OK so I have been going to hot yoga lately, and really enjoying it – sweating like a pig and generally feeling full of peace, tranquility and the milk of human kindness. (It’s been almost 4 years since I sold my personal training business, and let me tell you cooking and photographing food all day […]
I don’t know what to say other than a huge thank you for visiting – the blog has just hit one million views and I can’t quite believe it! It gives me so much pleasure writing recipes, styling and photographing – but even more to know that you are stopping by to have a look… […]
Well it’s been quite a while between tarts, so I thought I’d better get busy. I made this one a couple of times to get it perfect (you gotta do what you gotta do) – so now the pastry is super short with a lovely little crunch and I have made the vanilla custard centre […]
Happy Sunday morning to you 🙂 This is a quick little update on a recipe I posted a few years ago for Apple and Plum Anzac Crumble. Lately I have been thinking I really should post a feijoa recipe as they are everywhere in Auckland at the moment, and also I wanted to do an Anzac recipe update […]
Helloooo – number 2 in my meatball surprise recipe line-up are these meatballs with home-made smokey barbecue sauce, coleslaw and melty cheese in soft rolls. I have often been asked if I eat the stuff I make and photograph (!??!) well yes indeed, but on occasion I am actually eating when there may be […]
I’ve been on a bit of a wrap roll lately (haha) and this was my latest – meatballs made with my base recipe, smothered in spicy chilli beans and grilled mozzarella snuggled up next to some lime sour cream, avocado and coriander. These are clearly very inelegant, but also incredibly tasty – perfect with a […]
Feeling a bit meh today, Henry has just been up from Wellington for two nights and it was so lovely to have him home, but as is the way of things, he has once again flown the nest and is now back and preparing for university to start on Monday. Last night we dropped him […]
Happy Valentine’s Day for tomorrow!!! I know that chocolate is an obvious choice for Valentine’s Day right, but what if you fancy something a bit different? This Strawberry Panna Cotta is light, creamy and subtly sweet with a perky strawberry sauce spiked with Framboise. Add the delicate, crispy lemony shortbread and I guess you have […]
Many years ago I used to be nervous of cooking large hunks of meat, always a bit panicky that I wouldn’t get the timing right and eat up with a tough result – until I discovered the miracle of slow cooking. These days if I have 8 or more people coming for dinner I confess […]
Hello Valentines! Well this time last year I was writing up my recipe for Espresso Your Love Chocolate Mousse and bemoaning the fact that Nick would be in Chicago for Valentines Day – this year he’ll be in China! Ah well – at least we got to share some of this cheesecake before he left! […]
Well now, its not as easy as you might think to make a left-over lamb curry look appetizing…this is the best I could do given it was a quick snap before eating dinner last night! OK – so this is my official disclaimer – this is not a proper curry, it’s a made-up old-school version […]
OK, so my last two posts were a soup (albeit a very fresh and bright soup) and lasagne to warm up my northern hemisphere friends. Today we’re back in the southern hemisphere with a super summer salad that I made for Fairfax to share. This is pretty much summer on a plate, perfect for the […]
Good Monday morning – well I’m not sure if you have seen this on the blog before, I originally posted it waaaay back in May 2013. It has been a really popular recipe, but for a long time I have been perturbed (yes my family will tell you I actually do talk like this) by […]
We have just arrived back from a wonderful weekend at Waiheke, with incredibly beautiful, hot sunny weather, loads of swimming, bush walks and a pretty spectacular slow cooked pork shoulder on the barbecue. It seems so weird to think of my American friends enduring a really bitter winter – we’ve seen some coverage on TV […]