by Debs | Nov 9, 2017 | Food-related, Lifestyle, Savoury, The Coromandel, NZ
The scallop has to be one of my favourite types of seafood. How do you eat yours? I love them wrapped in bacon… or raw sliced thin like sashimi with browned butter poured over them… or on a bbq skewer with prawns… or served with a fresh salad greens, sliced apple and...
by Debs | Jun 16, 2017 | Food-related, Recipe, Savoury
The colder weather has been making me think of autumnal dishes to cook for the family, and it reminded me how much I love sausages! This year I got to make my own sausages with my brother-in-law Mark and I have to say it was a lot of fun. The end product tasted...
by Debs | May 12, 2017 | Food-related, Gardening, Recipe, Savoury
I love chillies and one of my favourite things to make with the last of the capsicums and chillies from my garden is harissa paste. Harissa is a usual ingredient in North African and Middle Eastern cookery. It’s often served on the side or added to cooked dishes, and...
by Debs | Feb 15, 2017 | Food-related, Recipe, Savoury
I was sitting outside Umu Café the other night enjoying one of their vegetarian platters, and realising again what a fine thing a pickled onion is… They are crisp, sweet, tangy, subtly-spiced – just delicious. The ones at Umu are pink too, which makes them very...
by Debs | Dec 16, 2016 | Food-related, Lifestyle, Savoury, The Coromandel, NZ
If you are out there catching snapper this summer, why not keep your fish frames and use them to make delicious stock or soup? To make stock: Add 3-4 fish frames and any other fish offcuts to a big pot. Add a roughly chopped onion, a roughly chopped carrot, some...
by Debs | Oct 16, 2016 | Food-related, Gardening, Recipe, Savoury
Spring’s here (just about) so let’s go out into the garden and see what’s ready to eat… Now the days are getting (marginally) warmer, I’m heading outside to see what fresh seasonal food is ready in the garden. This recipe brings together...
