Ok. So I made the last meal twice now and have that down pat. Thought I’d have a go at something I’m more familiar with, that being teriyaki and wanting some veges with it I found a great recipe for japanese pickled vegetables that can be done an hour before serving thus suiting week night…

I was feeling the need for an old habitual meal from my childhood with a bit of my own modern twist. I made a roasted tomato and caramelised spanish onion relish. I roasted the tomatoes slowly on a low oven heat for about an hour, caramelised the spanish onion in a saucepan over low heat…

My lovely friend Katie and I went a did a great little Japanese Comfort Food course at the Chef’s Armoury a couple of weeks ago and I’m finding it fun attacking this cuisine in a different way. The first thing I did was to replicate exactly some of the dishes that were made on the…

I am loving the surplus NZ salmon we have in our freezer from our smoking day a few weeks ago. This was a breakfast of home smoked NZ salmon, chive and potato rosti, poached egg, wilted silver beet from the garden and roast tomato. For the rosti I boiled two medium peeled potatoes with the…