra inspiration in the after-schoo…

An ice-cream Christmas Pudding, on a plate with chocolate drizzles over the top. Christmas decorations are in the background.

Ice-cream Christmas Pudding

Rather than spending hot summer days with the oven on for 4 hours while the Christmas Cake cooks, my family tradition is an easy Ice-cream Pudding.

lamb shanks in a pot with sprigs of rosemary

Lamb shanks

This is an easy and hearty Italian recipe for those chilly wintery weekends. This is a great alternative to your traditional Sunday roast.

Cooked chicken wings served on a plate. To the side are chopsticks and some condiment bowls.

Marinated Chicken Wings

If my entire extended family voted on their favourite recipe, this would be the winner! This recipe is great for feeding a crowd, and if you need to feed an ar…

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