Scrambled Eggs with Sweetcorn

  Sweetcorn is a great addition to scrambled eggs as it adds sweetness and texture and makes scrambled eggs a more substantial dish. In this recipe you can use cooked corn sliced off the cob, canned corn (whole kernels or cream-style corn), or frozen corn. Mum and I used frozen sweetcorn to add into the […]

Parmesan Polenta Corn Fritters

  Parmesan Polenta Corn Fritters with accompanying salad of: avocado, cucumber, yellow pepper, tomato, carrot, spring onion, celery, mixed salad greens, and mint (with additional sliced avocado). Fried haloumi cheese is a nice addition to the meal (we added this to our meal, but this is not in the photo).   This is seriously the […]

Summer Visit to Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Market : (my poor wallet)

  http://www.hawkesbayfarmersmarket.co.nz/   I was determined not to buy anything this visit. As with a lot of well laid plans, this theory did not work out too well. The visit to the Market was as wonderful as usual and it was a great way to spend a morning in the sun with a friend and […]

Corn on the Cob

  This is a very quick and easy way to prepare a meal of corn on the cob. This method of cooking the corn uses a microwave, (so there is no boiling of water, or cleaning of pots to take care of later). Plus the microwaving takes only 4 minutes compared to 10 minutes if […]