Category: Autumn

Chelsea Buns

Sweetness and spice, baking and butter, Chelsea Buns have everything going for them.

Come cook with me this autumn

Autumn cooking classes on Waiheke. Come and celebrate the season. There’s nowhere better than a cosy kitchen!

Stuffed Pumpkin – Crunchy golden topped

Get stuffing – PUMPKINS!

Best Flatbreads – get wrapping!

Pomegranate molasses adds an intriguing sweet spicy flavour and hint of sourness that lifts this lamb filling out of the ordinary.

Fig & Radicchio Salad with Goat’s Cheese & Hazelnuts

Don’t add anything else to this salad, nor leave anything out. Just make it and eat it and let yourself be seduced.

Spinach & Pumpkin Salad with Roasted Honey Pears

Introducing my roast pumpkin and pear salad – possibly one of the most delicious combinations of fruit and veg ever.

More ideas for pears – bring them on!

There’s plenty to write about pears, and I’ve already done it, so click the link if you want to find out about choosing, storing and preparing them. And check out the different varieties. What I’m showing off here are some great ideas of what to do with pears. I love them with blue cheese and […]

Pears & Parmesan – oh yeah!

Pears & parmesan may sound a little quirky, but read here why it is such a great combination.

Plum & Blueberry Tart

Plum & blueberry tart signals the end of summer. Wrap them up in cinnamon pastry and bake until the juices run and the pastry is golden.

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!

Oven-baked Smoked Paprika Fries

Fries! We go back a long way. You could say I know a good one when I eat one.

Stuffed Peppers with Freekeh

Freekeh freak-out! Traffic light bright!

Stuffed Peppers – easy to do!

No freekeh? Use burghul or couscous … just get cooking them.

Poached Plums – best-ever!

When I say ‘best-ever’, I mean BEST EVER poached plums. Oh yeah!

Squash & Coriander Soup

Yeah, grey day, soup, Bob and Noble, just going to rock it.

Eggplant & Preserved Lemon Salad

Mmm salt and oil, eggplants and mint.

White 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!