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  • Favourite recipes gluten free light meals Vegetarian

    Easy ten minute zucchini wraps recipe

    May 12, 2017 Read More
  • breakfast gluten free

    The ultimate chocolate buckwheat granola clusters

    April 29, 2017 Read More
  • baking gluten free

    Banana Rhubarb Bread

    April 12, 2017 Read More
  • light meals seafood simple meals snacks

    NZ fresh scallops on roast veg with pea puree

    March 2, 2017 Read More
  • light meals salads seafood simple meals

    Fresh snapper tortilla with pineapple salsa

    December 31, 2016 Read More
  • baking

    Chocolate salami or Čokoladna salama

    December 18, 2016 Read More
  • gluten free light meals seafood simple meals soup

    Lime, chilli, prawn noodle soup

    June 9, 2016 Read More
  • breakfast gluten free

    Have you tried millet porridge yet?

    March 20, 2016 Read More
  • baking desserts gluten free

    Kumara and Boysenberry Cake – Gluten Free

    December 9, 2015 Read More
  • chicken Favourite recipes

    Coq au vin

    Happy Bastille Day! Let’s celebrate with a reknown French dish. Coq au vin is a French dish of chicken braised with wine, lardons, mushrooms, and optionally garlic. While the wine used is typically Burgundy,…

    July 14, 2015
  • baking desserts gluten free

    Kate’s chocolate cardamom cake

    Yes this is a rich, decadent chocolate cake BUT it is also gluten free and refined sugar free. And the cardamom overtones make it so much better than any ordinary chocolate cake. The recipe…

    June 24, 2015
  • breakfast desserts

    Croatian pancakes (palachinke) for brunch

    My youngest son loves pancakes. He’s 9yrs old so of course he loves pancakes! It’s a regular weekend request – “Mum can you make Croatian pancakes?”. He loves that aspect of our heritage. So…

    June 14, 2015
  • light meals pasta seafood simple meals

    Mussel spaghetti with basil, chorizo and tomato

    As winter knocks on our door and the last of the tomatoes and basil fade, I felt it was time for some vibrant, flavoursome seafood! This dish is a firm favourite of mine and…

    May 12, 2015
  • breakfast

    Making Granola Sunshine

    Making Granola is like making sunshine, the smell of it wafting through the house as it toasts and the taste of freshly made granola is divine to say the least. I add dried, fresh…

    March 15, 2015
  • chicken simple meals

    Thai inspired lemon chicken

    I have a real thing for Thai flavours – makrut lime (kaffir lime), lemongrass, coconut….. yum! I recently found this tasty recipe on The Kitchn and decided to adapt it a little and use…

    March 10, 2015
  • light meals simple meals Vegetarian

    Clean food: Portobello mushroom stack

    The latest book I have co-produced with dermo-nutrition expert Janine Tait is going really well! So many people are behind the 7 DAYS OF ME detox programme – it’s astounding. One never quite knows…

    March 9, 2015
  • chicken light meals simple meals

    No more 2 minute noodles!

    As a mother of three I’m no stranger to trying to feed children reasonably healthy options. I was legendary with my 1st child, nothing from a can or packet passed her lips for at…

    February 23, 2015
  • seafood simple meals

    Fresh mussels recipe with beans n bacon

    I love New Zealand seafood, there’s just no other way to say it. I grew up on the water, mostly around Northland and watched my father countless times boil the tin for fresh crayfish…

    November 23, 2014
  • HealthyMe light meals seafood simple meals

    Healthyme – Zesty layered fish bake

    At the moment I’m working on a new book with Janine Tait (dermo nutrition guru) which is for the Janesce skincare Vital Cleanse menu. The Vital Cleanse has been part of the Janesce program…

    October 9, 2014
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