Aussie Joy's Life

  Passionfruit Kisses or Passionfruit Melting moments are a delicious way to impress your guest and use up some passionfruits. Ingredients   250g unsalted butter, softened 1 tsp vanilla essence OR 1 tbsp passionfruit 1/2 cup pure icing sugar 1 1/2 cups plain flour 1/2 custard powder Passionfruit filling 120g butter 2 large passionfruit 2 [...]

I used this Coconut Ice recipe for my sisters wedding favours or Bombonieres.  It worked like a treat and everyone loved it! Ingredients 2 cups of icing sugar 395g can of condensed milk 2 1/2 cups of coconut 1/2 tsp of vanilla 1/4 cup of glazed cherries Pink colouring Dark Chocolate Method Combine sifted icing sugar, [...]

Picture by Faeriesfinest. I recently ran out of my favourite Ginger and Lemon tea so decide to make my own from fresh ginger root and lemon. I will admit it tasted just as good as a bought one and felt a whole lot healthier! Ingredients 1 1/2 Tbsp Lemon (fresh is best) 1 Tbsp ginger [...]

So lately I’ve been craving sushi and I’ve noticed people either share my excitement and then tell me of a great Sushi restaurant or they screech in horror – ‘Gross out – fish was meant to be cooked!’ Some myths about Sushi revealed! 1. The word “sushi” actually refers to the seasoned rice, not the [...]

I love to bake! I think especially since I am rarely home and when I am all I want to do is make a mess in the kitchen and make something from scratch. So I thought today I would share one of three of my favourite Australian biscuit recipes (or Australian Cookie Recipes). Biscuit = [...]

Impress your guest with this summery family friendly fruit punch! Ingredients Quantities are guestimated. 2 litre Ginger Ale 2 litre Lemonade (or as the Americans call it – Sprite) 5ooml Orange Juice 1 litre Fruit punch Juice (or if you are in Australia Golden Circle fruit punch is gold) 1 Fresh Lime 1 tin Crushed [...]

This past weekend I made the famous Australian Dessert – Pavlova. I had so much response to the twitpic photo I sent from my phone that I thought I would share with the world my secret Pavlova recipe that I actually stole from my sister Cherie – who is by far the best home baker [...]

I made Pork Roast with Plum sauce tonight! Amazing! Recipe by Paula Deen for Smithfield. I’ve pasted a copy of the recipe here… but I’ll put in bold changes I made. Roast Pork with Plum SauceThis pork roast recipe is great for your family or for guests and the easy ingredients are all things you [...]