Essential Items for a Kiwi Station/Farm Kitchen
A well equiped kitchen is vital, especially if you live remotely. It’s just not easy to whip down to the shop for milk and a bag of bread when you run out. You have to think ahead and stock the freezer and shelves up when you can. These are some of the items I...
Pumpkin and Dark Chocolate Scones
These flavours need to happen more often – these scones are incredible! My sister Hannah used to be a chef in many trending cafes in Dunedin, and the Otago Daily Times would often publish requested recipes in the paper. Customers would request their favourite...
Toasted Sandwich Bag
The best lunch hack! A week of lunch and snacks ready and prepped in the freezer. All you have to do is take one out and place in a sandwich press or in a fry pan. I always have a bag of these prepped in the smoko room for staff who may come in late for smoko or are...
Two Ingredient Pizza Dough
This recipe is perfect for when you have visitors call in for lunch at the last minute, when a family arrives close to tea, or even as a flat lunch. Today I delivered this pizza to a block an hours drive from home up a remote farm road. It was a stunning spot to sit...
HI – I’M PHILIPPA
I am the station cook at Otematata Station in the Waitaki Valley of the South Island, New Zealand. Most days I provide smokos (morning and afternoon tea) and lunches to our staff of shepherds. Some days if they are out on our remote high country blocks I will also prepare a lunch that can be eaten with a cuppa in one hand and their lunch in the other. Read More.