I have grown us a bounty of tomatoes this season, and despite our best efforts we are accumulating a bit of a back-log. Time for chutney. Ingredients 1.25kg green or firm tomatoes chopped (I used some red ones also) 3 chopped onions 2 chopped apples …
Squeezing in 5 days in Mangawhai at the end of the holidays was a perfect summer treat for our family, finding a chocolatier in town was a sweet surprise this pregnant lady could not resist! My Aunt, who is a local, insisted we stop by …
Making my own tortillas has been on my to-do list since I moved to San Diego in 2003 and became forever addicted to Mexican food. The gauntlet was laid on Friday night as Dave caught a shit-tonne of snapper and fish tacos were calling. There …
Our family LOVES sampling and reviewing products so last week we were so excited to receive a delightful {and beautiful!} package of Popsicle Milkshake Swirls to try. We are mad ice cream fans, who sneak up to our local 4 Square far too often. I justify …
I found this recipe on another NZ blog Monkey Makes Three and it was perfect for a 9pm chocolate craving. Lonely nights with Dave away just make me want to eat arggghhh. And cook. I think about cooking all the time. Any way, back to the …
Oh we pretty much ate our way around America and it was mah-vellous! We couldn’t get enough mexican food and even brought Taco Bell seasoning home with us. Dave and E kicked off the Festival of Eating in Sydney – I guess their motto …
This is a no-good very BAD cake that you shouldn’t make if you are at all concerned with sugar, butter and all of those yummy things. For the rest of you that like to live and eat cake, I give you this recipe that I …
Oh yes. You will love this one. I guarantee it. It has been tried and tested on Very Important Friends and they concur; calzones are go! Calzones are pretty common in SoCal, every pizza restaurant has them on the menu. I haven’t struck them at …
I am a HUGE fan of instant oats so was very happy to sample some new flavors from Uncle Toby’s. I like to keep a pack in the kitchen at work for breakfast or a warm lunch and my 7.5 yo son will eat oats …
Our family were sent The Maggi Extra Delicious Chicken Noodles with ‘Invisible Wholegrain’ to sample. Luckily Chicken is the ONLY flavour we would actually purchase so we felt somewhat qualified to comment! The problem we have with instant noodles in general is that they just …