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#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 with a classic Waitangi weekend BBQ with crayfish, salmon or lamb, a rich cheese or …
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 and again. The nutty taste of the Hemp Seed Oil is the perfect complement to …
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; Both of the boys are huge, hungry eaters. If they’re leaving food in the lunchboxes …
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 I whipped this up in 20 minutes, seriously. Press play to watch the 1 min …
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 else who needs a little sweetening up after putting up with us for the past …
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 New – December #1 Farrah’s Super Duo – Chia and Quinoa and Sprouted Grain wraps RRP …
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 time I had eaten a pie. Truth. There are few things we hold dear as …
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 summer traditions is a throwback from when I was little; I LOVE taking the boys …
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? Like, really, are you imagining this because it’s a sweet, sweet dream ya’ll. A dream …
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 New – November #1 Marcel’s Happy Pancakes – Gluten Free RRP $4.99 Marcel’s have rebranded and launched Happy …