Author Archives: Helen Jackson
Foodlovers Food Trivia Quiz No. 14
Middle Eastern Yoghurt Dip
This recipe is completely inspired by Tami Vazey, she made me her yoghurt dip and it was so good that I had to come home and make something similar.
February
My 8 year old went off to school today with jam sandwiches in his lunchbox, wrapped in plastic clingfilm. While I cringed as I did it, the world didn’t stop and tomorrow once the shopping is done, life will return to healthier fillings and sandwiches wrapped in paper.
Sometimes it pays not to sweat the small stuff and to see life in balance and not an isolated lunch box.
With moderation in mind, our fresh peach cake is the most splendid afternoon tea or pudding. Nicest the day it is made and even better when almost warm from the oven, the February golden peaches are simply gorgeous in this light and fluffy cake.
To keep things in balance do try this deliciously healthy sesame chicken salad.
Happy Cooking,
Family Peach Cake

Nourish Our Kids and Tip Top Bread

Foodlovers food trivia quiz – February 7th

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Halloumi Burger
How to Make Perfect Ginger Crunch

Ginger crunch is one of those slices that we have all heard of, probably made and yet not truly appreciated its thin crunchy, snappy base and tangy topping and where it came from in the first place. Continue reading
How to Make Perfect Pulled Pork
I will remember the food of 2012 by two things, pulled pork in sliders and salted caramel (in many forms).
While I made salted caramel in vast quantities it took until the early days of 2013 to make pulled pork. Pulled pork sliders were made famous in NZ by Al Brown and Sean Armstrong from Loaf Continue reading
Plum Cake

February 2013
The kids are almost back to school – well some are some aren’t, we have a mixture in our house and are counting down until next Thursday when peace will be restored for set hours each day.
After some time away enjoying the summer, I have returned with loads of new ideas for foodlovers. I am also very happy to hear any suggestions so do feel free to email me.
In the meantime you can nourish your summer holiday dreams with our Tahiti travel feature, and also do try some very easy and delicious smoked chicken salad recipes.
Happy Cooking,
Do You Write in Your Cookbooks?

Do you write in your cookbooks?
As children we are told to treasure and look after our books and any that are personalised in any other way than a name are considered disfigured. Continue reading
Parmesan Crisps

Ingredients
- 125g flour
- pinch cayenne pepper
- 60g butter
- 60g freshly grated parmesan
- 1 egg yolk




