MY DARLING LEMON THYME

bitter grapefruit curd recipe

With our grapefruit tree laden to breaking point I’ve been looking at new ways to use this much loved New Zealand backyard fruit. Sure there’s always marmalade, which I have been meaning to get onto making for about a month or so now… but I wanted to make something else. I love lemon curd also […]

flourless chocolate love cake with raspberries & cream recipe

Phew, it’s been a full on few weeks here. Ada and Kye have tag-teamed being sick, we’ve had colds, ear infections and vomiting. In the middle of that I tried in vain to celebrate my 30th birthday. We managed a cake. Then the south Island of New Zealand got hammered by a earthquake and numerous […]

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 […]