Life's a Picnic - Recipes

Fish n Chips home style

Fish n Chips home style

I think this would be one of my biggest mistakes, ever. I'm sharing it because its absolutely delicious and I love it, but it does mean than relaxing Friday nights with fish and chips from the local chipper are a thing of the past. Why? because I will never eat fish n chip shop fish again, it's just not a patch on what you can do at home! you have been warned, also don't expect it to be cheap - good fish is pretty pricey.. enjoy xx Ingredients Hand cut wedges 6 - 8 large pot

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

I've been a bit over baking because of the heat but now that everyone is back at work and school I thought I'd better hop to it. Cookies are always a win in our house and Connor, so very eloquently, let me know of his distaste for fruit where chocolate can be put when discussing hot crossed buns recently, so I set out to make the best choc chip cookies I could muster. This recipe uses the base batter of the hot choc chip cookies recipe with some changes. They are a hit. It ma

Flourless Chocolate Malteser cake

Flourless Chocolate Malteser cake

Connor turned thirteen over the weekend and requested the most chocolate cake I could make, so I came up with this delicious flourless chocolate cake and added Maltesers to make it more teenager friendly. It is a pretty easy recipe but I had some odd things happen to my version which required a little improvisation. The end result was a super moist and delicious chocolate cake that was a winner with kids and adults alike. This recipe is what I did, not what the original recip

Chocolate and Salted Caramel Tart

Chocolate and Salted Caramel Tart

This is a complete tart of a recipe and on your plate. It is soooooooo good that it makes you sick. Best in small doses, but it's hard to stop.. see just like a tart. The caramel is pretty temperamental, I took 3 goes to get it right, but if I'd had a sugar thermometre it might have been simpler. Anyway it was worth the effort if you are looking for a really decadent dessert or you are feeding a genuine sweet tooth. Enjoy xx Ingredients ¼ cup (25g) Dutch cocoa 1½ cups (225g)

Chocolate Olive Oil Cake

Chocolate Olive Oil Cake

I wanted to make something special for dessert this weekend and I came across this delicate chocolate cake recipe by Diana Henry and decided to give it a whirl. It doesn't look amazing as the top has a meringuey feel to it, so it cracks, but, the upside is that when you eat it there is a delicious crunch before you descend into the chocolate heaven below. It's an easy dessert for the result - even if you don't do cakes, you can do this one! xx Ingredients 200g plain chocolat

Easy apple pie

Easy apple pie

This is one of those simple deserts that everyone loves. I don't make my own pastry and I'm not going to apologise for that the puff is fine and it means this dish is seriously quick. I made it on Saturday afternoon, it took about 15 minutes to prepare and was ready to pop in the oven when we wanted it. There is nothing like a hot apple pie in the middle of a movie on a cold Saturday night! Enjoy. Ingredients I kg apples (I use whatever is in season and cheap) 3 tbs butter Go

Eat the Carrot Cake!

Eat the Carrot Cake!

Noel's favourite is carrot cake and he had mentioned (on numerous occasions) how much he would love it if I made one... So out came mum's Kenwood mixer (which had been in various garages or sheds for 15 years) and once I tested that it still worked and looked for a good recipe, I committed to it. This is an adaption of Curtis Stone's Carrot Cake. I used olive oil rather than canola and replaced the unsalted butter in the frosting with more cream cheese. It was a big success w

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