gluten-free chocolate, chilli and blueberry slice recipe & the big three O
So my birthday has come and gone. I’m 30. It’s funny, most birthdays pass without me giving them much thought, I’m not usually one to fret and think about getting older. But here’s the thing, I remember my own mother turning 30. I remember her party, I remember the band that played up at my […]
on the road to Pukehina………
With my 30th birthday fast approaching what better way to spend my last weekend as a 20-something-year-old than to go and hang with one of the most important people in my life, and the one who shared my “birth”day with me all those years ago. Mama. Sure you love your mum growing up, but I’ve […]
gluten-free rosemary and lemon cookie recipe
Making cookies was one of my main jobs when I first started out cooking in a local cafe as an eager 17-year-old. We didn’t have a cake mixer at that time so it was all done by hand. I got pretty good at creaming butter and sugar with a wooden spoon, something my Nana and […]
chocolate tofu mousse recipe
Last year a friend of mine (Rosie Percival) and her friend Ruth Friedlander put out a cute little cookbook, self published and self promoted the girls have done such an amazing job of it that I just felt I had to share! Martha goes green is a precious little cookbook, and today’s chocolate tofu mousse […]
braised chickpeas with spinach, mint, haloumi & mojo verde recipe
With more and more sun making an appearance over the last few days (even though the rain is back again today!), a few daffodils popping out over at nana’s and spring fast approaching, I am starting to think about a summer garden. This month is the best time to get those tomato seeds into trays […]
gluten-free raspberry & coconut scone recipe, rainy days and playdough ants…
A few days ago on one of those lovely New Zealand winter days where the rain persists for 99% of the day, the kids and I had to get pretty creative to keep entertained. We played “faeries and princesses”, Ada’s favourite. We dressed up and danced to Michael Jackson. We put our gumboots on and […]
kefir – probiotic goodness
I was sitting in the waiting room of the Naturopaths clinic (where I got the kids and myself allergy tested) when I first came across an article about Kefir. It sounded amazing. A lactose-free probiotic yoghurt drink sounded almost too good to be true! But as is with many things, I wrote the name down, […]