A first birthday happened a couple of months ago, and it completely skipped my mind. (School holidays will do that to your brain.) It’s been over one year since I started once upon an egg (with this post), and 81 …
Wholemeal spelt waffles with spiced honey
Auckland had the faintest whiff of Autumn this week. The temperature cooled for a couple of days and it wasn’t so humid. So for breakfast, I felt like something a little more suited to the weather. I haven’t eaten many …
Tin can cakes
I have recently added to my collection of vintage cookbooks with some from my Great Nana, including her own recipe book. It’s at least 80 years old and is completely falling apart, and at some stage, someone re-wrote most of …
Julia Child’s Reine de Saba cake
It’s 2005 and I’d just heard of a new book about Julia Child. It was called ‘Julie & Julia’, and was written by Julie Powell, who was inspired to cook her way through Julia Child’s ‘Mastering the Art of French …
Mike’s smoked salmon
I am lucky enough to have a husband that has a few really good recipes under his belt. Mike cooks a good steak, has a couple of delicious lamb dishes and does a mean roast chicken, but his pièce de …
Green fingers + a butternut quiche
I am feeling rather chuffed at the moment. Our garden, planted solely with seeds from the New World Little Garden series, is producing heaps of veges! We planted sunflowers, basil, kale, tomatoes, nasturtiums, corn, cucumbers, purple tansy, beans, red onion …
Back to school muffins (nut free + gluten free!)
We made it! Nearly 8 weeks later and we’ve survived the world’s longest school holidays. After 8 weeks of play dates, sleep overs, bickering, swimming, and lots and lots of fun, school is BACK! But I have to say that …
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