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 | Dec 21, 2017 | Food-related, Puddings-desserts, Recipe, Sweet, The Coromandel, NZ
What could be more evocative of a Coromandel summer at the bach than plums? Here’s an plum tart that is simple to make, but looks festive enough for any occasion! Easy Plum Tart The great thing about this recipe is that you can bake one tart or you can cut...
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 | Jan 15, 2017 | Dairy-free, Food-related, Gluten-free, Recipe, Sweet, Vegan, Vegetarian
This time of year I find half-bags of dried fruit in the kitchen cupboard left over from various Christmas baking projects… and I am also looking forward to school lunches and hoping I can do a better job of putting healthy stuff in the box… bliss balls...
by Debs | May 18, 2016 | Cakes, Food-related, Recipe, Sweet, Vegetarian
It’s nice to have a few great cakes recipes up your sleeve, isn’t it? And although a classic Victoria sponge remains one of my favourites (with tart plum jam in the middle and a sprinkle of caster sugar on top), I am also keen to find new favourites. Inspired by...
by Debs | Feb 12, 2016 | Dairy-free, Food-related, Gardening, Gluten-free, Jam, Lifestyle, Recipe, Sweet, Vegan, Vegetarian
My husband just gently pushed half a tree-ripened apricot into my mouth… If you have never eaten tree-ripened fruit then you need to know you are seriously missing out. The taste is incomparible to what you will buy in the supermarket. The apricot tasted almost as...
