Fridaaaaay! Yay – and finally a beautiful blue-sky day in Auckland – fantastic! Today’s recipe is for a crispy thin-based pizza loaded with cheesy goodness then finished off with a little chilli kick, fresh peppery rocket and some fresh zingy lemon. It is a great vegetarian option, but for other suggestions you can also checkout […]
Check out these lamb meatballs, not bad hey!? I just put the recipe together for Dish, and they’re a real winner. As it’s only me at home I delivered the whole lot, with all the extra bits, to my sister’s house last night, and they got a resounding thumbs up from the whole fam 🙂 […]
Greetings from magnificent Waiheke! God I love being out here – it is worth every moment of frazzled, rushed preparation to make the last car ferry out with one vomitous and one fretful dog to arrive to a spectacularly clear, still evening, crackling fire, fresh fish and chips and a cheeky l’il glass of wine. […]
Good morning to you from my normal blogging location – in bed with a morning cup of tea 🙂 With the long Anzac weekend ahead for Australia and New Zealand I thought it timely to post a couple of relaxed entertaining recipes. First up is this one for spicy fish tacos which I put together […]
 I feel a bit sheepish (l’il lamb joke) to be re-posting this again, but it is such a good Easter recipe it seems silly not to…hope everyone is enjoying a happy Easter 🙂 1 large whole leg of lamb, bone in, at least 2 kilos 8 sprigs rosemary 8 big garlic cloves, peeled juice of […]
I am sitting here in a wee satisfied glow having just finished a shoot for the Wine Friend company (such a good idea, they deliver wine that suits your taste so that you get introduced to new wines via their recommendations, without buying duds), and not only do I love the shots (hurrah!), but I […]
Hello-lo as my sister would say! I’m tapping away, about to go and ‘put my face on’ and head off to mother-in-law’s sister’s wedding (as you do), and thought I should get this ready to post. Look at these lovely, luscious beauties!!! This is just my kind of dessert – creamy, smooth, milky Frangelico-spiked chocolate […]
Hello, hello – this is going to be a super speedy wee note to go with this super speedy prawn curry recipe! I have just arrived back from Melbourne and my long weekend with Pog (Henry), and thanks to the Easter break, Melbourne and heading away again on Friday to Hawkes Bay with Nick, I […]
Yesterday Nick arrived back from Shanghai, tired and a little rumpled as usual – it’s a tough gig sometimes, zooming back and forwards between countries. Usually we have a ritual of softly scrambled eggs for dinner on his first night back (along with a catch up of whatever series we happen to be watching at […]
Morning! This is a quick wee recipe that is also available in the Tuck In (gettit!?) selection over at the lovely Dish magazine. It may not look terribly exciting but is actually bloody delicious – the hot cross buns soak up all that custardy goodness so that the resulting pudding is soft and squishy with […]
Monday again already – I can’t believe it – where on earth did the weekend go? And not just Monday – it’s almost Easter!!! Before you know it we’ll be getting stuck into big slow-cooked stews and hearty soups, but before that happens, and while there is still just enough warmth to eat dinner outside, […]
Hold on to your hat – I am NOT in bed! I am actually sitting at my desk in front of my monster screen as I write this – having been for a walk, showered and baked a white chocolate brownie – and it’s only 8:25am! OK so obviously this is not a picture of […]
Good morning from my usual office (bed), currently in that desperate situation of having finished my first big mug of tea and wanting another,  but being unable to will myself from under the covers and back downstairs 🙂 OK – so this recipe is like ‘whaaaat?’ why is she giving me a recipe for a […]
Goooood morning! Well it’s back to normal in that I am posting this while in bed with my morning vat mug of tea, but it is also the start of the new normal in my big ole empty nest. In this moment Rich is valiantly getting his head around his first few weeks of university […]