Pepparkakor (Gingerbread Biscuits) Decorated with Royal Icing

    Pepparkakor is a traditional Swedish recipe. These Scandinavian spicy biscuits are traditionally served on St Lucia Day, which is a celebration of light on the longest night of the year. St Lucia Day is one of the biggest Christmas-time celebrations in Sweden and is held on the 13th December. This date was unknown […]

“Not Butter Chicken” – Vegetarian Butter Chicken

  This recipe is (adapted) from Jeremy Dixon’s first Revive Café Cookbook, and this dish is served at his Revive Café in Auckland. I have changed the quantities because his recipe made a whopping amount. Plus he roasted his carrots for 20 minutes, whereas I diced them and added them into the pot after the […]

Ginger and Almond Christmas Biscuits

  Christmas Tree shaped Ginger and Almond Christmas Biscuits strung on ribbons.     For those of you who like raw biscuit mixture rather than cooked, I can recommend this gingerbread biscuit recipe as a very, very tasty raw mixture indeed (I kept sneaking off to the fridge and cutting off pieces while the dough […]

Potato and Pea Curry

    This is a great recipe to make when you have a busy week ahead and want to have pre-prepared meals for several nights. This Potato and Pea Curry keeps well in the fridge and it is nice to know that dinner is ready-made and just needs heating up. This would also keep well […]

Rosemary Cointreau Spiced Nuts (Recipe by Jo Seagar)

  Because this mix tastes extremely good, the level of the nuts in the jar has dropped considerably from when we first filled it as we kept going back for another handful. As Mum or I was always caught with our hand in the jar, we came up with a saying “step away from the […]