Beef Zucchini Lasagna Recipe

My Beef & Zucchini Lasagna Recipe

So everyone has their fail-safe lasagna recipe and mine will be no better than yours, just saying I made my personal best tonight!  Yes, this is the quick-ish working Mum version in which my sauce is made from cans, not fresh.  So shoot me. You will need; 1 onion 500 grams minced beef 1 diced zucchini garlic 1 small can …

Boring-ass Stuff I have Bought that Works Perfectly & Reminds me How Old I am Getting

Fact:  I have been in bed since 8.30pm Fact:  I am eating hummus, with nothing, just my finger ::::::GASP:::::: Fact:  I have just finished reading the New Zealand Healthy Food Guide November Edition Fact:  I purchased The Jack Family’s First Freezer today Cumulative total of facts = I have definately hit the ground running into my thirties and it appears …

Date Scone Recipe New Zealand

Classic Date Scone Recipe

Eating Baking always cheers me up and I knew exactly what I wanted to make today.  I have only recently become a fan of dates, they seem to be Abby’s favourite scone variety so whenever we have morning tea she always comes equipped with some date scones. Dates are yummy, are grown on palm trees and are a source of …

Mussel Fritters Recipe

Glorious Mussel Fritters Recipe

This recipe was simple and amazing – a feast in fact! MUSSEL FRITTERS Serves: makes 20 fritters Ingredients 1 teaspoon dried yeast 300mls tepid milk 350g flour 3 eggs, beaten 75 mls fish sauce 4 coriander roots, well washed 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 hot green chillis, thinly sliced 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves 1.5 kg mussels, steamed open …

Quick Dinner Idea

Cook Eat | Fresh Vege Tortellini w/ Carbonara Sauce

You will need; 1 pack Signature Range fresh spinach and cheese tortellini 1 x pot of fresh Delmaine Carbonara sauce 1 large tomato 1/2 yellow capsicum / bell pepper 6 mushrooms 1 zucchini 1 head broccoli garlic to taste Sautee zucchini, mushrooms, bell pepper and garlic in a tablespoon of EVOO.  I had a couple of leftover lamb sausages so …

My healthy late night snack

Its not that hard to snack healthy when you have delicious options like cashews and dried cranberries and apricots on hand. I like these three things together as you satisfy your sweet and salty cravings at the same time – no jam on toast or brie on crackers for me tonight! Follow

Pancake Recipe

Cook Eat | The Best Pancake Recipe

On the Target product check on TV3 tonight, they road-tested store bought pancake mixes.  The host pointed out that the most basic pancake recipes only have 4 ingredients, so it’s a little disturbing when the ingredients listed on a pre-mix constitute an entire paragraph! So in an endeavour to save you from the supermarket shelves, and maybe encourage you to …