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 […]
Rhubarb lemonade
Sadly my mokopuna have decided they don’t like the texture of stewed rhubarb so I’d been casting around wanting to do something with my home-grown rhubarb. Leading up to Christmas I remembered my mother used to make rhubarb lemonade as did I for my own children. My childhood memories of the distinctive flavour of this […]
Orange, pistachio and cranberry biscuits
I went a bit crazy this Christmas and baked heaps of biscuits and shortbreads sweet and savoury. These flavoursome sweet biscuits were an absolute winner with everyone, and I’ll be making them again. Not for everyday eating but as a special treat they are just perfect. They would make a delightful festive gift. Crisp, dense, […]
Tomato relish
This week I came into possession of a box of very ripe tomatoes. In our neighbourhood there is a wonderful charitable organisation called Love Soup who regularly drop off boxes of food-stuffs to the marae. The tomatoes were going for the asking so I put my hand out and today made tomato relish. This was […]
Cabbage and Apple Saute.
This cabbage and apple dish is one of my favourite side dishes to accompany any pork dish. We grow our own free range heritage pigs and the day our sow gave birth to seven babies was the day we had scheduled to transform one of the others into food. Jake our resident pig carer/farmer gathered […]
Persian Barbari (bread)
I have just recently returned from time in London with two of my adult children (now resident). I got happily hooked into watching re-runs of The Great British Bake-off on Netflix. We started from the first series and spent many evenings watching and discussing baking techniques as well as the different personalities of the contestants. […]
Foraging in Moor Lane conservation area
Yesterday we went for a walk in the Moor Lane Conservation area. This is made up of open areas of grassland and woodland with winding paths edged with hazels, blackberries and blackthorns. It’s part of London’s Green Belt . I couldn’t help but think of all the rapidly expanding housing areas in New Zealand that […]
Raspberry pud
I’m in London right now hanging out with my two eldest children. They’ve made their home here and it means though I don’t get to see them on demand in Aotearoa I do get to spend some pretty awesome quality time with them when I visit. I’m plonked bang smack into their homes and lives […]