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...
by Debs | Feb 13, 2015 | Cakes, Gardening, Lifestyle, Recipe, Savoury, Sweet
I swear I only took my eye off the courgette plant for a couple of days! Now, I have huge courgette beasts lumbering into my kitchen… how do I turn them into food? I looked online and found a great article by one of my favourite food writers, Nigel Slater. Here...
by Debs | Jun 18, 2014 | Biscuits, Kids, Recipe, Sweet, Vegetarian
At the Steiner Kindy, they have a mid-winter Lantern Festival every year. For the last couple of years, Jack and I have made the biscuits. This year Jack asked if we could bake an extra batch, and eat them all ourselves! Once you have tried them, you may wish to do...
by Debs | Apr 9, 2014 | Gluten-free, Jam, Recipe, Sweet, Vegan, Vegetarian
In the orchard since January, we have been loving the waves of ripening fruit: plums, peaches, pears, nashis, apples, figs, feijoas and persimmons. If my boy, Jack, is hungry, then he runs outside to see what he can find… I was in my friend Briar’s kitchen...
