Time to feast on a bowl of goodness.
Category: Spring
How to prepare an artichoke – it’s easy!
It’s primal … it’s messy … but the rewards are worth it.
Asparagus & Toasted Hazelnuts
Whoa! Hazelnuts and asparagus? Yup.
Shared Kitchen Spring Cooking Class
Who has time to make sugared rose petals? I do. Come along to the cooking class and I will make them for you.
Vegetable Tray Bake & Tahini Yoghurt Sauce
Colour, crunch and good taste, and good for you. Yep, you can pig out on a tray of baked vegetables.
Witloof & Tangelo Salad
Crunch, juice, colour, taste – one of those !!!WOW!!! salads.
Pan-fried Chicken Salad with Grapes, Almonds & Raspberry Vinegar
Pan-fried chicken, grapes and almonds with a raspberry vinegar dressing sounds like summer to me.
How to make a feast with leftover roast chicken
Oh glory be! Sourdough bread stacked with leftover roast chicken and scrumptious salad!
Witloof – just the right crunch for salad
Sort out the riddle: witloof, endive, chicory …
Ginger Chicken – thumping good thighs!
Once you get ginger and spices cooking you’ll have everyone sniffing the air!
Spring into spring and savour a slice of Waiheke
In with the new and out with the old – time to liven up your spring kitchen with a cooking class. Get booking and get cooking!
Pink Salad – something to cheer you up
More. More. Give me MORE!
Butterflied Leg of Lamb with Caper Salsa
tener, succulent lamb – and how to make it go further!
Asparagus & Goat’s Cheese Tarts
Tarts topped with tangy goat’s cheese and asparagus, just so NOW!
Tangelos – new season fruit has arrived!
Sharp and bright, great in the glass, and to finish off rich dishes, tangelos pack a powerful citrus flavour.
Avocados with Gazpacho Dressing
Gazpacho is one of the glories of summer – tip it over avocados, dot with olives & basil, sprinkle with toasted cumin and m’whaaaaaaa! Delicious.
Asparagus – A bunch of new ideas
Keep the heat on asparagus – there’s plenty you can do with it to keep enthusiasm going!
Asparagus, Pasta & Golden Crunchy Crumbs
This is good with linguine (flat slim noodles) but I like the way small pieces of asparagus and capers get trapped inside tubes of pasta so you get a double whammy in a mouthful!
Is white asparagus as good for you as green?
Just waiting for those big mounds of asparagus to appear in shops, then you know it’s fresh, plentiful and cheap!
Orange Salad with Maple Dressing
Oh so pretty, oh so simple, oh so perfect for right now!
Strawberry & Mango Salad – so sweet and succulent
Summer’s coming … close your eyes, sniff this bowl of gorgeous fruit and you are there!
Devilled Chicken Wings
Something for summer days, easy, tasty, everyone loves these …
Spaghetti with Tomatoes, Capers & Olives
Remember this for a mid-week no-fuss meal
Hot-smoked Salmon & Avocado
No recipe required
Beetroot Salad with Labna
Pretty pretty pretty. Oh, and delicious!
Asparagus
White & green asparagus in a puddle of browned butter with toasty crumbs and a poached egg on top … well, you can’t get much better than that for a fancy pants brunch or lunch.