Recipe: Baked Lemon Cheesecake

Cheesecake isn’t something I make very often, but I had my folks over for dinner recently and my dad had mentioned he wanted a lemon cheesecake so lemon cheesecake for dessert it was! It was much easier than I remembered, you just have to be prepared so you have enough time for it to cool down properly. I decided to go a little fancy and made a balsamic strawberry sauce to pour on top, but it would still be delicious with just a sprinkling of icing sugar.

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Homemade Bath Salts

Baths are a wonderful way to unwind and adding bath salts into the mix really just really up the relaxation level, but you don’t need to resort to expensive bath salts any longer – I’m here to help! The best part about homemade bath salts is that you can add whatever scents you like to make them perfect for you.

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Homemade Air Fresheners

Nasty odours around the home are unfortunately a fact of life, particularly if you live in a houseful of kids or pets, but you don’t need to turn to synthetic fragrances to remove these scents – homemade air fresheners are easy, cheap and really do work!

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Recipe: Autumn Vegetable Stew

The end of daylight savings signalled the start of rather chilly evenings here in Melbourne so it was quickly time to pull out the warming dinner options. I spent ages trying to decide whether this recipe is a stew or a soup but really, at the end of the day I guess it doesn’t actually make all that much difference – all that matters is that it’s tasty! So, let’s call it an Autumn vegetable stew and get cooking!

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Review: Smith & Daughters III

I don’t usually review places multiple times, but after a delicious birthday dinner at Smith & Daughters I thought it was only fair that I shared the love around! Plus, it was the first time I had been to Smith & Daughters for a full dinner so there’s lots of new food to discuss! (Also, you can find Part I & Part II by following the links if you like!)

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