I have been itching to try some savory muffins for a while now. It’s actually kind of amazing, what with my muffin fetish and all, that I haven’t delved into these already! But I have been collecting recipes, and when our host at Lake Tekapo Luxury Lodge suggested I make some muffins (or something, but [...]
I think you would be hard pressed to come up with a more traditional Kiwi meal. Lamb, kumara, and minted peas are all Kiwi as! (If you’re confused here, I’ll clue you in. ‘Sweet as’ is a very common New Zealand slang expression meaning, in effect, ‘I concur that what you propose is good by [...]
I’ll be honest. I almost didn’t blog this recipe. Even though it was go-back-for-seconds-and-thirds delicious and ridiculously easy to throw together. The reason? I was naughty. I used a store-bought flavored soy sauce with sugar and preservatives. But before you relegate me to the dog house of real food blogs, allow me to explain. Because [...]
Ah, summer. Carefree evening cookouts around the pool while the sunlight lingers on, giving way eventually to the light of the fireflies as my friends and I nurse cold fruity drinks and make plans for a holiday by the sea. Summer means fresh food and bright colors. Tropical fruit and crisp, cold salads. Unfortunately, I’m [...]
We all have those recipes. The ones that may not be fancy or incredibly unique, but they are tried and true, tested and found delicious, so you make them again and again. And no one seems to mind when it’s such a great recipe! That’s what a good ole standard potato salad is to me. [...]
What is kumara, you might ask? Kumara could be called the newest addition to my list of favorite foods, but really it’s just a variation of one that’s already on there-kumara is New Zealand’s sweet potato! And in New Zealand, what I have always known as french fries, they call chips. So Kumara Chips? Otherwise [...]
I love love love quinoa. A gluten-free seed (not grain like most people think) that offers up hefty doses of manganese, magnesium, and protein. What’s not to love? It’s honestly not too tasty when eaten on its own, but throw in some veggies, fruits, nuts, oils, etc. and you have a masterpiece! There are oodles [...]
Whoa baby. I’m back baking muffins! Our current host heard I loved to bake and set me loose in the kitchen with blueberries straight from a friend’s garden. You may know that fresh blueberries are one of my absolute favorite foods, and while I do love standard Blueberry Muffins, I couldn’t bring myself to bake [...]
It’s true, I miss my kitchen. I miss muffins. I miss baking in general. As much as I do love every minute of our experiences while traveling (well, almost every minute-camping in the freezing cold rain and wind of Wellington didn’t exactly make my top 10 list), I do miss my kitchen and a consistently [...]
This was my first endeavor with filled muffins. Who knew it was so crazy easy? My husband and I have traveled back to Kerikeri in New Zealand to stay with a naturopath and help them with marketing for their business (Head to Toe Natural Health Clinic). It was so wonderful to walk into the kitchen [...]
Raise your hand if you’ve ever opened the fridge about lunchtime and just stared. And stared . . . And stared . . . At nothing really. You’re hoping something really yummy will magically appear. Something deliciously healthy with enough protein to get you through the rest of the day. Right about now you’re wishing [...]
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