cranberry and orange mincemeat recipe
So apparently it’s Christmas in a little over two weeks…are you serious? Yep, totally. And while I am usually one to leave everything to the very last second, this year I think even for my standards I may be pushing it. I have brought one present. One. I have however, managed to make mincemeat for […]
gluten & dairy-free afghan cookie recipe
Cookies are my ideal treat, and one of the fastest ways I know to knock a sweet craving on the head. With kids hanging off my legs 99% of the day, making elaborate desserts like I used to is just not a realistic goal anymore! Cookies however, can be mixed up in minutes and the […]
eggplant curry recipe
Well, I’ve finally made that eggplant curry I was talking about making a while back. I’ve actually been quite amazed to see cheap eggplants already making their ways into stores this early on in the season, but you would never hear me complaining! Oh no, no. I’m really loving them right now. That being said, […]
baked butter beans with tomato and feta recipe
As a teenager my friends and I were somewhat addicted to baked beans. Wattie’s baked beans that is. We would try to out do each other, each trying to prove just how much we loved the sweet and salty canned variety. One friend even went so far as to cover her art folder with old […]
gluten-free lemon chia cookie recipe
Our results are back…I am happy to say we’ve had the all clear. The kids and I do not have coeliacs! That does not mean to say I am going to run out and buy a pie and a loaf of bread though, oh no no. After feeling the way I have for the past […]
natural homemade garden fertiliser
Our garden is starting to look healthy and lush thanks to all this lovely warm weather and is something I am once again proud of! (It really was a sad state of affairs over winter, understandably). I’ve found from personal experience, that a lot of people seem to get put off growing their own vegetables […]
brothers, a sister, 2 kids, two mums and a family treasure
I had intended to do this little write-up a few days ago, but it turns out Ada picked up some bug while over at mum’s in Pukehina. She’s been up every night since we got home, hot with a fever. As I type I have my fingers crossed tonight will be the breakthrough night, god […]
