tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135957831962831822024-03-05T23:47:34.926+11:00Family of FoodiesFamily of Foodies is designed to encourage parents to share their love of food with kids- Bringing everyone back to the table.Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.comBlogger344125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-76634952519696692202013-06-10T18:50:00.003+10:002013-06-10T18:50:47.656+10:00New Home
As life continues to whizz past, we all hang on and make the most of what we have. You have obviously noticed my family of foodies status has dwindled to a deathly existence. When my reality started getting busier than my online life, keeping up with both wasn't happening.
As a new wind blows in I am excited to say we are having a family upheaval and moving overseas for the next twelve months.Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-5895399820771862702013-01-13T18:23:00.000+11:002013-01-13T18:23:13.130+11:00Country Scones Rock....again
I don't think scones are a summer or a winter treat, they are one of those wonderful, easy recipes that can be whipped up at anytime of the year for just about any type of reason, or no reason at all.
We have just got back from a glorious two-week holiday at the beach in Victoria where we ate like kings for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, pre-dinner nibbles, dinner and dessert EVERY DAY!Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-51850225201339487892013-01-09T11:11:00.000+11:002013-01-09T11:12:32.154+11:00New Years Resolution completed 4 years on....
Happy New Year!!
I seldom write about anything other than food, however, it is the beginning of 2013 and I have finally gotten around to completing a New Years resolution I made about 4 years ago.
I have been very fortunate to be given some beautiful pieces of art over the years by a very good friend of mine, Lisa. I adore her work and have always been in awe of her talent. When I Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-67103886566155197592012-12-06T11:43:00.000+11:002012-12-06T11:43:55.219+11:00New York Strip with mushroom sauce
It has been a while since I cooked a big juicy steak for the family dinner. There's no reason for it other than I just kind of forgot about it.
How do you forget about steak?
To tell the truth I forget about a lot of different flavours and meals this time of year, it's what ever is leftover in the fridge, or I double up on what I am cooking for a function. October through to December Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-85296488602206621022012-10-09T17:50:00.002+11:002012-10-09T17:51:15.183+11:00Drunken Chicken- family favourite
Ouch! I was just looking at my stats and realised September didn't even get a look in!!
I feel guilty and sad that I haven't been able to keep up with my blogging and, as I scroll through my favourite bloggers work and see they are in top form as always I wonder if this is the month I stop for good?
Before I make such a big decision like that, I just want to share with you a recipe I have Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-90564802293565664392012-08-26T16:00:00.001+10:002012-08-26T16:00:19.859+10:00Mini baked cheesecakes
I had a catering job last week that called for a 1.5 kilo block of cream cheese. This is a lot of cream cheese!
I got through about a kilo of it for my function and was left with the perfect amount for a family cheesecake. The last time I made cheesecake I didn't quite get the response I was after from the boys so I decided to revisit my old recipe and see if I could tweak it some how. I Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-29130560558725670942012-08-24T17:30:00.001+10:002012-08-24T17:30:11.818+10:00Egg and bacon pies are always delish
I got a text from my hairdresser a couple of days ago telling me she was looking forward to seeing me this Friday as it had been too long between cuts. It's the kind of text you love to receive because somebody is actually looking forward to seeing you!
My 6 weekly hair experience is always a pleasurable one. Teneil, my hairdresser is a gorgeous lively fun 20 something who always Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-881370681548707592012-06-30T19:00:00.001+10:002012-06-30T19:00:37.706+10:00Black Forest Cupcakes
A friend of mine has been carrying on about his wife being heavily pregnant with their second child and saying out loud 'when is it going to come already?!' I know he is excited at the prospect of being a dad for the second time but the lady standing next to me listening to his whinging simply said 'Well I think you have the wrong audience for any sympathy here!' Something I am sure he knew Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-27781876566152490262012-06-24T14:40:00.001+10:002012-06-24T14:44:39.825+10:00Spicy Chicken Wings
I bought some chicken drumsticks and wings last weekend with the intention of making something really yummy. On Monday I had a feeling the week wasn't going to be a relaxed one so I popped them in the freezer for later on. On Wednesday I pulled them out again and last night (Saturday) I finally got inspired to make them into tasty morsals. We usually eat Saturday night dinners Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-24565209098365047772012-06-20T21:41:00.001+10:002012-06-20T21:42:46.108+10:00Dinner Party Ideas
Who doesn't love a good dinner party?
I love them and I especially love them when I don't spend half the night in the kitchen cooking!
Champers or a good dry martini sets the mood for a soirée at the Bakers' house. Of course, there must be something super delicious to whet the palette before moving over to the table for dinner.
Home-made bread usually does the trick and if you serve it with a Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-47153521055583310872012-06-14T16:26:00.001+10:002012-06-14T16:26:51.750+10:00Rocky Road is a great after school snack
When the temperature drops, the rain settles in and the kids can't run all their energy off I retreat to the kitchen. I was trying to think of something to have in the fridge for when the boys get home from school this week. We have done popcorn to death, smoothies aren't so popular now it is cooler and Vegemite crackers are getting a little repetitive. I told them that when I was an exchangeCamilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-16872685587532084442012-06-11T15:19:00.000+10:002012-06-11T15:19:39.969+10:00Potato and Tuscan cabbage soup
The long weekend has proven to be wet and cold. When it rains in Sydney is seems to have these constant downpours that go on for days. We are in day two of non stop rain. I miss the rainy days of the tropics when I was a kid.
You'd be on your bike cruisin' the streets with your mates when you saw the black clouds rolling in off the ocean. Sometimes they would just blow out to sea and you Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-90532151654343969532012-06-08T17:09:00.002+10:002012-06-08T17:09:42.698+10:005 years on
I have been trying to sit in front of the computer for the past two weeks and blog about a few tasty meals we have eaten. However, every time I manage to peel the kids from the computer I find an invoice I'd forgotten to write, a quote that needed to be written.....or my mind goes completely blank when I begin to type.
While trying to get my mojo happening once again I started flicking Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-66872441774897130122012-05-23T14:11:00.000+10:002012-05-23T14:11:26.804+10:00Lamb shanks or chops?
Winter is trying very hard to settle into Sydney and I have fallen victim to the cool winds blowing in off the harbour, thinking I'd better start cooking heartier family meals. The boys are in full swing with their Aussie rules football (also a winter sport) which means they are all ways starving hungry after training and always wanting something more than what is on offer.
The boots Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-3963885959363247062012-05-12T16:28:00.000+10:002012-05-12T16:33:14.682+10:00Donuts dusted in nutmeg sugar
One of my all time favourite pleasures in life are donuts just out of the oil and dusted in sugar and cinnamon. I love, love, love them! A few years ago I decided to spend mothers day with my mum in Tassie. It also happened to be the same weekend as Agfest (a massive Agricultural event) and dad was in the Rotary caravan making none other than sugar coated donuts- you betcha I volunteered Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-69557259894666173182012-04-29T18:58:00.001+10:002012-04-29T18:58:43.227+10:00TVSN recipes
It was a fabulous show today on TVSN and I won't be surprised if they have a sellout show again.
I know there were a few viewers wondering where they could find recipes for the dishes cooked today, so I thought I'd better post them here for all the new Circulon Contempo buyers (and of course for everyone else!). If you didn't catch the show, I was showing how quick and easy it is to Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-95646871816188702012-04-25T15:45:00.001+10:002012-04-25T15:45:39.771+10:00Anzac Day Biscuits
How did you spend your Anzac day?
I had grand ideas of seeing the dawn service.....then read it was at 4.15am in Sydney, so I respectfully stayed in bed.
I was going to join friends in the park for a picnic, alas, quotes needed to be written, functions needed to be organised and food needed to be made....so I stayed in the kitchen.
The only thing I did that I wanted to do today was buy Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-62948605835128238692012-04-20T17:16:00.000+10:002012-04-20T17:16:18.684+10:00Carrot Cupcakes
I'm taking that look on his face as pride!
It has been school holidays here in NSW for the past two weeks. Nic has been able to look after the boys while I keep on feeding the masses at work, however, yesterday I gave myself an early mark to come home and knock up a few ideas for my new website. I have decided to embrace kids classes and perhaps even do a kids 6 week cooking course for term Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-54845595706235738582012-04-09T15:05:00.001+10:002012-04-09T15:05:28.456+10:00Pumpkin soup with lime pickle
If I eat another chocolate egg I think my teeth will fall out.
With half my chocolate collection scoffed (yep, a big kid at heart!) I am needing, wanting, craving food of the savoury kind. One of the benefits of having this Easter at home is having the complete use of my kitchen.
Although the cool weather hasn't set in, I was still in the mood for soup, and what soup do we make more than anyCamilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-86266687027790344092012-04-06T17:34:00.002+10:002012-04-06T17:34:56.621+10:00Hot Cross Buns
Hot cross buns,
Hot cross buns,
One a penny, two a penny,
Hot cross buns...........
They weren't quite ready for breakfast as I decided a sleep in was required, however, morning tea was graced with delicious hot cross buns.
I used the recipe I adapted in 2009 and am pleased to report it worked it's magic for another year.
Don't you just love the look of raw dough once it has Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-19954165206093584422012-04-05T16:15:00.000+10:002012-04-05T16:15:11.025+10:00Easter lamb with yummy greens
In our house, it really doesn't feel like Easter unless we have lamb and go camping. Sadly last years camping trip ended at 1am Easter Sunday with us packing up the boys and our drenched tent, then driving through the night back to Sydney.
Even though it has rained every Easter since we have been back in Australia we still love packing up the tent, esky and loads of food to go and hang out Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-41091010312958232512012-03-30T14:03:00.000+11:002012-03-30T14:03:14.328+11:00I think my kids are spoilt
That's right, I think I have gone to far in the world of food when it comes to my kids.
Starting out as a parent, you hope your child is going to be a good eater and not be to fussy; When they are toddlers you pray they at least try what is on their plate instead of saying no to everything; When they are school age, you hope they are eating some sort of vegetable(s) and able to eat a family Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-63647960169255034292012-03-27T18:01:00.000+11:002012-03-27T18:02:01.290+11:00Delicious Corn Fritters
One of the most versatile fritters on earth! Like lamingtons and roast chicken; there is more than one way to whip up a batch.....not to mention in a matter of minutes. I'm not to sure why I threw this combo together, I think I was low on time and energy and the buttermilk was the first thing I saw in the fridge if the truth be told!
One of the best secret high fives I gave myself was Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-81030970196586583652012-03-21T16:42:00.000+11:002012-03-21T16:42:03.607+11:00Lasagne and Lemons for a ten year old
Can it really be true? March 8th was the last time I posted?
How is it that it is the 21st already? Am I getting slacker or is life moving a little to fast for me these days? It couldn't possible be the fact that I have my fingers in to many pots?.....no, that is not possible!
Well between the 8th and the 21st my eldest managed to turn 10. Yep, I can hardly believe I am now the proud owner Camilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513595783196283182.post-91025693203575514022012-03-08T16:49:00.000+11:002012-03-08T16:49:31.436+11:00Blueberry pikelets- an after school favourite
It doesn't get any easier than this people! It has been raining all day, the kids are starving, cold and a bit whingy.....me too. It wasn't a day to hang around the play ground and make small talk while the boys ran their pants off.
This afternoon was all about feeding, keeping the feet dry and warming the belly.
Pikelets are seriously easy, quick and almost 100% guaranteed satisfaction withCamilla Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864345613638162188noreply@blogger.com2