Menu Planning
I have been menu planning for a while now, using the method of looking in the cupboards/fridge/freezer on a Sunday night to see what needs to be used up and writing up the menu plan […]
Category: Recipes
Homemade Creamy Hummus
While I was on holiday recently I discovered a new brand of hummus which was so delicious and creamy, I was compelled to try and recreate it at home. I had tried making hummus in […]
Fennel and Couscous Salad
This salad came about from a stuffing recipe for chicken, a salad to go with the chicken and a salad recipe I found online when I was looking for instructions on how to cook giant […]
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Easy Pickled Chillies
Our chilli plants are producing fruit in abundance at the moment and I harvested a whole bunch more ripe ones this morning. We have always had great success growing chillies in our garden and since […]
Peanut Butter flavours experiment
This experiment came about from a conversation we had over lunch at work one day. I have made my own peanut butter for a while now (recipe here) and was inspired to try some different […]
Harvest Plum Sauce
We went up to Hawkes Bay to see the family for Christmas and Mum’s plum trees are laden with fruit at the moment so I filled a bag to bring home. Mum reminded me that […]
Ginger Biscuits
Gosh it has been a while since I dropped in for a chat. I have been busy studying and had my exam today, so to celebrate, I made some of these cookies when I got […]
Eggy bread and tomato salad
I wasn’t sure what to call this thing I invented for lunch today, but it was delicious! This came about from a piece of bread I had kicking round in the freezer for a while. […]
DIY Walnut Butter
A couple of weeks ago I was the lucky recipient of a huge bag of walnuts, given to me by a friends Mum who has a big old walnut tree on their property in Hawkes […]
Lemon Cookies
I have an abundance of lemons at the moment so had a play round with my Chocolate Chip cookie recipe and came up with these deliciously crunchy lemon cookies. They spread quite a bit so […]