How to Make Chilli Flowers. Edible Garnishes

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Apricot Chicken in less than 30 minutes.

That all time old fashioned family favourite  Apricot Chicken true comfort food. Very popular with the kids. Pop it all into one pot, cook it for 25 minutes and feed the whole family a hearty satisfying economical meal in less time than it takes to make mashed potato. Check this easy video recipe out and much more on our cheekyricho YouTube channel.

Perfect Autumn Sunset Reflections with Tilly

Sunset is beautiful at this time of year. All healthy animals frolic and play in the last rays of daylight. Tilly is no exception, a game of sticks or flickaball. Watch the mullet jump in the river disturbing the too perfect mirror reflection on the glassy surface. Catch your breath down at the river bank before dinner and a long snoozy cuddle in front of the TV. 

New Fridge

Well my Fridge has died. Can't get it repaired as the company that supplied it has been taken over by a company that is bankrupt in Australia. Not good news, especially considering the fridge alcove was the perfect size for the old fridge. Solution is to modify the alcove. Kitchen looks a lot more spacious now we have removed that wall. Now just a little plaster, paint and tiles and a lot of dust and noise the new home for the new fridge will be ready. We have already removed the wall, straight after returning home from the fridge shop.

I love my renovating tool and the pinch bar. I don't love plastering. That dust gets into the most unimaginable places. It's the finest talc like powder, when airborne it settles on every surface even rooms closed off are not immune to the invasion. 7 more sleeps and we should be ready, fingers crossed

Japanese Sponge Cake

 This easy and unusual Japanese Sponge Cake Kasutera is made and then cooked in a rice cooker not an oven. It's easy, tasty, keeps well and gives your rice cooker a bit of variety. We love it when our kitchen appliance start multi tasking. A completely different cake to our Japanese cotton cheesecake but delicious just the same. Expect to see more wonderful & weird creations as we 

Experiment with different culinary ideas and bring them to you. Some of the best recipes from all over the world are spending time in our cheekyricho kitchen and we can't wait to show them to you.

Salted Caramel Saltine Crackers

We made the Saltines now we have used them in this magnificent Salted Caramel Chocolate Bark. Everything from scratch. Warning: this is addictive. Not being a real caramel fan we made this out of curiosity. We are so glad we did. Definitely the most delicious unusual tasting sweet ever. Sweet, Salty, Crunchy, Chocolate, Crispy try stopping at one piece. OK that's unreasonable! Try stopping at 5 pieces, now that might be achievable, maybe not.. This treat is self control proof!!! Check it out and more tomorrow on our cheekyricho YouTube channel.

Home made Saltine Crackers

Finally found the perfect crisp bread. Home made, no added sugar and preservative free. Crunchy as and super easy. Check it out n more on our cheekyricho YouTube channel

The Mighty Clarence

Hard to imagine this beautiful placid and peaceful looking river was the site of the highest flood on record a few short weeks ago. This huge river peaked at 8.08 metres which is just 2 cm below the top
Of the levee wall that saved the town. Surrounding properties were not as fortunate and Grafton was isolated from the north and south again. The width of this river is massive. Imagine the volume of water needed to raise its level by more than 8 metres as it raged at speed along its way 42 miles to the sea.

Mum in the kitchen

Visiting my mother for Mother's Day and decided to make combination pork soup in her new kitchen. I wanted to show you a good way to
Use the whey by product of home made ricotta cheese. We have showed you how to make that in a different YouTube video on our cheekyricho channel. The whey makes a very flavoursome light stock for a healthy Asian style pork combination soup. After a bit of trial and error mum got onto the camera for me and did a pretty decent job of the filming. Way to go grandma! The video results Will be posted later in the week. Needless to say we had a very tasty, healthy satisfying lunch in the first meal to be cooked in her new kitchen. I think it was a success. What will we cook tomorrow?? Hmmm'

Happy Mothers Day

To all you Mothers we hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day. Hug you children and your mum and celebrate the absolute wonder of motherhood.

Coffs harbour

It's not a nice day but there is something serene about watching little yachts tacking around a pretty bay. Ahh love Autumn.

Lemon Meringue Pie

Tart, sweet, creamy, fluffy, rich, mouth watering lemony meringue pie. Check this absolute delight Out on our cheekyricho YouTube channel this week. Ever popular old fashioned family favourite. It is surprisingly economical and easy to make. Warm or chilled a perfect finish to any meal. Make this winner for your next tea time.

Smoked Salmon Eggs for Mum

Time to think about mums breakfast in bed. This delicious easy breakfast treat Is simple to make, tastes fantastic and fuss free to eat with just a fork. Spoil your Mother this Mothers Day with this fancy fare. Video recipe to be viewed this week.

Coffee time

After a very hectic weekend and the successful birthday party celebrations. Time for a well earned cup of coffee and a sticky sweet slice of home made Baklava.

Birthday Party Preparations

Sorry we've been a bit quiet this week. Preparations are in full swing for a milestone Birthday Party today. After weeks of magnificent weather it seems we are not so lucky today. Fingers crossed the sun shines on our party guests.
We have been extraordinarily busy and our YouTube friends have ben shamefully neglected. Please Be patient, we think the wait will be worth it. The cheekyricho kitchen has been humming. Some pretty pleasant results are coming your way. Plenty of our old favourites you've seen before but some newies too! Bet you had a seat at the party table. Hope no ones on a diet ;-))