Sealord Hot Manuka Smoked Salmon just took out the Massey University Supreme Award at the 2014 New Zealand Food Awards! It is New Zealand’s most distinguished food award, so naturally they’re pretty stoked and want to celebrate. I have two luscious packs to give away, …
Aren’t these chairs simply the poster child of summers past? My Poppa is in full spring clean mode and de-cluttering everything so I was super stoked to find two of these classic deck chairs in his garage just waiting for another summer with our family. …
These puppies are bad news brown. Don’t make them then come crying to me all like “I’ve put on 27 kilos because of BRIOCHE”. I know, I feel your pain, now eat you pain away, brioche makes everything better x
The basic dough recipe is from the Little and Friday Cookbook – Celebrations, the method is mine x
This is not a quick recipe so stick with scones if you’re in a hurry.
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What’s been happening since we last spoke guys? Have you got your shit together? Ticked everything off your lists and made new ones? I hope so. I mean we all know that we can sit around and wait for change, for the moon and the …
“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.” nixon: so, dad took you to farmer’s unsupervised and despite offering you ‘numerous smaller toys’ this large digger was apparently all that your little heart desired. i can’t even imagine what life would …
“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.”
nixon: the eating. my god. you never stop with the hangry. food, milk, water all of the time. your dad and i baked a big batch of marmite and cheese and ham and cheese scrolls to pop in the freezer just for you and your massive appetite. your feet are also massive. the future does not bode well for our grocery bill.
ethan: first week of the holidays went swimmingly! we made a list of all the things we wanted to do and it 100% obliterated the boredom, plus had the awesome effect i was hoping for: “mum, these are the BEST holidays ever!”. and you know what? we had a total stay-cation that week, spent minimal money and had two happy boys {sometimes more} all week. i will totally be making an activity list every school holidays from now on.
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{look away Uncle Kenny, look away!} My Little Hippo is still breastfeeding. I remember saying to Dave and my mum about 3 months ago, “I just want him to keep going until we are done with his surgery and then he can quit whenever he …
*****Congratulations Kasey Potter & Tracey Joyce! Please shoot me an email {melissa@thebestnest dot co dot nz} with your delivery address and I will get your prizes on their way!***** I love working with super cool New Zealand companies and The Collective is no exception. …
Nix was recently fortunate enough to be gifted a wee pair of toddler shoes from the range at www.attipas.co.nz. After struggling to settle on a style from the huge number of options I eventually chose a pair from the Marine range – because I’m a HUGE sucker for anything with stripes on it! When they arrived a few days later I was quite surprised at how completely different the Attipas were to any other baby shoe I had ever seen. Which, they should be really. Baby’s feet are not like those of adults so it doesn’t make much sense to squish and force them into hard, solid soled shoes that do nothing to assist a child’s burgeoning sense of balance and coordination. My initial reaction was that they were a bit strange, but this was quickly put to rest the second I put them on Nixon.
Attipas are seriously as light as a feather and as easy to put on as a pair of socks! Nix’s feet are like little sledgehammers; they are huge and chunky and squeezing them into shoes is a mission so he and I both welcomed the relief of some easy-on shoes. So, so many things to love here;
These little shoes have been designed with the goal of being as beneficial for developing minds and bodies as walking barefoot, and I’m genuinely happy to recommend them. Shop online at www.attipas.co.nz
TODAY 7 WOMEN will be diagnosed with breast cancer. THIS YEAR 650 will most likely die. YET 30% of eligible women don’t have regular mammograms. AND 60% of young women don’t know the signs beyond a lump. Those stats are scary. I’m going to be brutally honest here; watching someone you love die …