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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 […]

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Blueberry Banana Cake

Bananas are one of the easiest fruit to get your hands on which is great for cake making. Sometimes the kids don’t eat them and they get squished, brown in […]

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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 […]

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Baked Chicken and Mushroom Risotto with Fennel

Wanting to keep dinner pretty simple tonight and made a […]

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Jumbo Cinnamon Rolls

Weekends call for something sweet don’t they? Well I have to agree to that, they do! Not just your average cinnamon roll but jumbo size, soft and fluffy homemade […]

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Snickers Slice

Sweet and crunchy snickers slice is not for the faint hearted. It sure has a caramel packed kick with nutty peanuts and dark chocolate. Everyone’s sweet tooth was extremely happy […]

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Lemonade Scones

Lemonade scones are the most simple scone recipe I have ever come across simply 3 ingredients and you can’t really go wrong. Light and fluffy perfect spread with butter and […]

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Summer Time Apricots

Apricots are very cheap at the moment here in New Zealand, especially the ones suitable for jams and preserving. I got some Central Otago apricots last week which cost $1.89 a kilo […]

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Chocolate Plum Cake

Layered with chocolate and tart plum, this cake is a show stopping treat and must make for anyone! Summer is here and the amazing produce that it brings is here […]

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Chewy Dark Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

Sometimes you just need to make a cookie to go with that cup of tea, well scratch the tea I just wanted a cookie when feeling down. Yes this is […]

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Perfect As Pie

One of my biggest loves in life is making pies and if you know me you’ll know how much LOVE LOVE LOVE and appreciation I have for a good potato […]

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Superb Chocolate Caramel Slice

Everyone loves a chocolatey caramel sweet treat every once and a while. Most of us also have some stray Weet-bix lying around. This recipe uses Weet-bix in the base and […]

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Tender Venison Necks

Everyone who knows me knows I absolutely love a good bargain! One of my favorite things to do is get the reduced to clear meat goes very cheap and usually […]

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Summer is Here

As sit here enjoying the last days of my summer holiday before I head back to work. I thought why not do some preserving, I had gifted Rhubarb and Vanilla […]

Dessert

Icing Sugar Pavlova

With an abundance of eggs coming from our girls everyday I really needed to use them up. I got the idea in my head that Pavlova was on the cards. […]

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Cinnamon Pear Upside Down Cake

I must admit it has been along time since I’ve done a post on here. Life gets away with you sometimes. Anyway back to food! With having 3 days of […]

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