Just a simple can of beans. This recipe is also known as White Bean Dip. However, I prefer to use a more literal name for this recipe. This Cannellini Bean Dip recipe uses a tin of cannellini beans as the star of this recipe. You honestly can’t get easier than this! Plus it’s creamy, delicious…
Author: Helen
I am a mummy with two young kids, and a passion for cooking, good food, fresh produce plus bargain food buys. I hunt out the best seasonal produce at cheap prices to cook up the very best for my family. This blog will hopefully provide you with fresh food inspiration, recipes and other helpful food tips that don't cost the earth. All photos and recipes are my own unless otherwise stated.
Chocolate Afghans
It’s a Kiwi thing! Let me start with that Chocolate Afghans are a Kiwi thing. Unless you are a New Zealander, lived in New Zealand or know a beloved Kiwi, you’re This is why you’re not likely to have heard of these biscuits before. They are honestly New Zealand’s best-kept secret, followed by the keel…
Date Scones
The best date scones… ever! Back in the early 1970’s, my parents owned the cafe at Sublime Point. It still stands today at the top of Bulli Pass on route to Wollongong. For years mum made hundreds of scones each day for Devonshire tea. When they purchased the cafe, the previous owner gave mum her…
Potato Rosti
Weekend brunch at home. Breakfast more often than not consists of either cereal, toast or a smoothie. Usually, breakfast is on the clock. You need to eat quick and get out the door as soon as possible. But occasionally you have time on your side. Often this is in the weekend which means you can…
Raspberry Bliss Balls
A little offline inspiration. Let’s all be honest, we all refer to recipes either online, in magazines, or in books for some much-needed inspiration. I do this frequently. Probably more than most given my love for food and cooking. If I see a recipe I like, chances are I’ll take note of it and make…
Gingernut Cookies
An Arnott’s copycat recipe. I grew up on Arnott’s Gingernut cookies. If you ever lived in Australia or New Zealand, you’d be the same. These are an institution. Have been around for literally forever. Growing up, dad used to call these teeth breakers because they were so hard. That’s what was so wonderful about them….
Italian Biscotti
Biscotti… but not as you know it. Amazing how you discover a new recipe. I credit this recipe to a work colleague who recently brought baking to work. She had made a big batch of biscuits with her mum. They are recreating her grandma’s old handwritten recipes with the aim to make a printed cookbook…
Beer Batter Fish
A pub meal at home. If you’re Australian, New Zealander, Canadian, Irish or British it’s almost a certainty you have visited a pub for a meal. While there, chances are you’ve had one time beer batter fish & chips. Let me explain what is a pub to those not familar with it. Pub is short…