Dave and I both LOVE to cook, but if I’m honest, there are very few cookbooks I pick up that garner an immediate, enthusiastic response from me. Often they incorporate ingredients which are simply out of the realm of my standard grocery list – which …
In our house, we have one morning each week when our family can lounge a little, stay in pajamas a little longer than usual, NOT rush out the door at 8am, not huddle in the cold at rugby or hurriedly scoff porridge before work, school and kindy. Sunday …
I have an ‘easy dinner’ method of making chicken pies for those nights when you have zero time to get some good-enough food on the table. Basically I layer spinach and feta on 1/4 of a chicken breast, season with garlic salt and salt ‘n …
We have been in our house for just over three years now and the little lemon tree we planted has produced it’s first serious citrus bounty. Luckily we all love the addition of lemon in baking so my new oven {{sigh $$ sigh}} is set to …
Last week was a bit of whirlwind of blogging events and launches, but there was one standout. On Wednesday morning I braved rush hour traffic and enjoyed a gorgeous, intimate breakfast hosted by the amaze Josh Emett for Nespresso. If you’re a coffee lover, then …
We found we had an abundance of both cucumbers and capsicums in the weekend so Dave whipped up this amazing 5 minute salad which we enjoyed two ways; the first as an accompaniment to some hot salami and crackers as an afternoon snack and secondly …
Tis the season ya’ll – feijoas are back and when you are blessed with a feijoa tree you don’t just get one or two do you? You get ALL the feijoas, so having multiple recipes up your sleeve is never a bad idea. I make …
Of all the cookbooks I own, the most thumbed, the most flour coated, the one with the most pages stuck together with icing is The Edmonds Cookery Book. It’s to this veritable kiwi institution that Dave and I turn for every tried and true family favorite. …
We are crazy about eggs in this house {I’m pretty sure I’ve told you that about 100 times already!}, but everyone in our house LOVES eggs. We go through around 2 trays a week and eat eggs made every way imaginable, a couple of times …
We have just made our second, DELICIOUS batch of EasiYo and our whole family is totally hooked on both the process {so, so simple} and the result – thick and creamy yoghurt in the yummiest flavours! I’ve wanted one of these simple, effective kitchen helpers …