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Raspberry + Orange Shrub

  Hey! It’s been awhile. After 6 weeks of creating and sharing content on my new membership site TIPU, where my recipes come without a long accompanying blog post, I’ve gotten really used to that simple delivery style, so going forward I might stick to that same format on this site too, unless I really […]

Black Pepper-Roasted Strawberry Sundaes with maple cacao nibs

Hello friend, I hope you’ve had a gentle start to the new year. It’s only been in the last week that it’s really started to feel like summer here in NZ, after what has felt like 5 months of rain the sunshine sure makes for a welcome change. And with sunshine comes ice cream! I […]

Quinoa Carrot Bowls with Lemon Sesame Dressing (gluten-free + vegan)

It’s at this time of year when I start to crave something a little warmer for dinner, but I’m not quite ready to go into full winter comfort food mode, just yet. That’s when lightly cooked salad bowls come into their own. Just enough freshness, but still nourishing and warming too. This bowl couldn’t get […]

Chilled soba with pickled cucumber, sesame and soy

While the nights have cooled off dramatically these past few weeks, the days are still hot and sticky. We’re coming to the end of most of our summer crops, eating the final few cucumbers, digging up our main potato crop, leaving beans on the plant to dry for seed, pickling all the chillies and willing […]

Cucumber, mint + lime ice blocks

The one thing my kids have always craved in the middle of winter and/or when sick with a cold, is cucumbers. They love them so much and will happily munch on a whole one like one would eat an apple. Sadly for them I don’t often buy cucumbers over winter, unless we’re really desperate (or […]

Herb quiches with tomato salsa (Gluten + dairy-free)

– – If you guys have been here for awhile, and especially if you follow my garden stories over on Instagram, you’ll know I’m more than a little obsessed with growing heirloom tomatoes. I grow my own from seed (mostly saved seeds, but I can’t help myself from adding one or two new ones every […]

Pineapple + basil cordial

We run out of ice on a daily basis at the moment. Everyone fights over the last remaining pieces in the freezer, hoping there’ll be just enough to at least cool their drink, if not chill. I’m not one to usually crave iced drinks and much prefer to drink room temperature for most of the […]