Cute as a button, tomatoes baked with their tops on make a stunning vegetable main course.
Archives for March 2018
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Green Beans with Ginger & Turmeric
Heaps of flavour here, serve with anything!
Salmon & Potato Hash
Here’s a great brunch munch – bulk it out with poached eggs, baked tomatoes, roasted fennel, that sort of thing.
Leisurely brunch, long lunch, late dinner …
No excuse not to cook with this line up of gorgeousness!
Chocolate Almond Cake from Capri
Capri is where I discovered this almond cake, sweet, nutty, chocolatey with a fresh note of lemon, an ingredient which the island is famous for. I’ve been making it a lot lately and it just gets better and better.
Feijoa Cake with Almond Crumble Topping
Mmmm … tender soft crumb meets nutty spicy topping. Add the heady whiff of feijoa, and, yep, you’ll be back for another slice …
Pumpkin, Red Pepper Coconut Curry
Like things hot? Then rark up the chilli!
Buttercup Pumpkin
Roasting buttercup pumpkin intensifies the sweetness – crank up the oven!
Pumpkin – Crown & grey
Glorious pumpkins … but which one to use for which job?
NZ Champions of Cheese Trophy Winners 2018
Champion cheeses up for grabs
Lentil Salad with Sherry Vinegar Dressing
Sunday afternoon laid-back salad. Yee-haw!
Pulses – all you need to know
Get savvy, save dollars and feed your family well!
Warm Salad of Pan-fried Yellow Peppers & Peaches
Surely a peach is just a peach? Think again – hot pan, sizzling butter and frying peaches! Roll over Chicken Maryland.
Making a perfect jus
Ohhhh – little sticky nuggets of goo, how I love thee.
Brussels Sprouts with Sizzled Sage
Little green buds never looked so appetizing!
Late Summer Ratatouille
Roll on lazy weekend … this is the perfect dish to go with bread and salad, a quiche or tart.
French Tarragon
Russian tarragon is all puffery and little substance – you want taste, not masses of greenery.
Peach & Chocolate Tart
Chocolate and peach, peach and chocolate … whichever way you say it, I want some!
Amaretti – almond cookies with crunch
Crunchy crumbs – just the thing to top fruit or sprinkle in a trifle!
Baked Figs with Baby Mozzarella
Oh my goodness, these are the sweetest things, pretty to look at and gorgeous to eat.
Blood Peach Salad
Black boy peaches have succulent melting flesh and buckets of flavour.
Blood peaches (Blackboy peaches)
Short sharp season. Get them while you can.
Best-ever plum jam
What’s this little bundle of joy?
Read the 101 of jam making here and you’ll be away … tips galore!
Living the high life
Last year, same time, Ilaria and I had a bit of a Salad Caprese crush. It’s happened again, organically. She fired in some copy and some pics just as I was fiddling around with a bunch of the cutest little bubby buffalo milk mozzarella balls and some homegrown tiny tomatoes and basil. Tomatoes are at […]