Today’s recipe is one which is a real no-brainer to have in your repertoire, especially at the height of barbecue season – the all-time, absolute, ultimate potato salad! As you can see from the pic this beauty of a dish is absolutely loaded with all the good stuff, with flavour matches all over the show. […]
Well hellooooo – here we are three weeks into 2019 and I feel like I’m properly ‘back’ (even though I never really went away…). This recipe is one I put together for Fairfax, so appearing on Stuff, and in newspapers around the country today – and it is bloody delicious if I say so myself! […]
… & quick chicken & egg salad
… & classic creamed spinach
serves 4 Well now, 3rd January 2018 already…! I hope yours has gotten off to a rollicking good start and that this year brings plenty of upside to the inevitable occasional lows. This salad is designed to enjoy while you’re on summer holiday, ideally with loved ones, enjoying the beach and sea – a combination […]
…with rocket, ripe tomatoes and cider vinaigrette
…perfect with roast side of salmon for Christmas
…and a cider vinegar, orange and honey dressing
serves 6 Hello lo – I have two salads in quick succession for you today – both prepared for Fairfax newspapers and appearing around the country today. First up is this incredibly easy but satisfying salad that would make a perfect easy mid-week dinner or weekend lunch with friends. The flavours are pretty classic – […]
Serves 4-6 Helloooo and happy Wednesday. Today’s recipe is one I put together for Dish magazine and it is a bloody delicious salad for any time of year. I love the combination of earthy lentils and tender spiced beef contrasted with peppery watercress, crunchy beans, salty feta and sweet beetroot, it is a seriously good […]
Holy moly did it rain last night (in Auckland) or what??? Happily I am still tucked up in bed with my cup of tea and heading to a slightly later yoga session today – that would be for day 36 in a row – wooooo – almost at my 40 day target! Actually I love […]
Good morning from a chilly, clear-skied Kinloch (just down the road from Taupo). I’m going to make this quick as I am staying with my lovely sister and her fam and the plan is to go boating shortly, so I have just made myself a cup of tea and snuck back to bed for 5 […]
Morning all – well it’s been a while ‘between drinks’, but this is a great little vege-loaded mid-week recipe which is super healthy and pretty quick and easy to put together. During winter I often crave big hearty stews or pies (…see recent pie extravaganza), and when I need a vegetable fix I usually go […]
Well here I am as usual writing this post as I sit in bed with a cup of tea, delaying the moment I must get up and get cracking. Just like millions of other people in the world I spent yesterday listening to David Bowie’s amazing music while I worked – and now this morning […]