Raspberry Semifreddo

    This semifreddo recipe by Belinda Jeffery has a lovely texture; it is smooth and creamy, and the flavour is deliciously intense with swirls of bright-red raspberryness. This semifreddo is cool and refreshing and is a great way to capture that true summer-berry flavour of raspberries. This is absolutely YUM! Semifreddo means ‘partly cold’ […]

Baileys Chocolat Luxe Liqueur with Ice-cream and Crushed Mint Biscuits

    This is mightily good stuff and this smooth chocolatey liqueur is pretty much a dessert by itself. Chocolat Luxe is a combination of the original Baileys Irish Cream and Belgian chocolate that apparently took three years to perfect and is the first-ever combination of real chocolate and liqueur. Try it served over ice, […]

Origin Earth Chocolate Milk – Hawke’s Bay

      Origin Earth is keeping it local by using locally sourced Hawke’s Bay products to flavour and sweeten the chocolate milk.   When I researched Origin Earth’s chocolate milk product I found very worthy sentiments and core values behind this milk. Origin Earth is a small Hawke’s Bay milk company based in Havelock […]

Grandma’s Cheese Drop Scones

    These are called ‘Drop Scones’ because the consistency of the mixture is softer than regular scones and the mixture is ‘dropped’ off a spoon onto the baking tray rather than the scone dough being cut or formed into shapes. If you want larger scones rather than spoon-sized ones, just double the amount on […]

Excursion off State Highway 2 (SH2): Upper Norsewood, then SH50

  Travelling north on State Highway 2 (SH2) to warmer weather, is a journey I have made hundreds if not thousands of times. The main objective is to get to Hawke’s Bay to see family, sticking to the main highway, and although I enjoy the sights on this road, and townships and areas of interest […]