Quinoa Tabouleh

    Tabouleh is a Lebanese dish that is sometimes classed as a salad, and goes by a variation of spellings – tabouleh, tabbouleh, tabouli, tabbouli (….and my spellchecker has rejected all these options). This dish is traditionally made with bulgur wheat, but you can use couscous too, and as I have discovered for the […]

Posted by Admin on January 31st, 2016 | No Comments Posted in Drinks and Wine, Salads

Mum’s Impromptu Filo Pies

    This is another of Mum’s ideas where a vague notion (and no recipe at all) evolves into a very tasty meal (hence the name of the recipe). For the filling, we roasted vegetables, but this would even quicker and economical to make if you have any left over roasted vegetables in the fridge. […]

Posted by Admin on June 7th, 2015 | No Comments Posted in Drinks and Wine, Main Meals, Pies, Tarts, and Pastry (savoury baking)

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’ […]

Posted by Admin on March 1st, 2015 | 1 Comment Posted in Condiments, Jams and Jellies, and Sauces, Confectionery, Desserts and Puddings, Drinks and Wine, Featured Products, Fruits, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand