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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It’s hot so let’s make ice-cream (roasted nectarine ice-cream)
Can we all just take a minute and have a collective whinge about this heat? Here in Auckland, it’s 29°c, with about 70% humidity. It is nasty. And I know people say ‘but you’ll be complaining once it’s cold’. And …
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Home-made Jelly Tips
We are currently smack bang in the middle of the NZ summer. It is hot and humid, making it the perfect weather for ice cream. Here in our house, we usually have a tub of vanilla in the freezer, sometimes …
She is 4
If this cake looks familiar, it is. I made the same one 365 days ago, and now, one year on, one year older, she still loves ballet and chose the same cake. She is still feisty, loving, and stubborn, and now …
Raspberry buttercreams
I have nearly finished with the edible gifts. Just one more, and we’re going out with a bang with these delicious raspberry buttercreams. I learnt my lesson making truffles, and so I saved my sanity this time by setting these …
Pinot noir truffles
I really questioned my sanity when I was making these truffles. I asked myself ‘why on earth are you rolling truffles in 25°C heat?’ As the temperature outside rose, so did my inner temperature at the sticky chocolate mess I …
once upon an egg 