Category: Breakfast

Apple Buttermilk Hotcakes

Soft fluffy buttermilk pancakes will have them coming back for more.

Tamarillo Verrines

Here you go – layer up your breakfast in a glass for a life less ordinary.

Our Homemade Toasted Muesli

Mix it up baby! Nuts, seeds, oats and dried fruit any which way you fancy.

Bircher Muesli with Apple & Brazil Nuts

Top the muesli with a little more yoghurt and sliced Brazil nuts, or a handful of homemade muesli and fresh fruit.

Hash & Eggs – when you can’t get to Wellington …

Fried potatoes, smoked fish, herbs and flowing egg yolks equals a certain kind of deliciousness that you might think is the domain of Sunday cafés offering brunch. Nah! It’s so easy to make at home.

Sometimes I yearn for something hot and cheesy, all sort of melty and dribbly. Any old mushrooms on toast won’t do. I’m after the no-compromise, flavour-packed, cheesy, melty richer-than-rich version. Yeah. Brilliant. Just make these, you’ll have no regrets.

Cheese & Tomato Toasties – fingerlickin’ golden crunch!

Crunchy crust, melting cheese … need I say more?

Tomatoes – grab some grandaddies this weekend

Tomatoes – baked until bursting with their own sweet juices.

Tunisian Eggs with Extras!

Harissa’s a hot little devil – add as much or as little as you dare!

Ilaria’s Chia & Coconut Dessert

Stunning to look at, full of goodness and tastes divine.

Blueberries

Add a squirt of lemon to blueberries – it brings them alive!

Almond Milk with Turmeric – What a tonic!

There are plenty of reasons to try this drink (no, not just because it’s yellow!) …

Ilaria’s Breakfast Eggs with Magic Balls

Ilaria’s magic balls! Fluffy golden brown, dissolve in your mouth = gotta have!

Tomato Sauce – a classic Italian sauce

A handy sauce to make ahead and keep in the freezer for those nights when you want to pull something together with title effort – thaw in a microwave for speed.

A messy Sunday night supper – a perfect pairing

Mmmm. If you love eggs, and you love asparagus, it’s time to dunk!

Orange Salad with Maple Dressing

Oh so pretty, oh so simple, oh so perfect for right now!

Want to start your day on a sweet note but still eat healthily?

Sweeten your day the good way!

Making an omelette

I don’t know why people don’t cook omelettes more often. They’re so quick, so tasty and so utterly satisfying, that it’s almost criminal to think of dashing off to buy fast food when there’s an egg or two in the pantry.

Avocado on Pide with Preserved Lemon & Bacon

This is great for a decadent brunch or lunch, or serve as a substantial telly snack (you know, while watching the rugby or whatever)

Ricotta Hot Cakes

Light-as-air hot cakes. Serve ’em up and watch them go!

Button Mushrooms with Thyme

If your barbecue is still doing service, or if you have just cleaned the cobwebs off yours in preparation for summer, a sizzle-up of mushrooms for a late breakfast with a tomato on the side and an egg sunny side up, or over easy, is just the business.