Nutritionist Approved Lunch Box Ideas For Kids

Most schools break for recess or “little lunch” and later for lunch or “big lunch”, some schools also offer “Crunch and Sip” this is a break where the children get to eat fruit or salad vegetables and drink water in the classroom. Your child’s school will let you know what the timetable is. Labels are…

ByThe Carousel13/01/2015

Celeb Style News & Trends

Your Ticket To The 2015 Golden Globes After Parties!

If the Golden Globe Awards is the hottest ticket in town, then an invitation to any of the glamorous after parties would have to come a VERY close second. Check out our gallery above as we take you behind the scenes of all the best parties in Hollywood through the lens of celebrity Instagram accounts! 2015 Golden Globes…

ByThe Carousel13/01/2015

Travel & Leisure

JK Place Capri, Italy: Idyllic Island Life With Frock Star Erdem Moralioglu

Capri: until now, this meant to me the mid-calf trousers favoured in warmer climates (stylish, but hard to pull off; best kept for the tall and the gamine). Now my focus is the small island off the Amalfi Coast. Like the pants, it’s chic – very chic. In fact, this romantic idyll in the Tyrrhenian…

ByThe Carousel08/01/2015

Homes Lifestyle & Homes Pets

Here Comes The Sun! How To Summer-Proof Your Garden…

With the weather starting to sizzle, it's not too late to get your garden summer, and party season, ready. With a few creative touches to your outdoor living area, you can transform your garden into the ultimate al fresco summer spot. Here are gardening guru Matt Leacy's tips and tricks to take the heat off your summer…

ByThe Carousel05/01/2015

Baking

Kaye Brown’s Marshmallow Cake

This is a favourite of my five children, and my husband of fifty-two years. INGREDIENTS Base 1 cup self-raising flour 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons sugar 1 egg 2 tablespoons milk Filling 1 cup boiling water 1 cup sugar juice of 1 lemon juice of 1 large orange 1 dessertspoon butter 1 tablespoon cornflour 1 tablespoon custard powder Marshmallow 1 cup sugar ½ cup boiling water 2 tablespoons gelatine 125 ml…

ByThe Carousel05/01/2015

Dark Chocolate & Sea Salt Donuts – For Lovers of Sweet and Savoury

Makes 6 sea salt donuts INGREDIENTS 115g plain (all purpose) flour 1/2 cup caster sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 large eggs (room temperature) 3 tablespoons extra virgin Olive Oil from Spain 2 tablespoons fullcream milk + 1/4 teaspoon fresh lemon juice Chocolate Glaze 70g dark chocolate, very finely chopped 1/3 cup heavy cream sea salt (topping) - eg/Maldon, Fleur de Sel, etc…

ByThe Carousel03/01/2015

Baking Entertaining & Wine

Dragoncello’s Potato Chip Cake

INGREDIENTS Flour 180g Half cup crushed Smiths Originals chips 200g caster sugar 180g brown sugar 2 tsp baking powder 150g butter 4 large eggs 1 egg white 200ml milk 1 tsp salt METHOD 1 Pre heat oven to 180 degrees 2 Grease and line a loaf tin 3 Put flour and chips in a blender 4 Place in a bowl, add both sugars and the baking powder 5 Melt butter in…

ByThe Carousel28/12/2014

Entertaining & Wine

Slow Cooked Pork, Spinach & Cannellini Bean Pot Roast

Serves 4 Preparation time 10 min Cooking time 150 min INGREDIENTS 1.5 kg pork neck (or trimmed loin of pork) sea salt & freshly ground black pepper 1⁄4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 onion, finely chopped 3 cloves garlic, crushed 1 large stalk celery and leaves, chopped 1 cup dry white wine 400g can peeled tomatoes 400g can cannellini beans, drained & rinsed 2 tablespoons fresh sage…

ByThe Carousel27/12/2014

Entertaining & Wine

Orange Margarita with Salted Cardamom and Coriander Seed Foam

INGREDIENTS 40ml Milagro Anejo Tequila 20ml Cointreau 15ml Aperol 15ml Lemon Juice 25ml Orange Juice 15ml Spice Syrup Shake over ice and strain into glass To create the foam combine: Egg whites Lemon Juice Maldon Sea Salt Spice Syrup the spice syrup Coriander Seeds Cardomon Pods Star Anise Vanilla Pods Citrus Zest Organic Raw Sugar METHOD 1 Brown the spices very lightly in a pot, add a water to make a tea 2 Add citrus zest…

ByThe Carousel25/12/2014

Wellness & Health

A True Story Of A Christmas Miracle By Joanne Huist Smith

I learned the lyrics to “The Twelve Days of Christmas” carol as a kid in grammar school choir, when the magic of the holiday season still ﬁlled me with a sense of wonder and possibility, a dreams-come-true mentality. Partridges and pear trees, ladies dancing and leaping lords—I had thought the words of the tune farcical.…

ByThe Carousel24/12/2014