Cook Eat | The EVERYTHING Muffin Recipe

Cook Eat | The EVERYTHING Muffin Recipe

You know when you have that one brown banana that you don’t want to waste, but one isn’t really enough to whip up a banana cake or banana bread? Yeah that happened to me today.  Not to be thwarted by my lack of over-ripe fruit, 

Munch: Seasonal Cookbook for Baby & Family + Giveaway!

Munch: Seasonal Cookbook for Baby & Family + Giveaway!

I’m so pleased to have joined Munch Cooking this year as one of their Munch Mums!   Look out for my reviews and giveaways each month as I introduce you to some awesome {and pretty innovative} products from The Munch Cupboard. A cookbook for kids is 

Giveaway {CLOSED}| Volt Espresso Celebrates Success at The NZ Coffee Awards

Giveaway {CLOSED}| Volt Espresso Celebrates Success at The NZ Coffee Awards

People go crazy about their coffee and its inherent routine in their day.  Some will happily knock back a cup of instant and be good to go, but others love the process and the ritual of brewing and perfecting their consummate cup.  The team at Volt Espresso 

Cook Eat | Cinnamon & Brown Sugar Brioche Recipe

Cook Eat | Cinnamon & Brown Sugar Brioche Recipe

  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 

Giveaway {closed}| Be in to win Back to School Prizepacks from The Collective!

Giveaway {closed}| Be in to win Back to School Prizepacks from The Collective!

*****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. 

Cook Eat | Try something new – Black Rice

Cook Eat | Try something new – Black Rice

Ok, first things first; black rice is SO hard to photograph, black rice would get in all kinds of trouble as a food model – hard work yo! Secondly; Dave and I ate black rice as a side dish at an event a couple of 

Cook Eat | Easy Eggs

Cook Eat | Easy Eggs

Sponsored post, but you all know I LOVE eggs right?   Anyone who has read this blog for any length of time will be familiar with my love of eggs.  All the eggs please ALL OF THE TIME! I’ve been eating eggs for breakfast for 

{CLOSED} Cook Eat | Miso Hoki Recipe + GIVEAWAY!

{CLOSED} Cook Eat | Miso Hoki Recipe + GIVEAWAY!

  Dave and I attended an awesome Supper Club hosted by Sealord on Tuesday night which saw Trudi Nelson from www.fresh.co.nz cooking up some divine recipes using fresh Hoki.  Previously I had been a bit turned off by Hoki, my experience was that it was a bit 

Cook, Eat | The BEST Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Cook, Eat | The BEST Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

 I apologise in advance for this recipe, because holy moly these boys are sinful!  But totally awesome, everyone will love these and they keep really well for lunch-boxes throughout the week.   [yumprint-recipe id=’4′]

Cook, Eat | Smoked Fish Pie Recipe

Cook, Eat | Smoked Fish Pie Recipe

So many iconic New Zealand brands are participating in New World’s Little Shop promotion but Sealord have taken it one step further this year; they have built two fully functioning Little Boats, complete with engine and rudder which will be given away to two lucky