Saturday, July 12, 2008



Some of us cook because we have to and some of us cook because we love it......i am a little of both of these.

I really love to cook, and i have to cook as i have a husband my three year old (fussy eater) and two teenage step children.....but sometimes by the end of the day the love of cooking leaves and the cant be bothered mother pops in for dinner.

Last September i joined a company that sells cookware.....i joined for two reasons.....the first was a financial one....we needed more money coming into the household with mortgage rates going up and up but the second was i had found quality cookware that actually made not only the cooking easier and better but the cleaning up after was heaps easier.

I cant believe how non stick the Como advanced ware is.

I had never EVER owned anything decent in my kitchen before and i used to think it was my very ordinary stove top and oven that wrecked the food but i now know that with better cookware it really doesn't matter what your oven is like.


Today i am going to a friends son's first birthday party so i thought i would make some chocolate teddy bears.

It is sort of a different version of chocolate crackles but with coconut...(reminds me of those coconut roughs you used to be able to buy.....maybe you can still get them??)
See the photo at the top of the page!!!
Happy cooking

The Cook

3 comments:

YummyMum said...

Hi!
I love your blog, and your little teddies.

JoniWho said...

I love those bears you made! Were did you get the moulds for them? Are they flexible?? Or is there a trick to getting them out of a cake mould?

The Cook said...

Thanks for the comments.
The teddy bears are from our childrens range and they are made from a flexible food grade silicone. They just peel away from the food. You can make muffins or the choco crackles or liittle cakes in them...the kids love them.
Just as an extra piece of info....the Chefs toolbox is associated with the Childrens Food Education Foundation and we donate $5 from each of our childrens products sold. To date we have donated almost $9000 this year.