I got inspired by NZ Masterchef recently and decided we needed to add a fish pie to our meal rotation. Not a canned fish pie though, and in terms of dollars and cents, buying a smoked fish is pretty much the cheapest protein you could …
Our new baby lemon tree is pretty much awesome so I had to get over my flour phobia and whip up a cake. Voila! Recipe is from The Women’s Weekly and is so easy, I will definitely be putting this gem into the regular baking rotation as …
We love turkey mince. It’s super tasty and low fat. It makes a yummy substitute for beef in tacos, lasagne etc. So this is how Dave Jack makes turkey meatballs. Combine 500gm turkey mince, 1 egg, approx half cup breadcrumbs, 1/3 onion diced, chopped garlic …
There aren’t many that know fried chicken like a southern boy, and Dave surely knows how to make fried chicken. In our 7 years of marriage he has cooked this gor-met delicacy for me only twice. Once on New Years three years ago and tonight, …
Thanks to the lovely local grocer I have a boat load of Golden Queen peaches to deal to. Like 7kgs worth and no jars to make jam. But hell , one cannot say no to such a bounty of fruit for under two bucks! So …
We picked a 3kg bounty of strawberries last weekend and just about managed to chomp through them, however the remainder were on borrowed time. I chopped them up in the blender, saved some for cereal in the morning and baked the rest into these …
Happy Waitangi Day! I bet I had more fun this weekend than John Key, stupid asset seller. Anywho, we did lots of fun stuff today. I can’t get enough of our little family at the moment although Ethan is a little harder to convince! We …
When Tara’s suitacse arrived 5 days after she did it contained presents! One of our favourites was the large bottle of Sriracha which we liberally apply to everything, especially my eggs!
This is neither a glamourous nor adventurous recipe but damnit we have some serious stock of Weet-Bix in the pantry! All that aside, these muffins are really good, knobby with lots of texture, super easy and quick to make and they taste delish. Recipe from …
Gluten and processed carbs in general do not work for me, my fat gets fatter when I eat them. But this on the other hand….. Perfection.