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 …
Cadbury, let's just put the past behind us shall we?
This is an awesome example of a major corporation putting things right; Cadbury you have redeemed yourself in 5 ways I never thought possible.  You listened to me when  I told you I wasn’t down with you killing Orangutans (OK indirectly…) to make me fat happy and high on choccy.  I couldn’t believe it when you commented on my blog …
Boring-ass Stuff I have Bought that Works Perfectly & Reminds me How Old I am Getting
Fact: Â I have been in bed since 8.30pm Fact: Â I am eating hummus, with nothing, just my finger ::::::GASP:::::: Fact: Â I have just finished reading the New Zealand Healthy Food Guide November Edition Fact: Â 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 …
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 …
Weekly Wrap-up
Best thing this week – watching Twilight in the hot tub with Dave on Tuesday night, I can NEVER sit through a movie, but the spa left me pretty much comatose by the end of the movie so I couldn’t move too quickly even I wanted to + that damn vampire is hot, pasty but hot Worst thing – the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
It's what's for dinner: Home Made Spring Rolls
So if you are looking for something new, delish, cheap and easy for dinner, try my spring roll recipe – yes, this is my own creation You will need: 1 of those double-banger full chicken breasts half a cabbage As much onion as you want, I used 1/2 Ginger As much carrot as you want, I used 1 Garlic Cilantro …