Category Archives: Sweet Foods
Feijoa & hazelnut muffins
One of the things that I love most about moving to a new country is discovering new fruit and vegetables. I’ve spent the last six weeks enthusiastically discovering the feijoa, a fruit which is completely new to me. Feijoas aren’t actually … Continue reading
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Dessert for one… Or maybe three
Cooking for one can be a bit of a pain. I have so many bookmarked recipes that are for four or more people and not particularly easy to split. I get bored eating the same thing several times in a … Continue reading
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Mint & ginger mini palmiers
Something terribly exciting happened on Wednesday – the Bookshelf Saga which has been ongoing since I moved into my flat at the beginning of March came to its conclusion. To cut a long rant story short, my landlord didn’t consider a bookshelf … Continue reading
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Chocolate & almond crackle cookies
I bookmark a lot of recipes, but then never quite get around to making them – I don’t have enough time, something else comes up, I have other things to bake. Basically, life happens. Usually I forget about the recipe, … Continue reading
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Cinnamon & raisin pinwheels
When I first arrived in New Zealand, I began looking for a recipe book of New Zealand recipes, preferably one categorised by seasons because as I’ve mentioned previously, I was having difficulties convincing myself that apricots in February were totally … Continue reading
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Fig, goat’s cheese & chocolate tartlets
This month’s We Should Cocoa challenge ingredient, hosted by Choclette at Chocolate Log Blog, is “cheese.” That’s right, we’re supposed to make something involving cheese… and chocolate. I think the most obvious way of combining the two would be in the form … Continue reading
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For the love of butter
The random letter for this month’s AlphaBakes blog challenge, started by Ros at The More Than Occasional Baker (who is currently hosting) and Caroline at Caroline Makes is “B“. Easy-peasy (lemon squeezy), I thought to myself when I read it, I can … Continue reading
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Last blueberries of the season? I’ll take 1kg please!
Fun fact: I arrived in Auckland two months today. Part of me feels like it can’t possibly have been that long already – there are still plenty of things that I’m not sure how they work (I only cracked the … Continue reading
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It’s Easter! It’s spring! No wait, autumn! Uhm what?
Happy Easter! I must admit that I haven’t really been feeling particularly Easter-y this year. As I’m not religious, Easter doesn’t have any particular significance to me, but I always associate it with spring. If it’s Easter, then it … Continue reading
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Sharky Oven Gloves goes vegan…
Guess what? It’s already April 1st in my time zone, which means… April Fools’!! Nobody panic, Sharky Oven Gloves is most certainly not launching into veganism (like I’d ever choose to cut butter and cheese out of my life…). Well, except for today’s post … Continue reading
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