Frosé Recipe with Akarua RUA Pinot Rosé

Frosé Recipe with Akarua RUA Pinot Rosé

#YesWayRosé, it’s the second annual NZ Rosé Day on February 5th – a ‘National Holiday’ I’m totally on board with FYI.  Celebrate at home and enjoy this gorgeous Frosé (frozen rosé) recipe with Akarua’s RUA Pinot Rosé RRP $24.  This would be a perfect pairing 

Creamy Avocado Basil Zoodles Recipe

Creamy Avocado Basil Zoodles Recipe

Oh.  My.  Lord. Never made zoodles before, preeeety sure I’ve never created OR made a whole foods recipe before either. First time for everything – including using New Hemisphere Hemp Seed Oil –  and let me tell you, I will be making this again, and again 

Back to School Lunches: 4 Ways with Wraps

Back to School Lunches: 4 Ways with Wraps

Kids and lunchboxes. Here we go again for another year! My kids start off the school year quite enthused about lunches but, as each term draws to a close, we find more and more food coming home uneaten.  Which makes me cringe for two reasons; 

The Best One Pan Macaroni Cheese Recipe

The Best One Pan Macaroni Cheese Recipe

Forget everything you thought you knew about Macaroni Cheese.  This is the easiest, quickest, most delicious Macaroni recipe you will ever make.  One pan.  One step.  Forget about boiling pasta, making a sauce, draining the pasta, combining the ingredients, baking……………this is too easy! Dave and 

Recipe | Shortbread Christmas Tree Stacks

Recipe | Shortbread Christmas Tree Stacks

Baking with kids is awesome at any time of year but the mess is exponentially MORE enjoyable when you get the littlies in the kitchen at Christmas time. I bake shortbread every Christmas to gift to our neighbours, my Scottish Pop, kindy teachers and anyone 

That Retail Life – What’s Hot this Week + Win!

That Retail Life – What’s Hot this Week + Win!

I’m seeing a lot of awesome new products each week so thought it was about time I curated these new releases into a regular ‘Hot List’ that’s short and snappy, giving you guys the lowdown on the latest and greatest from brands we love. What’s 

Thai Chicken Pies – Dinner is served!

Thai Chicken Pies – Dinner is served!

I came to the realisation this week that, despite being a born-and-raised Kiwi mummy, there was something that was missing from my life.  Something so quintessentially ‘New Zealand’ that I’m pretty embarrassed to have been overlooking it for so long. I couldn’t remember the last 

Summer Fruit:  Get smoothie ready…..for an entire year + WIN!

Summer Fruit: Get smoothie ready…..for an entire year + WIN!

It’s warming up here in New Zealand.  Spring’s been doing it’s thing and out in my neck of the woods – North West Auckland – the berry farms are in full swing as they prepare for the picking season to begin.  One of my favourite 

Pulled Pork Tacos Recipe – In 10 Minutes!

Pulled Pork Tacos Recipe – In 10 Minutes!

Imagine, as a Mum, if every time you said – ok SCREAMED – “Dinner is in ONE minute!”, you were actually telling the truth.  What if the ravenous hordes could literally smell dinner cooking within moments of you opening the fridge to begin dinner prep? 

That Retail Life – What’s Hot This Week + Win!

That Retail Life – What’s Hot This Week + Win!

I’m seeing a lot of awesome new products each week so thought it was about time I curated these new releases into a weekly ‘Hot List’ that’s short and snappy, giving you guys the lowdown on the latest and greatest from brands we love. What’s