An easy way to eat your coloureds!
Archives for May 2019
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Sautéed Spiced Persimmons
Hey, is this breakfast or dessert? You choose.
Gold Mine
Silky sweet honey yoghurt – all organic!
Roasted Carrots with Smoked Paprika
Tender, sweet and smoky equals Yum.
Brussels Sprouts with Lemon Cream
If Brussels sprouts are the bad boys of the winter vege line-up for you, soften them with a lemony cream.
No Mess Oven-baked Beetroot
Super simple no-fail way to cook beetroot.
Rigatoni with Roasted Pumpkin & Feta
Autumn in a bowl.
Winter Salad
Just looking at a bowl of perky glistening greens makes you feel better!
Winter Salad with Walnuts & Persimmons
Winter medicine never tasted so delicious!
Niçoise Beans
Put beans on a platter, top with a roasted chicken (spatchcocked is easier), then pull the chicken apart so all the juices run into the beans. Now that’s a pretty delicious idea!
What’s the buzz with quince?
Faking it. Yep, that’s right. If your quince doesn’t emit a head-turning perfume, just fake it.
Peanut mania
Peanut Butter with extras. Whoop! Whoop!
A charity feast for 300
Last Friday’s amazing effort – the Ladies Lunch, a fundraiser for Totara Hospice South Auckland– was a huge success, raising more than $20,000.00 (they’re still counting). It was a pleasure to be involved. I met Will! Will Martin! He’s so lovely. He may look like he’s about 18 but he’s got a huge international career […]
Vegetable & Barley Soup
Take it to work, have a mug of it after school, or make a meal of it.
Pork Pizzaiola
Snitzels (or schhhhhhnitzels) with plenty of pizzaz!
Quick Orzo Salad
Leftovers (should there be any!) make a great lunchbox staple – beef it up with crumbled feta and extra tomatoes for a light lunch.
Brioche Salad Rolls
Make a little bit of red meat go a long way by slicing it thinly and serving it in gorgeous baby brioche buns. Arrange torn lettuce leaves, rocket (arugula) and radicchio leaves, or whatever you have, on a platter. Strew with fresh mint leaves, parsley sprigs and roughly chopped coriander (cilantro). Add halved cherry tomatoes […]
Olive Pitter
This tool is worth having. It easily removes stones (pits) from cherries and olives, and with little wastage. When removing the stones from cherries watch out for splatters. When pitting olives, put the olive pointy end facing up in the tool so that the stone is pushed out of the bottom of the olive (the […]
Phew!
15th May
Tacos with Pork Adobo & Cabbage Slaw
Midweek magic … a great way to utilise cabbage.
Pita Wraps with Pork Adobo
Crisp taco shells or soft and puffy pita breads? Pork Adobo sauce is delicious in both.
Cabbage & Fennel Salad with Creamy Mustard Dressing
Mustardy cabbage – just what you need for those cold nights when you serve up a rich pork dish.
Lemon Loaf with Drippy Icing
Rattle the teacups and bring out the lemon loaf.
Scones for Mum!
Scones, rhyming with ‘on’ or scones, rhyming with ‘own’ … doesn’t matter which way, they’re scrumptious!
Is this NZ garlic?
You are hearing it everywhere BUY LOCAL and for good reason. Buying local ensures those around you have jobs – you are looking after your fellow citizens and encouraging enterprise in your own backyard. Businesses are likely to be smaller, rather than huge multi-national conglomerates. You are more likely to know how things are grown […]