MY DARLING LEMON THYME

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 […]

peanut, tofu and coriander soba noodle salad recipe

The kids and I are finally in our last few days of eating wheat and have just returned home from a weekend at mum’s place in Pukehina, with my two younger brothers. I’ll post a few pictures from our weekend away once I’ve caught up on some sleep and unpacked our bags. But for now […]

babaganosh recipe & a galloway family reunion of sorts

Last weekend my Dad, his partner and a few of their neighbours had organised a beach tidy-up and barbecue down in the little bay in front of their silo house and holiday apartments. It was all very casual, as most things are in Raglan. When asked if I needed to bring anything dad replied “oh […]

gluten-free rhubarb berry tarts with pistachio labne recipe

You may remember a while back I wrote a post on the gluten-free girl and the chefs new cookbook? Well, after four long weeks of waiting it has finally arrived. I don’t think I have ever waited so anxiously for an Amazon parcel to arrive, before ordering this book…. Their recipe for asian pear tart […]