Mmmm. Sugary-topped, crimson juices, woody notes of cinnamon …
Category: Breakfast
Apple Buttermilk Hotcakes
Soft fluffy buttermilk pancakes will have them coming back for more.
Tamarillo Verrines
Here you go – layer up your breakfast in a glass for a life less ordinary.
Our Homemade Toasted Muesli
Mix it up baby! Nuts, seeds, oats and dried fruit any which way you fancy.
Sugared Tamarillos
How to make tamarillos taste amazing!
Bircher Muesli with Apple & Brazil Nuts
Top the muesli with a little more yoghurt and sliced Brazil nuts, or a handful of homemade muesli and fresh fruit.
Hash & Eggs – when you can’t get to Wellington …
Fried potatoes, smoked fish, herbs and flowing egg yolks equals a certain kind of deliciousness that you might think is the domain of Sunday cafés offering brunch. Nah! It’s so easy to make at home.
Cheese & Tomato Toasties – fingerlickin’ golden crunch!
Crunchy crust, melting cheese … need I say more?
Tomatoes – grab some grandaddies this weekend
Tomatoes – baked until bursting with their own sweet juices.
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!
Almond Milk with Turmeric – What a tonic!
There are plenty of reasons to try this drink (no, not just because it’s yellow!) …
Ilaria’s Breakfast Eggs with Magic Balls
Ilaria’s magic balls! Fluffy golden brown, dissolve in your mouth = gotta have!
Orange Salad with Maple Dressing
Oh so pretty, oh so simple, oh so perfect for right now!
Want to start your day on a sweet note but still eat healthily?
Sweeten your day the good way!
Avocado on Pide with Preserved Lemon & Bacon
This is great for a decadent brunch or lunch, or serve as a substantial telly snack (you know, while watching the rugby or whatever)
Ricotta Hot Cakes
Light-as-air hot cakes. Serve ’em up and watch them go!
Button Mushrooms with Thyme
If your barbecue is still doing service, or if you have just cleaned the cobwebs off yours in preparation for summer, a sizzle-up of mushrooms for a late breakfast with a tomato on the side and an egg sunny side up, or over easy, is just the business.
Mushrooms
How to make the most of cultivated mushrooms.
Raisin Bread with Ricotta, Honey & Barbecued Peaches
Add a savoury note with a few flecks of thyme – it makes a difference!
A Wellington Institution
If they ever take this off the menu …
Food Truck Sunday
A line-up of food trucks along Wellington’s Queens Wharf gets the heart racing …
Supper in a pan
Nothing wrong with this for supper.
Island Life – That’s more like it
Bacon & eggs for dinner? Why not …get a glass of sav on the go, find a sunny spot and away you go.
Ilaria’s London Flatting Eggs
Cook in the pan. Serve in the pan. Only one thing to wash. Mum – it could be good for you on Waiheke to save water!