Category: Cooking
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The Joy of Homegrown Vegetables
Nothing beats homegrown vegetables Growing Your Own #smilingontheinside – Tuesday 10 June 2025 Back in the day, when my inlaws were fit, healthy and still living at home, I remember Erina telling me once that in fifty-something years, she’d only ever bought potatoes (from a grocer) once. That was the year blight got to her…
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Happy Mother’s Day!
A Morning Walk at Taitua Arboretum I didn’t get to spend Mother’s Day with my mum this year – sadly… unfortunately… but I will get to see her in a couple of weeks. We spoke on the phone… my sisters and I bought her a voucher so she can buy a beautiful windchime she’s had…
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100% Full Fat 100% Every Time
Living low fat used to do my head in Back in the day I hunted down “low fat” everything. Because I thought it was good for me (read: I thought it was good for my arteries). It did my head in. Big Time. But is it really better for me…? What am I asking…? Just…
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A bit of a Foodie Day
Breaking Bread – communion and community It’s long been a societal tradition to “break bread” as a way of connecting with others. In other words, of dining and eating together. When we break bread, we’re saying, “I trust you, I care for you, I want to share this moment and this sustenance with you.” It’s…
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Homemade Hot Cross Buns
Alan’s v2 Hot Cross Buns – Slooooow Cooking Is this what slow cooking is all about? Because man! did these take absolutely ages to make! Alan’s first version this year didn’t produce a particularly good result. He thinks the yeast was too hot to strut its stuff. Those ones resulted in a heavy, solid, bun.…
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Special Family Recipe Traditions
The Bro-in-Law Christmas Pudding “Stunt” Writing about special family recipes and their memories yesterday, got me thinking about a very special family tradition that happens on my side of the family every Christmas. It first started Christmas 2004. I remember because dad was still alive – we didn’t know then that was to be his…
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Ask and it shall be delivered unto you
Our commercially printed recipe book is crammed full of family recipes with special memories – recipes we make more often than from the book we bought.
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More Practise Required
The Good Idea at the Time We bought a new BBQ a few weeks back. As is My Hero’s penchant, lots (and I mean lots!) of research was done. The deal breaker attributes: Beefmaster – Single Burner – Griddle BBQ The eventual winner was the Beefmaster Single Burner Griddle – bought locally from BBQ Boys…
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Marmalade Made With Love
A Special Annual Tradition Almost annually—some years have been missed—my mum comes to stay with me so we can replenish my supply of marmalade. Each of these visits is special for many reasons, all of which are The Most Important. For instance, I don’t get to spend as much time with my mum as I’d…
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