I have been in two minds about posting this uber-chocolatey cake recipe. I made it this week for my dear friend whose birthday had slipped by without a blip – so silently that it seemed outrageous for such a darling woman to be unacknowledged. Sooooo – I wanted to do a chokky cake as an […]
Happy Sunday morning to you š This is a quick little update on a recipe I posted a few years ago forĀ Apple and Plum Anzac Crumble. Lately I have been thinking I really should post a feijoa recipe as they areĀ everywhereĀ 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 […]
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 –Ā 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 […]
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 […]
Last Saturday Nick and I made dinner together (a rare occurrence indeed, but on the the ‘to-do more regularly’ list) delicious braised lentils with fish and salsa verde. It was so good I immediately became re-addicted to lentils, so much so that I made up this recipe as a way of being able to enjoy […]
These are two things that you will almost always find in my fridge as both can instantly bring even the dullest meal to life – and they are perfect to pop in the packing pile to take camping – even a humble sausage is transformed! In winter I often swap out the basil/pinenut combo in […]
OK now don’t laugh, but I rephotographed this three times until I was happy with it – I am such a dork but I can’t help myself. I literally can not bring myself to post anything unless I genuinely like the pic, even if the recipe is great. Ah well – my little freaky perfectionist […]
You might remember a while ago I posted a recipe for classic chicken noodle soup? Well it is a fabulous recipe, and if you have the time you’ll find it hereĀ – but if you are pressed for time and just happen to have a whole lot of left-over chicken or turkey staring at you […]