Archives for 2019

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Hot-smoked Salmon with Cucumber & Dill

Sparkling, stylish and succulent.

Silverbeet Filo Pie

What a stunner! Golden yolks can’t help but make you smile.

Silverbeet – how to make the most of a backyard staple

A Kiwi gardener’s favourite – you can ignore it, and it just keeps on growing! Read how to make the most of it.

New Potatoes & Baby Peas

I thought about doing these potatoes with olive oil, but YEAH? NAH! Butter is so much better.

Cucumber Salad

Fast, fresh, crunchy, sharp, bite-y …yep, all good as an accompaniment to anything you’re serving for dinner.

Traditional filo is tissue-thin and can be temperamental to work with. Speed is required to get it buttered or oiled, rolled and shaped before it becomes brittle and shatters into flakes. In the last decade or so I have noticed that the brand of filo I use is a tad thicker than previously, which does […]

Fish Burgers (but not as you know them!)

These are insanely good. Not going to say any more.

Asparagus & Orange Salad

Purple power – yep, purple asparagus, uncooked, adds sweetness and crunch to this salad.

Strawberries

Strawberries are seductive little things …

Mango & Strawberries – summer in a bowl

Could there be a better fruit combination than strawberries and mango? Doubt it.

Beetroot – multi coloured!

Candy-coloured beetroot will turn heads at your next gathering.

Sizzle & Crunch

Street food, sizzle & sun.
Read all about Sicily’s famed street food, Panelle, how to make them and what to do with them; how to make the crispiest batter for fried fish and much more.