by Debs | Jun 28, 2018 | Basics, Food-related, Lifestyle, Sweet
I am recipe-testing for my new cookbook at the moment, and I’ve just reached smoothies. Browsing old library books outside our Coromandel library, I came across one called Green for Life by Victoria Boutenko. It had a load of smoothie recipes in it so I bought...
by Debs | Mar 13, 2017 | Basics, Dairy-free, Food-related, Gardening, Gluten-free, Lifestyle, Puddings-desserts, Recipe, Sweet, Vegan, Vegetarian
A carpet of passion fruit under the vine… the high winds and rain this month have given me a glut of passionfruit to use up and this is the perfect solution! It is sweet but deliciously zingy and the flavour of the passion fruit really comes through. I made enough...
by Debs | Nov 27, 2015 | Basics, Dairy-free, Food-related, Gluten-free, Kids, Lifestyle, Recipe, Sweet, Travel, Vegan, Vegetarian
When we were down in Christchurch the other day, it was so hot that we had the windows of the car down. Wafts of warm air kept coming into the car with a subtle floral scent… elderflowers! What a beautiful smell… the epitomy of summer. We pulled up on the side of the...
by Debs | Sep 12, 2015 | Basics, Dairy-free, Food-related, Kids, Recipe, Sweet, Vegetarian
Children’s birthdays in general can be a bit of a minefield… expectations are so high on behalf of both the child and the parents and one of the biggest challenges is how to make a birthday cake that will compare favourably with those that have come before… We...
