Feijoa Muffins

  This is a lovely recipe that I think tastes more like cake or shortcake than a regular muffin.   Feijoas are my favourite fruit and it is my firm belief that one can never have too many feijoa recipes…but you can have favourites, and this is one such indispensible recipe that Mum and I […]

Caramel and Chocolate Dessert Brownies

  Mum had a hankering to make chocolate brownies, so we decided on a recipe called American Chocolate Brownies. Mum also had a desire for some caramel, so we combined the two to make this delicious dessert brownie. I tell you, she leads me astray sometimes with great desserts. This brownie is so easy to […]

Apricot and Walnut Muffins

      These muffins are super tasty, with the walnut and apricot flavours complimenting each other nicely. One Sunday morning ‘on the spur of the moment’ Mum decided to whip some of these muffins up so I would have something to take home with me after my weekend visit (isn’t my Mum so thoughtful!) […]

Spinach and Cream Cheese Gems

  This recipe was originally called “Wild Oats Vege Muffins” after the cafe Wild Oats in Carterton in the Wairarapa region of New Zealand. The recipe was published in a newspaper a couple of years ago. I cut it out and kept it as it looked like a recipe that would make muffins or gems […]

“Mish-Mash Muffins”

    This is a standard muffin recipe that is actually called ‘Feijoa Muffins’, but Mum is always coming up with new combinations of fruits to add to the recipe. So with this in mind, Mum set out to make muffins out of frozen stewed fruit, plus some fresh rhubarb that she had to hand. […]