I love the classic old Kiwi Bumper Bar SO much but haven’t been able to bring myself to buy one for years due to a whopping 20.6 grams of sugar in each bar! I do not practise a restrictive diet for either Dave and I …
It feels odd to be writing this on a very gloomy and rainy Saturday here in Auckland, but the weather is (slowly) heating up and I’m feeling the urge to crank up the BBQ and relax into a season of easy salads and lazy dinners …
Our whole family loves smoothies for breakfast every morning, but we’re total creatures of habit and they end up tasting the same every single day! The team from Nutribullet sent me the recipe and ingredients to make Pineapple Lump Smoothies last week and they’ve definitely …
In our house, we have one morning each week when our family can lounge a little, stay in pajamas a little longer than usual, NOT rush out the door at 8am, not huddle in the cold at rugby or hurriedly scoff porridge before work, school and kindy. Sunday …
I have an ‘easy dinner’ method of making chicken pies for those nights when you have zero time to get some good-enough food on the table. Basically I layer spinach and feta on 1/4 of a chicken breast, season with garlic salt and salt ‘n …
We have been in our house for just over three years now and the little lemon tree we planted has produced it’s first serious citrus bounty. Luckily we all love the addition of lemon in baking so my new oven {{sigh $$ sigh}} is set to …
Last week was a bit of whirlwind of blogging events and launches, but there was one standout. On Wednesday morning I braved rush hour traffic and enjoyed a gorgeous, intimate breakfast hosted by the amaze Josh Emett for Nespresso. If you’re a coffee lover, then …
We found we had an abundance of both cucumbers and capsicums in the weekend so Dave whipped up this amazing 5 minute salad which we enjoyed two ways; the first as an accompaniment to some hot salami and crackers as an afternoon snack and secondly …
Tis the season ya’ll – feijoas are back and when you are blessed with a feijoa tree you don’t just get one or two do you? You get ALL the feijoas, so having multiple recipes up your sleeve is never a bad idea. I make …
Of all the cookbooks I own, the most thumbed, the most flour coated, the one with the most pages stuck together with icing is The Edmonds Cookery Book. It’s to this veritable kiwi institution that Dave and I turn for every tried and true family favorite. …