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3 Barbecued corn cobs garnished with mayo, jalapeño salas and chopped corianderB
Categories
  • Cooking
  • Recipes
  • simple sides
  • Summer
27 February, 2021

Barbecued Corn with Jalapeño Salsa

Herbivores, carnivores and omnivores all love barbecued corn, it’s guaranteed to please almost everyone. During the summer sweetcorn is plentiful and inexpensive; even better, it..

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Collage of easy everyday bread varietiesE
Categories
  • Baking and Desserts
  • Bread
  • Cooking
  • Recipes
20 February, 2021

Everyday Bread

Were you part of the sourdough craze during lockdown? I was, briefly, but quickly discovered that it was too ‘needy’. I soon turned my back..

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White platter of freshly picked seasonal salad greens with a jug of vinaigretteA
Categories
  • Cooking
  • Recipes
  • Salads
  • Summer
  • The Edible Garden
8 February, 2021

A Seasonal Green Salad

When you sit down for a meal at a restaurant do you make a point of reading the green salad offering or have you learned..

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Cast iron pan with bright green pea risottoG
Categories
  • Cooking
  • Recipes
  • Spring
  • The Edible Garden
10 December, 2020

Green Pea Risotto

  Quick and easy aren’t traditionally words you associate with risotto. That is of course, until I discovered Raymond Blanc’s incredible time-saving way to make..

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A bowl of pink pickled turnips with jars of preserved pickled turnipsP
Categories
  • Cooking
  • Preserving
  • Recipes
  • The Edible Garden
  • Winter
14 August, 2020

Pink Pickled Turnips

My impulse purchases are often plants or a packet of seeds, especially ones that I’ve never eaten. Consequently, I don’t always have a plan or..

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Layered baked butter kin topped with crispy potato rosetteL
Categories
  • Cooking
  • Recipes
  • Winter
11 August, 2020

Layered Baked Butterkin

Think dauphinoise or layered tray bake, but fancied up a bit. Layers of kumara, potato and sauce soubise, baked inside a butterkin. Top it with..

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Large pot of winter garden soup full of colourful chopped vegetables,W
Categories
  • Cooking
  • Recipes
  • Soup
  • The Edible Garden
  • Winter
6 August, 2020

Winter Garden Soup

We feel incredibly lucky to be able to have enough space to have a vegetable garden. Nothing goes to waste from our garden, at least..

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Pineapple upside down cake with rum caramel on a cake standP
Categories
  • Baking and Desserts
  • Cakes
  • Cooking
  • Recipes
18 July, 2020

Pineapple Upside-Down Cake with Rum Caramel

I love to entertain dinner guests –  I find it gives me the inspiration to try new recipes and new ideas. This is especially true..

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Cabbage ceramic dish with a salad of heritage tomatoes and basilT
Categories
  • Autumn
  • Cooking
  • Salads
  • The Edible Garden
3 June, 2020

Tomato and Basil Salad

There are times when simplicity is the perfect way to hero a vegetable. Tomatoes have always been my favourite vegetable (yes I know, actually fruit)…

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Plant-based Yoghurts, coconut, cashew and chocolate on a marble benchH
Categories
  • Cooking
  • Dairy alternatives
  • How to make
  • Recipes
24 May, 2020

How to make Plant-based Yoghurt

I would have started making plant-based yoghurt much sooner if I’d known how easy it is. The secret is in selecting a coconut cream that..

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Coconut panna plating trial take 2. Served with tropical salsa, toasted coconut and mint tips
Spent the day playing with plating options. Coconut panna cotta with a splash of raspberry couli. Silky creamy and tart.
Simply perfect lunch. BBQ corn steamed in its husk.
If you are not a Kiwi( person not bird) you may not understand
Turns out 15kg of plums is quite a lot! I have enough plum sauce and jelly to last a year. Thank goodness for the dehydrator. Plum granola this summer.

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