tomato + eggplant curry with chilli + lime
Going home has made me miss it more than ever before. For the past two years I’ve been so busy trying not to think about how much I miss my family and friends back in NZ, but seeing them once again and especially taking the kids home this time has left me longing to be […]
black bean veggie enchiladas à la Love and Lemons
Hi all! We only have a few days left here in NZ, so as we start to pack up our bags and have last minute catch ups with friends and family the lovely Jeanine from Love & Lemons has stopped by with a beautiful recipe today. Jeanines fresh healthy recipes paired with Jacks signature-style light-filled photographs […]
baby potato salad with minted yoghurt dressing recipe
Growing up, summer meant freshly dug baby spuds… baby spuds cooked with mint. Scratch that, baby spuds cooked with mint and smothered with lashings of butter! To me there is nothing quite as memory-inducing as the smell of minty spuds cooking and it’s something I’ve often wondered about. Why is it that only the fresh baby […]
tofu, herb + mango salad with dijon mustard dressing recipe
A few weeks back we were over at my mother-in-laws house when Si’s cuzzy Luke Nguyen came on telly. He’s not really his cousin but like so many other South Vietnamese we share the same surname as him (I’m actually a Nguyen by marriage, but I still go by my maiden name most of the […]
spiced nuts recipe
This past week has been a whirlwind of school Christmas parties, last minute shopping, late-night gift making, cooking for the book, bbqs and catch-ups with friends. It’s been awesome, but I feel like I haven’t sat once to catch my breath until today. The kids have been nagging at me all day to go out ‘and […]
going home, hello’s and a goodbye…
The past few weeks have seen many first for my family and I. Firstly I flew solo for the first time in over 9 years, leaving the kids and Si behind here in Perth. It was the first time I’ve ever slept apart from from my babies, and I can’t even begin to tell you […]
teriyaki tofu with asparagus + snow peas recipe
The downside to being vegetarian and having a husband who eats chicken is that I have to handle and cook something that still grosses me out, even after years of working in the industry dealing with it on a daily basis. The upside is, that on the nights when I cook it for the boys […]
