persian-style pilaf with chickpeas, mint & harissa recipe
I’m finding it a little hard to believe we are in 2011 already. It only feels like yesterday I was welcoming my first born into the world… and now she will be turning 5 this year! People are forever going on about how fast kids grow up. I now understand what they were talking about. […]
gluten-free courgette (zucchini), garlic and lemon spaghetti recipe
Sometimes when everything is going crazy around you, and all any bodies talking about is rich Christmas dinners and creamy trifle desserts, you really just feel like eating something plain and simple. In step; courgette, garlic and lemon spaghetti… Super simple to throw together, with flavours that are not too full on so even 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 […]
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 […]
asparagus and edamame soup with rocket pesto recipe
I have been waiting for what feels like months to try this recipe for asparagus and edamame soup from Jane Lawson’s book Yoshoku: Japanese food western style. I’ve always been a fan of Asian food, so naturally this book appealed and while “fusion” food has gotten a bad name for itself over the years, done […]
