Arghhh banana bread. It's the fail-safe, comfort food breakfast favourite of almost everyone I know (unless you dislike bananas that is?! Do such people even exist?!). It's also number one on my 'procrastibaking' list, when the stresses of life get that little too much and all that will save me (or so I'm convinced!) is a healthy dose of cooking 'escapism' and the promise of baked goods.     Yep, when I spy some bananas in our fruit bowl looking a little too 'tanned' shall we say, whipping us this banana bread is the ONLY acceptable solution. The loaf is... [ READ MORE ]

I’m quite partial to a hearty bowl of steaming, thick porridge for breakfast, but sometimes this warm bowl of comfort just doesn’t cut it. For example, during those times when the 15-20 mins required at the stovetop to delicately stir those precious rolled or steel cut oats to creamy perfection, is just too much of a commitment, or on those summer days (or let's be honest during this current random hot October weather we have been experiencing in Melbourne!) when the weather forecast predicts that you very well might get a hot flush from downing porridge for breakfast.    ... [ READ MORE ]