-
Lunchbox Fillers
These are a great lunchbox filler or afternoon snack! We had leftover vegetables from the night the night before dinner and I really wanted to put them to good use. You could use any vegetables you like really but adding onion or spring onion will also add flavour. You can add seeds, chutney or cream…
-
Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies
My granny gave me this recipe over the phone the other day, she said they taste like shortbread but you bake them a little more golden than your traditional shortbread. My addition was to change normal sugar and use Equa Gold’s Golden Light Organic Raw Vanilla Sugar, as soon as you open the package you…
-
5 Step Tomato Relish Pasta Salad
Perfect for lunch or that side dish your needing to complete your dinner spread this pasta salad is very versatile, quick and full of flavour. Using a mixture of wholegrain mustard, homemade tomato relish and Best Foods mayo in the dressing it gives a zingy sweet dressing that gives the perfect consistency to coat the…
-
Fudgy Chocolate Peppermint Slice
Dark and decadent fudge brownie style slice base topped with peppermint icing and rich milk chocolate for the perfect morsel this weekend. Equa Gold’s dutch cocoa makes all the difference in this base take it to the next level of rich chocolate goodness. Look at the colour it is just so rich and it lives…
-
Moist Sultana Cake
My granny talked about how much she enjoys this cake when I mentioned to her I was going to bake one, I wish I could be sharing a slice with her over a cup of tea and a game of scrabble! This is a surprisingly delicious cake its very moist as you boil the sultanas…
-
Homely Chicken Potato Pot Pie
A classic in New Zealand is onion dip made with Maggi onion soup mix, reduced cream and malt vinegar and is known in many households throughout New Zealand. This dinner uses to key ingredients from the kiwi classic dip and turned it into the base for a homely chicken pie topped with potato and cheese…
-
Crispy Sweet and Sour Pork
Homemade sometimes can be time consuming but for very good reason I say! You get that happy feeling when the recipe works and the food tastes amazing. Sharing with your family at dinner is always something very special and its one of my main reasons why I cook and share recipes with you all. This…
-
Banana and Cardamom Yoghurt Cake
Happy Thursday everyone hope you are all enjoying the sunshine on this fine autumn day. I’ve spent this morning trialing a new cake recipe using up the last of my homemade yoghurt before I make a new batch and I had a couple of over ripe bananas. Have you ever tried making yoghurt at home?…
-
Nacho Potato Gem Pie
This dinner dish came about when I was hunting in the freezer, a while ago I had brought some potato gems in the freezer section at the supermarket with having no idea what to do with them then. But now I have made a very very simple dinner its a nacho/Mexican inspired shepherds pie with very…
-
No Flour Chocolate Lockdown Cookies
At this time we all know its hard to get our hands on flour, so I thought something that wasn’t flour based would be perfect. Craving something to go alongside my cup of tea this afternoon and oaty chocolate peanut cookies are for the win! Super simple recipe and im sure nearly everyone will have…