It’s a while since I’ve put finger to keyboard to write my thoughts but here alone in my house, the rain outside gently falling and the occasional kereru flying into view just the other side of the window, I have the time and the urge. I literally want for nothing, my pantry full, my house […]
Hungarian wax peppers stuffed with goat cheese
This garden year has been such a year of firsts for me. I’ve grown all manner of chillis and eggplants successfully for the first time ever. Hot medium and mild chilli’s, Jimmy Nardello and Yellow Hungarian wax chilli/peppers and a special Japanese eggplant that has a shorter growing season. I’ve never properly cooked with fresh […]
Gluten/dairy free Christmas Cake.
This is the Christmas cake I used to make every year until the mood changed and my people stopped eating Christmas cake. I would end up eating the whole thing myself slowly over a few months post Christmas but in truth the weather isn’t right for traditional Christmas cakes here in Aotearoa. My eldest daughter […]
Dill pickled eggs
I’ve been expanding my flock of chickens for some years now. I can’t resist hatching a few batches of chicks each spring/summer and on the other hand keeping all the older non-laying ones in a state of perpetual retirement instead of culling them is not the best economical decision but what can you do? After […]
Date and walnut loaf (gluten-free)
Recently I’ve had a hankering for some old-fashioned date and walnut loaf. I visited the Binn Inn in Silverdale yesterday as I had seen on facebook that since this recent lockdown they’ve had hardly as many customers as usual and I wanted to support this small and local business. With all the fear and paranoia […]
Plum and Almond Shortcake.
It’s plum season and we have multiple trees laden with fruit. The birds always manage to eat much of it early on but from experience I’ve learned they always leave enough for all of our needs. Last year I made enough plum sauce for years to come. This is something I try to do with […]
Lemony White Bean Salad.
I’ve become a fan of keeping my pantry full of canned beans of all varieties ever since those awful lockdown days when supermarket shopping became more of an ordeal than it ever needed to be. I keep the whole range of legumes and stock up whenever the organic brands are on sale at my local. […]
Paleo orange and cardamon cake
Summer before last and then the following winter was a boom time for rats all over Aotearoa and we felt it keenly. In my enthusiasm to plant every food producing tree known to man I had planted 2 macadamias many years ago. As these things are wont to do they had got rather out of […]
Different Narratives on the Covid V and the Jab
The natural Healing Force by Dr Sam Bailey World Council for Health detox protocols Document released by Pfizer apparently as a result of a Freedom Of Information court order in the USA reveals a vast array of previously unknown vaccine adverse effects compiled from official sources around the world. Dr Guy Hatchard Guy Hatchard: Jacinda […]
Garlic for earache.
I was amused to hear Dr Ashley Bloomfield answer “honestly” that eating 4 onions a day would not keep the covid 19 virus away, reminding me of the saying an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Whilst not agreeing that 4 onions a day would keep the covid away I think many of us […]
Lockdown Hot Cross Buns
I’ve been making hot cross buns every Easter for 30 years now always with the same base recipe, but changing up the spices and the fruit and/or chocolate. Some years the buns have not been as good as others but this year I was told they were the best batch ever. This also being the […]
Roasted Tomatillo Salsa
I’ve been growing tomatillos for quite a few years without personally cooking with them. Once you have had them growing in your garden it’s likely they will self seed and come up every year in the most unlikely places. My kids have previously made salsa but I just couldn’t relate to them somehow. Happy to […]