Goodbye luncheon sausage
Hobby horse: Just think what you are doing every time you stuff a slice of luncheon sausage, saveloy or chipolata in your child’s mouth … and what healthy option you could replace it with.
Scones – how much should you pay for one?
Hobby horse: Make your own at a fraction of the price.
Baked Tortilla Crisps & Toasted Sesame Bagels
These handy little snacky things are just the ticket to serve with dips and dunks.
Waiheke delivered!
A garden party needs these things to be successful: good weather, great food, good amounts of booze, a beautiful location, and guests willing to enjoy themselves.
Verjuice
Keep a bottle of verjuice on hand to deglaze frying pans and roasting tins, to lift up all those sticky little nuggets of flavour.
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Have you seen these cutsey bundles of garlic in a shop near you? How good are you at reading labels?
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Breathtakingly beautiful Sacred Blessing Sanctuary garden, lovely Lynda Hallinan regaling us with her gardening anecdotes, Julie Biuso on canapés … Waiheke Garden Party is set to rock!
Tangelos
What’s a tangelo all about?
Of all the citrus tangelos are the juiciest, the most bracing, offering fresh acidity tempered with gorgeous sweetness. Did you know they are a cross between …
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It may be a cliché, but feta served with a salad of olives, tomatoes and bread and drizzled with olive oil, makes a fabulous summer lunch.
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Are you set to go for festive and summer entertaining?
Cooking classes savour a slice of Waiheke
Get your mojo rocking and come on over to Waiheke for an inspiring cooking class.
Broad beans
The only way to eat a broad bean is when it is very young, crisp textured and bright green, or, parboiled and stripped of its outer skin.
Carrots are the star!
Aa sweet young carrot is a lovely thing, and with a few ingredients to hand they can be more than just a splash of colour on a plate
3 ways with carrots
Carrots are often added to a plate for colour … but they can be the centre of a delicious all-vegetable dinner.
Humpf day
Did someone say Hump Day? I’m up for it, but I wish they could spell my name correctly.
Corsica – a new book on an ancient way of cooking
Interested in good food writing? Get a copy of Corsica by Nicolas Stromboni.
Cucumber Salad – Ilaria nabs a bargain
Feeding yourself cheaply.
Fennel – fancy things up with feathery leaves or pollen
If I could resist harvesting my fennel bulbs, they would have babies, slim fennel-ettes would start forming that I could pluck out leaving the plant to continue growing and forming more of the same. But I can’t, of course.
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There’s good food to be had in this neck of the woods!
Looking good!
Here’s how to eat your way to good health.
Cooking class Te Matuku oysters
Scrumptious food and wine! Come over to Waiheke for an early summer’s evening of food and wine.
Spring fare is here – make the most of it
Get inspired and come to a cooking class!
Cheese – make a meal of it!
So many cheeses to try, so little time … start now! Ding-Dong it’s Cheese Month!
How to prepare an artichoke – it’s easy!
It’s primal … it’s messy … but the rewards are worth it.
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