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Otaki Grans Sunday Sponge
For as long as I can remember a trip to Otaki on the Kapiti Caost of the North Island always included one of grans famous sponge cakes with home made jam of her choice to finish of a Sunday roast was tradition! Some of the earliest food memories and my passion for sharing comes from […]
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Bomb Fire
Growing up on a farm for my childhood, we had bomb fires on regular basis. Cooking in the embers of the fire is a great way to impart smokey flavour and a unique cooking technique. I took the idea of cooking my Kamo Kamo (Maori pumpkin type squash) in the bomb fire from my […]
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From the Land
Good to be back on the home farm in the South Waikato of New Zealand after such a long time away. With the damp wet weather comes a perfect time to head out into the lush green paddocks in search of field mushrooms. Just meters from the door step and only taking 10 minutes […]
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Stomach Pleaser
Cauliflower baked with gooey molten cheese sauce topped with bacon crumb = Stomach pleaser! Perfect accompaniment to shepherds pie a side of cauliflower cheese. Well tonight I thought I would change it up a wee bit and halve cook my cauliflower place in an earth ware oven proof dish and cover with cheesy chive sauce […]
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Heart Warmer
Roasted Cauliflower and Smoked Bacon Soup with Crispy Caramel Onions With a soulful thought and some tender loving care, I have created a heart warming soup to put a smile on anyone’s face. Rich and warming smoky bacon infused roasted cauliflower soup with hints of fresh corn finished with pulled smoked bacon and crunchy caramel onions . […]
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A trip to the beach
A day of adventure Today I took a trip out of Dunedin and headed down the coast just a short trip 20 minutes down the east coast of New Zealand to the small community of Brighton. As I opened the car door and got a whiff of salt air the memories come flooding back […]