Tag: baking
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Panela and Ube
No, they’re not characters from a children’s story– although I am Slightly obsessed with Punch the Monkey this week. There’s something about him that is both sweet and sad, vulnerable and hopeful, banal and inspiring. He’s uniquely human, but also a monkey. It’s all very cute and very 2020s internet meme. Anyway, Panela and Ube…
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Happy Lunar New Year!
Gong xi fa cai. It’s the Year of the Fire Horse which is meant to be amazing and life changing and all sorts of other things! A year of transformation, fire, speed, inspiration, breakthroughs and travel. I say BRING IT ON! Maybe I’m being overly optimistic, or maybe I’ve just been watching too many instagram…
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Tres Leches What???
So this week was The Runner’s birthday, and of course I made a cake. Now, one of The Runner’s favourite things to do is to come up with extremely random ideas for dinner, cakes, or basically anything else that he doesn’t have to cook himself- which is 99.9% of what we eat at home. About…
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Back to school, back to reality….
Summer holidays are officially over- for some at least! Last week, The Child started Year 4. Year 4 seems like a big deal- I mean it didn’t at first but now it suddenly does. It feels like the last year of being a kid, and the first step towards becoming a tween. He’s no longer…
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Hello 2026!
We’re 15 days into 2026 and I really don’t know what to say about it. I had a fabulous end to 2025- The Mom/Nana was over from the US and we had a fabulous fabulous fabulous trip to Tasmania, a place I highly recommend and can’t wait to go back to! Thomas had a great…
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They’re spicy…I like it.
I’m in week 2 of my spring break and I’m leaning into it a bit. It’s a bit of a weird break but it’s good. I’m enjoying the downtime and getting a bit done too. The best thing about having time off is Monday morning pole classes. I’m feeling really fit, healthy, and a bit…
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Hello October, Hello (and goodbye) Dublin
I can’t believe it’s nearly the end of October- this year is flying by and we’re already in the midst of the -Ber months! The last month has been AMAZING. I finished my role and delivered a great strategy, went to an amazing leadership conference, had the best time in Dublin, and had Thomas’s first…
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September? Already??
Time goes so fast. So, so fast. I would say that I can’t believe it’s already September but in truth, I can’t believe it’s already 2025. Granted, this is not the 2025 that I would have ordered. It feels more like the 2025 that Marty McFly went back to in Back to the Future 2…
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Happy Father’s Day!
Happy Aussie Father’s Day to all the Dads out there. It’s been an action packed Father’s Day but also quite a normal Sunday. It’s funny, the longer you spend as a parent, the less significant Mother’s Day and Father’s Day become. It was still gorgeous to see how excited Thomas was to give his Dad…
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The Cookies that started it all…and I make friends with AI
So this week, we go back to the beginning- Von Stapele Cookies aka The Amsterdam Cookies aka THE cookies that started the baking journey. It’s been almost a year (I think) that I’ve been baking cookies every week. And it’s been a crazy year. One major down (and some not so major ones) and…
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He Runs, I Cook 