Baking with Oats
Rolled oats are an essential panty item, even if you are not a breakfast porridge fan (too gloopy for me), when oats are combined with a few other vital ingredients e.g. coconut, brown sugar and butter, the results can … Read more
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Taste of the Bay Cycle Tour
A Taste of the Bay Cycle with Helen Jackson May 6-10 2021 Sold Out – email me for interest in next tour. Join us for a delicious 5 day/ 4 night exploration of Hawkes Bay. Much of this will … Read more
Choosing Your Cake Mixer
My daughter Daisy is a keen baker and when it comes to decorating cakes her skills outweigh mine considerably. She makes cakes for friends on a regular basis and one of her worries about heading into her University flat … Read more
It’s All about the Christmas Ham
A glazed ham at Christmas is essential for many of us and a treat we really look forward to. Warm from the oven and served with new potatoes and steamed greens, it is an annual favourite. The left overs can … Read more
Cooking the Christmas Turkey
If there is one part of Christmas dinner that is going to cause stress it is likely to be cooking the turkey. How many times I have heard stories of dry overcooked turkeys or even worse under cooked turkeys? I … Read more
Our Favourite Edible Gifts
While we are fast approaching the season of gift giving this is not just confined to Christmas as there are often occasions during the year when you want to take a little something when out for dinner, as a thank … Read more
A Taste of Sandringham
How good does this baji look? Samrudh Akuthota (Sammy) tells me that he remembers eating baji as a child and picking off all the crisp bits and then leaving the spongier interior so therefore when he opened his own place … Read more
A Taste Of Clevedon Day Tour
With our first Clevedon day selling out in 2 ours we now have a new date of Wednesday November 11th for a day of deliciousness with award winner artisan producers. Our day will start at 8.30am with pick up at … Read more
Cheap and Cheerful Dinners
Most of us have been impacted in some way or another with the events over the last few months. With that in mind and thinking of well priced meals, here are 20 of our favourite dinners that have … Read more
Jasberry Rice, An Awesome Initiative
One of the big things that the last few months have reinforced is how much I want to support businesses that have a social conscience. Helping them to continue working in this tumultuous world of uncertainty. Our dollars suddenly seem more precious … Read more
Jazz Up Your Vegetables, adding delicious flavour twists
In essence I am yet to meet a vegetable I don’t like, my dislike only comes from the way they have been cooked and the flavours paired with. In our house of 6 (ish) a head of steamed/boiled broccoli … Read more
An Egg in the House is a Meal in the House
In this time of hunker down and stay at home as much as possible, most of us are shopping less often and spending more time in the kitchen. The old saying “When there’s in egg in the house there is … Read more
Staying at Home and Eating Well
As we prepare to spend a bit more time at home, many of us will be planning our meals and how to cater from the fridge, pantry, freezer and perhaps a few things in the garden. I have just planted … Read more
How to Make Really Good Hummus
Making smooth, creamy restaurant quality Middle Eastern hummus is unbelievably easy with a few simple tricks. After years of making hummus, it has almost been an eureka moment when I realised I was making very average hummus and with little … Read more
