very naughty chocolate steamed pudding

As I sit here with my house packed up around me, waiting for a dear mate and one of my darling nephews to come and give me a hand, I thought it would be a good idea to say ‘hi’…it might be a week or more before you hear from me again! This recipe is one of the very first ones I ever put together for Dish magazine, and it has also appeared here on the blog before. But frankly. Look at it…it needed another outing. (The naughtiness comes from the luscious calorie-packed chocolate situation, but it is so worth an extra-long walk or half hour at the gym). If you are planing any wintry get togethers with friends in the next few months, it is definitely worth giving it a whirl…

I have spent the last two nights sleeping on a kid’s mattress on the floor of my my new bedroom (moving day tomorrow), and oh my God, I haven’t slept so well in aaaages – 10 hours last night! It has been the most massive few weeks for me, first starting my new role as editor at Dish, ad hoc until I begin full-time on the 29th. (Although as anyone who works in publishing/media knows, deadlines stop for no man, so ‘ad hoc’ has been pretty bloody frenetic!). Last Wednesday I zoomed down to Welly for darling Hoob’s graduation, and it was fantastic to take a moment out of the goings on in Auckland just to really savour that time with the men/boys and the gorgeous Raven. Back in town and the packers have packed (mostly), wifi is coming to the new place (not unlike winter…geddit!?) and I feel like I am currently in the eye of the storm. Speaking of which, I need to get the TV off the wall in the living room and the exer-cycle down the stairs for my uncle, so time to go. See you soooooon!