Dairy Free Apple Muffins

I’ve had the recipe leaflet for Dairy Free Apple Muffins from Countdown supermarket stuck to the freezer for ages and keep thinking I should make them one day. One day finally happened ……. and now this recipe is filed in the ‘I should make these again one day’ section as they’re pretty good muffins. The …

Walnut Honey Yoghurt Apple Loaf

The Mopp has embarked on a refined-sugar eating plan to help support a friend.  This has created quite a challenge in the kitchen as I now am baking dairy-free, refined-sugar free treats.  I like challenges and am having fun discovering a whole new world of recipes using honey. This recipe is adapted from Cultures for …

Lunch Time: Pasta Salad with Gusto Tart Apple Syrup, Almonds, Chorizo & Goat Feta

Running around town picking up supplies, I sneaked in a visit to our local Vetro (a Mediterranean food shop) to pick up a bottle of Gusto tart apple syrup.  I always have their sweet apple syrup in the pantry but I wanted the tart syrup to make a caramel slice with an apple enhancement.  As …

Cookbook Review: Recipes from my French Kitchen

Recipes from my French Kitchen – Allyson Gofton Published by Penguin NZ NZ food writer Allyson Gofton and her husband Warwick relocate their children Jean-Luc & Olive-Rose to rural South-West France for a year.  The idea behind the move was to experience a different culture and help the children learn a second language.  Allyson has …

Spiced Apple & Walnut Cake

I received a cool little cookbook, Sweet treats to share, to review (read the review here).  As I do, I found the apple recipes and got out my pinny.  We had Annabelle White’s Sicilian Apple Cake for Sunday night pudding tea (more on that some other time) and that was as far as I had …

Pork and Apple Burgers with Chilli Sauce

Apple goes with ….. Pork We’ve had a bit of a run on meals with pork this past week.  Pork is one of my favourite proteins and it pairs extremely well with apples.  Mopp invited his friend around for the evening on Friday night and wanted to make sure I cooked the right food.  Friday …

The mishaps & misadventures of Raspberry Jam Slice

The mishaps & misadventures of Raspberry Jam Slice The Anster likes to go tramping (aka hiking) and often organises a weekend trip away with one or both of our boys. The last trip he organised was a during a very disorganised time for me, so he had to visit the supermarket to buy some ‘post-tramp’ …

Apple Banana Chocolate Muffins aka ABC Muffins

ABC Muffins One of the very first cookbooks I bought for myself was the big & bright red ‘Best of Alison Holst’.  The book has faded to a dull pink and looks like a visit to the book doctor is in order for some binding support.  Everything is a bit loose and saggy from regular use. There are recipes …

Baked sausages with apples, onions, raisins & cider

Diana Henry: Baked Sausage with Apples, Onions, Raisins & Cider Sometimes, beginning a day of hard work in the office, dinner is the last thing on my mind.  Other times, the whole week of meals are planned out in advance.  Yesterday was not a planned type of day.  2 packs of six sausages had been retrieved from the …

Apple & Lemon Torta

Italia |Simple recipes from the Italian Cook School – Jo Seagar I  don’t believe I am alone when I admit that I don’t often make a recipe as it is written.  I use the recipe as a guide, and substitute flavours here and there.  Sometimes with success and other times not so but during the …