The ultimate grilled cheese sandwich that is full of gooey cheese, spicy peppers and salty olives sandwiches between two slices of crispy, golden toasted sourdough. I have been seriously craving these spicy grilled cheese toasted sandwiches (or toasties as we call them down under). Anything grilled and full of melted cheese is my jam…
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Best Ever Carrot and Pecan Cake
An ultimate, luxurious, carrot cake ladened with pillowy dreamy cream cheese icing and scattered with crunchy pecans. Some might think this a perfect cake to serve at Easter. Well, I thought the same and I thought it would be lovely for you all to serve it at Easter time and the little bunnies would love…
Ricotta and Rhubarb Cakes with Vanilla Mascarpone and Meringue
Perfectly moist and delicately flavoured ricotta and rhubarb cakes with a big dollop of creamy vanilla bean mascarpone dolloped on top, sprinkled with tangy raspberries and crunchy crumbled meringues. These little cakes are beautiful to look at and even better to eat! This is without a doubt my favourite time of year. Autumn. I know,…
Chunky Guacamole
The perfect combination of avaocado, coriander (cilantro), tomato, onion, chili, and lime that’s super chunky and super easy to make. Whoa! I’m sitting at my computer right now, not really knowing what to write. It’s all feeling a little foreign right now. Not only has it been soooooooo long since my last post (sorry folks),…
Hawaij Gingerbread Men
A recipe for Hawaij (hawayij or hawayej) Gingerbread Men. A twist on your classic holiday cookies with cardamom, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon and clove spices. Hawaij? Whaaaaaaat’s hawaij? It’s a word my auto-spell check hates (turns out my spell check loves hawaii not hawaij which has made writing this post rather frustrating) and it is…
Spinach and Feta Dip with Homemade Lavosh Crackers
Spinach and Feta Dip is a total crowd pleaser! Serve with easy rustic Homemade Lavosh Crackers and totally impress your friends. You can thank my lovely friends Sheena and Katrina for this scrummy dip. I bet they’re reading this now and thinking, what? This isn’t our recipe. What you talkin’ ‘boot Kate? (They’re Canadian…
Easy Potato Bake
An comforting potato bake that is creamy in the middle and crispy and golden on top. So easy to make on a weeknight and so tasty! Any Paleo, carb-hating friends may want to look away right now, some content in this blog post may be disturbing. Everyone else I have three words: Cream +…
6 Minute Chocolate Cake
An easy and quick chocolate cake that’s in the oven in 6 minutes. Drizzled with a chocolate glaze, this is chocolate heaven and it’s vegan! You NEED this cake in your baking arsenal. I am just going to come out and say it, this cake is a GAME CHANGER! It literally takes six minutes,…
Gnocchi with Butternut Pumpkin and Sage Burnt Butter
I know it’s not technically autumn over there in the Northern Hemisphere, but I’m a little over winter right now so to keep me happy can we just pretend it’s autumn over there and spring here in New Zealand? Ahhhhh. I’m feeling better already imagining all those pretty spring flowers and I bet you’re all…
Buckwheat Pancakes with Caramelised Bananas and Sweet Dukkah
My son George has recently become obsessed, I mean OBSESSED with pancakes! Every morning my little four year old gets out his stool in the kitchen, gets the bowls and baking ingredients and we make pancakes together. Sounds idillic and picture perfect doesn’t it? NOT AT ALL. …my kitchen floor is covered in flour… …there…
Plum and Lime Layer Cake
It’s pretty, it’s pale pink, it’s sweet from the roasted plums, it’s tangy from the lime, it’s fluffy from the buttermilk, it’s got beautiful delicate frosting and it looks like it’s made for a princess (albeit a bit of a hipster princess with the semi-naked icing look, but a princess nonetheless). This weekend my little…
Winter Witlof and Walnut Salad
Winter salads. Yes friends. It’s a thing. It’s a thing when you’ve been enjoying all that warming winter comfort food in your big woolly socks and big jumpers but you need a little crunchy freshness. A little sunshine. I’m not talking about making some try hard summer salad with imported avocados and watery hothouse tomatoes….