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12 Days of Christmas Dessert

12 Days of Christmas: Sponge Toffee

December 17, 2016October 28, 2025 by Melanie

Wow. Day five of 12 Days of Christmas and we’re onto a slightly dangerous, yet far from difficult, treat that will blow everyone away.

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12 Days of Christmas Appetizers and snacks

12 Days of Christmas: Garlicky White Bean Dip

December 15, 2016October 28, 2025 by Melanie

Welcome to day four of 12 Days of Christmas!
What’s that you say? You’ve been out all day Christmas shopping, and then you got stuck in that horrible snow storm and now you’re just so glad to be inside with your feet up by the fire (and a glass of wine, natch)?
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12 Days of Christmas Dessert

12 Days of Christmas: Magic Cookie Bars

December 14, 2016October 28, 2025 by Melanie

Invited to a cookie swap? Secretly freaking out?

There’s a reason why these treats are a classic – they’re made with just five ingredients and they taste, well magic.
Magic Cookie Bars
This was one of the first treats I remember helping Mum with as a child in the lead up to Christmas.

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12 Days of Christmas Dessert Drinks

12 Days of Christmas: Eggnog Fizz

December 13, 2016August 27, 2025 by Melanie

Updated December 2023

Welcome to day two of the 12 Days of Christmas! We’re making the Eggnog Fizz!

The Eggnog Fizz is like an ice cream float (remember those?) fancied up for the holidays.

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12 Days of Christmas Dessert

12 Days of Christmas: Rum Balls

December 11, 2016October 28, 2025 by Melanie

Happy 12 Days of Christmas!
I’m super excited to try something new on the blog this year, and I really hope you like it.

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Breakfast and brunch Morning tea

The art of morning tea: Pancetta and smoked gouda scones

December 7, 2016October 28, 2025 by Melanie

Ah, morning tea. The most glorious part of the day (well, aside from breakfast, of course) and the passtime I miss most about living in New Zealand.

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Winter is coming! Homemade marshmallows to the rescue.

November 22, 2016October 28, 2025 by Melanie

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat and you need to stop eating those stodgy, stale, store-bought marshmallows and make your own!

Picture it now, it’s the first cold snap of the year, you make yourself a rich, comforting hot chocolate to stave off those fears of endless snowstorms and c

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Back to the beginning: Banana bread ice cream

November 10, 2016October 28, 2025 by Melanie

Phew! What a week, hunh. I don’t know anyone – whether they’re here in Canada, in New Zealand, Australia or just south of us in the States – who isn’t reeling from the political results that took place this week.

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