Posted in Blog, Cooking classes, events, News & products, Uncategorized on 19. Feb, 2012
Friday was the first of a monthly cooking class I am taking with the goal of learning more about nutrition, the many myths out there, discovering new foods and generally enjoy being on the other side of the class for a change. The classes are run by Deborah Murtagh from Healthy Kitchen, www.healthykitchen.co.nz Deborah has over [...]
Posted in Blog, Breakfast, Light meals, Recipes, Vegetables on 16. Feb, 2012
Corn fritters are always popular, be it for brunch or a light dinner. You can make them all year round with tinned or frozen corn but they are especially nice made with fresh corn! 2& ½ cups of corn kernels ½ a red onion 1 cup self raising flour 2 eggs Salt and pepper Fresh [...]
Clafoutis is a classic French dessert often made with cherries but works just as well with other fruit from berries to apricots, plums and so on. For some reason, I expect the weird summer weather we have had, there has been a glut of yummy big cherries on the market at a great price so I [...]
Posted in Blog, Lamb, Light meals, Recipes, Salad, Seafood, Vegetables on 09. Feb, 2012
If you missed our spread on Tapas in the BOP Times the other weekend here it is. If ever on holiday in Spain going for tapas is compulsory. In a country where dinner is often served after 10pm, tapas are never considered a meal they are simply something to tie you over between meals. Designed to [...]
Posted in Blog, Light meals, Recipes on 02. Feb, 2012
These are great on the BBQ or fried in a pan served on steamed rice with some stir fried vegetables. The mince mixture also makes great burger patties. With my lemongrass going wild in my garden I used lemongrass stalks instead of skewers which make for very impressive nibbles. 300g pork mince 1 egg 1/2 [...]
You can whip this beautiful summer dessert up in no time! And because it uses pre made (or bought if you are like me) lemon curd you can enjoy it anytime of year. 250g Packet of gingernuts (crushed) 100g melted butter 300mls cream 1 cup lemon curd – for a twist I used Cuisinescenes delicious [...]
Avocados have a high fat content which is why they make great oil. What’s really in their favour is this fat is monosaturated and they have no cholesterol. There are many other health benefits to eating avocados and it was when I was spreading a ripe avocado on toast instead of butter that I got the [...]
Everybody loves blueberry muffins! Packed full of antioxidants blueberries are great for you and right now the season is in full swing so it’s a great time to enjoy them fresh. My father has two blueberry bushes and I couldn’t resist picking several handfuls to take home. They will be great with yoghurt in the [...]
It’s January and that’s plum season and this tart is great for any type of plum. Personally I like the rich ruby red fleshed Black Dorris but you have to wait a little longer in the season for these beauties. Other stone fruit like apricots work well too and dare I say it, tinned fruit [...]
Posted in Beef, Blog, Light meals, Recipes, Salad on 28. Dec, 2011
This bean salad is my current favourite! It’s great to take to BBQ’s, beautiful with fish,chicken or beef and with tacos, fajitas ….. the list goes on. For a delicious and easy summer meal I paired it with BBQ’ed steak and guacamole all wrapped in warm tortillas. Delilicious Californian Bean Salad 1 c dried black beans [...]
Have you ever thought about the ingredients that go into your drinks? With a huge emphasis now on wanting to know what goes into our food and the realisation that the better the ingredient you start with the better the final dish, I started to think about some of the things I drink. In our [...]
Posted in Blog, Lamb, Light meals, Recipes, Salad on 22. Dec, 2011
Pomeganates aren’t in season in NZ at Christmas time, but their gorgeous ruby red, jewel like seeds evoke a sense of the festive season. This is not helped by us seeing them in Christmas recipes and dishes from the Northern hemisphere (where they are in season) So here is a dish that uses pomegranates but [...]
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