Get stuffing – PUMPKINS!
Category: Winter
Oven-baked Smoked Paprika Fries
Fries! We go back a long way. You could say I know a good one when I eat one.
Squash & Coriander Soup
Yeah, grey day, soup, Bob and Noble, just going to rock it.
Spaghetti all’Amatriciana – Midweek made easy!
A dedication to the town of Amatrice and her people.
Bean & Chorizo Stew
Throw some Spanish piquillo peppers or char-grilled bell pepper, black olives and a smattering of orange zest on top of this casserole and things become wildly exotic!
Crêpe Cake with Apple Marmelade, Honey Cream & Crushed Praline
This is one of those OHMYGOD! cakes – simply sensational!!!
Apple Galettes
You got 10 minutes? That’s all it takes to assemble these irresistible morsels.
Slow-cooked Beef Cheeks with Balsamic
Meltingly tender, richly flavoured, perfect for chilly days.
French Roasted Chicken with Verjuice
Get your groove on with this chicken mamma – it’s so amazing!
Grilled Broccolini with Feta
Skinny green stems never tasted so good.
Baked Potatoes in White Wine – time to revisit
White wine keeps the interior of these potatoes nice and fluffy, but the outsides develop a good golden crunch. Pretty good, yep.
Pea Soup with Spicy Sprinkle
Peas in a soup? Yeah! Thick, warming, intriguing … oh, and speedy, and requiring little more than a bag of frozen peas and a few spices. This was so popular last week, I’ve kept it up for another blast!
Baked Vegetables with Sizzled Haloumi
Way to go – jazz up a tray bake with sizzled haloumi and a tangy dressing
Pears
Pears are often overlooked for novel or exotic fruit and I reckon it’s because we’ve lost the art of ripening them and we’re eating them hard.
Potato & Celeriac Mash with Crispy Bacon
Pillowy mash with little salty nuggets of bacon – go on, make it, you know you want some!
Ilaria’s Burnt Orange Soup
This soup is insanely easy – you probably can’t get much simpler than this.
Chicken with Spanish Flavours
Whoop-de-whoop! Chicken, chorizo, smoked paprika, char-grilled red pepper, orange & olives … all you need is a fork!
Cavolo Nero – with chilli!
Green leafy things get a kick along
Love your spuds
… so much you can do with them. Woo-hoo!
Baked Potatoes Stuffed with Smoked Fish & Paprika
Time to get off the couch and get cooking!
Fresh Leaf Salad with Asian Flavours
Oh yay! A big bowl of salad greens that tastes so good, you can eat it on its own.
Rhubarb, Apple & Ginger Crumble
Yep, someone ate it all up!
Rhubarb
Rhubarb forms a pretty pink syrup when cooked with redcurrant jelly and orange. It also likes peaches, plums, raspberries & strawberries, but it’s winter here, so apple & ginger it is.
Roasted Broccoli with Mozzarella & Sultanas
Melting mozzarella atop roasted broccoli, with sultanas, chillies, anchovies and pine nuts can only have one place of origin: Sicily!
Cooking classes in June & July
Cooking classes on Waiheke – enjoy a winter’s day in a warm kitchen and go home inspired to cook up a feast!
Cheese Straws
Good with wine, good with beer, easy to eat, and delicious. What more do you want from a cheese straw?