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Sarah Carmichael stunned fellow contestants and viewers alike with her decision to sacrifice her spot on MasterChef for the sake of her children last week, but even she admits she is blown away by her next surprise revelation – she’s pregnant! Despite making the final 24 by impressing judges with her coconut snapper, Sarah says […]

I was 25 years old and had been married less than a year when I fell pregnant. Stuart and I had been together for 3 years and were married in a small ceremony early in 2002. We had always talked about having a family together and we both came across as ‘kid people’. Stuart had […]

When Aussie cricket star Mitchell Johnson’s mother recently made ‘unkind’ comments about his fiancee, thousands of other young men probably groaned in embarrassed compassion for the guy! Having a mum who speaks out of turn; a permanently needy sister or maybe in-laws who won’t butt-out, is all part of being in a family. And an […]

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Brunch, lunch or simple supper Tropical fruit salad with lime syrup Creamed rice Bacon and egg fillo pies Easy cheese soufflès Skewered lemon prawns Breakfast in bed Time for tea Recipes the kids can cook Scrumptious salads Family feasts Just desserts

Recipes the kids can cook Macaroni cheese Baked bean jaffles Cheese twists Chicken salsa wraps Egg and bacon muffins Tomato, olive and rocket pasta Chicken pitta pockets White chocolate oat biscuits Rocky road slice Choc-chip blueberry muffins Breakfast in bed Time for tea Brunch, lunch or simple supper Scrumptious salads Family feasts Just desserts Still […]

Scrumptious salads Prosciutto, pear and blue cheese salad Light Caesar salad Roasted tomato salad Spicy eggplant salad Creamy potato salad Rocket, avocado and macadamia salad Mediterranean chicken salad Tomato, olive and herb salad Warm tuna salad with lemon dill dressing Salad nicoise Breakfast in bed Time for tea Brunch, lunch or simple supper Recipes the […]

Family feasts Veal cordon bleu Slow-roasted lamb with lemon and potatoes Garlic mustard rack of lamb Lamb with garlic aioli and potato fondant Rosemary and garlic lamb Pork Pork with pear chutney and pumpkin mash Oven-baked risotto with Italian sausages Rack of pork with apple sauce Chicken Chicken with mustard and rosemary Roast chicken with […]

Just desserts Mum’s caramel pavlova Easy passionfruit coconut tart Old-fashioned rustic apple pie Mixed berry & museli cheesecake Lusciously light chocolate mousse Strawberries with lemon sorbet Caramel self-saucing pudding Black forest cake Rhubarb and blackberry crumble Moist lemon cake Coffee fudge self-saucing pudding French fruit flan Dark chocolate truffles Breakfast in bed Time for tea […]

Sitting your kids down in front of the television could be more harmful than you think, new research shows. Children who watch more than two hours of television a day have twice as much chance of developing asthma as those who watch less than this. This new research conducted by the Medical Research Council in […]