Product Review | Maggi Extra Delicious Noodles

Product Review | Maggi Extra Delicious Noodles

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 

Cook | Dave’s Turkey Meatballs

Cook | Dave’s Turkey Meatballs

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 

Cook | Dave’s Fried Chicken Nibbles / Wings

Cook | Dave’s Fried Chicken Nibbles / Wings

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, 

Cook, Eat | Peach Pie Recipe

Cook, Eat | Peach Pie Recipe

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 

Cook Eat | Strawberry Oreo Muffins

Cook Eat | Strawberry Oreo Muffins

  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 

Sunday Funday…. but it’s Monday

Sunday Funday…. but it’s Monday

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 

Daily | Look

Daily | Look

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!

Cook.  Eat | Peach & Weet-Bix Muffins

Cook. Eat | Peach & Weet-Bix Muffins

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 

Heuvos Rancheros ……..kind of

Heuvos Rancheros ……..kind of

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.

Things I love …..BACON

Things I love …..BACON

I love bacon.  But, nitrates are bad news.  Nitrates are even badder than bad news when you fry the shit out of them whilst you are cooking your bacon.  On the hunt for an alternative, I spied Henderson’s Dry Cured Bacon in Pak ‘n Save