This slice incorporates the nostalgic flavours of ANZAC biscuits, Grandma's Cumquat marmalade, and the warmth of ginger spice, into one delicious layer of biscuit. This is a great one for the weekend. Think breakfast, morning tea, or afternoon tea or take it into work to win a few extra brownie points.
Hello, I'm Pauline, a passionate home cook with over 40 years of recipe development experience and over 12 years of food blogging. I live in Tropical North Queensland. What began as a simple way to document family recipes has grown into Happy Retiree's Kitchen, a trustworthy source for achievable, delicious recipes. I'm a self-taught cook and food and travel blogger, and have spent over a decade perfecting how to make home cooking achievable, flavoursome, and very accessible. Let's cook.
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Italian Lamb Ragu with Home Made Pasta
Monday, June 16, 2025
Curried red lentil, tomato and coconut soup
Winter has brought soup back to our dining table, and what a Winter Warmer this bowl of creamy lentil deliciousness is. Perfectly balanced herbs and spices with a hint of heat, are a specialty of Yotam Ottolenghi's recipe repertoire, and as a bonus this soup is also nourishing, hearty and gluten-free. It is also vegetarian.
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
In My Kitchen, June 2025, looking back on Marvellous May
Dear friends, How can it be June already? It's been a big month of enjoying the magnificent weather here right now in North Queensland and keeping busy with harvesting and preserving all of the fresh and surplus produce coming our way, not to mention eating it.



