Breakfast

Easy to Prepare Breakfast Burritos

Easy to Prepare Breakfast Burritos

What's better than a breakfast burrito? A whole packet in the freezer! Grab a packet of six wraps and make yourself a pre-made pack of breakfast. Simply spend the time to prepare all six wraps and wrap in tinfoil before placing back into the re-sealable wrap bag. Grab...

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Overnight Oats for a Quick Fuelling Breakfast

Overnight Oats for a Quick Fuelling Breakfast

If you struggle to start the day with a good breakfast - then these are for you. Grab an old jam jar with a screw lid, or an agee/mason jar that can be covered (you may have a cloth or silicon cover). It could even be a reusable plastic container. Then simply...

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A Whole lot of Hot Chocolate

A Whole lot of Hot Chocolate

What is more warming and energising than a mug of sweet hot chocolate on cold and frosty day? Take off your gloves and wrap your hands around a steaming mug of hot chocolate. What makes this recipe so great is that it allows you to make a whole batch of hot chocolate,...

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Elderflower Marmalade

Elderflower Marmalade

This is a great way to use up the fruit leftover from when you make elderflower cordial. Use this sweet marmalade as a gift to accompany your elderflower cordial. Or simply smear on your own toast for a gorgeous sweet taste. What ingredients will I need;Lemon and...

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Elderflower Cordial

Elderflower Cordial

This cordial recipe is refreshingly sweet. Perfect for a refreshing hot day thirst quencher. My children can spot an elderflower bush in full bloom - road side - anywhere between Otematata and Oamaru. They are pretty much a weed down here in the South Island. The...

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Instant Pot Yoghurt

Instant Pot Yoghurt

Ever wondered what the yoghurt button on your instant pot or multi cooker does? Give this recipe a go and surprise yourself! Many brands of magic pot seem to have a yoghurt button function. Have a look on yours and see.Remember I call my multi cooker a magic pot as I...

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Overnight Slow Cooker Porridge

Overnight Slow Cooker Porridge

This easy to prepare breakfast can be made in a conventional slow cooker or on the slow cooking function on your multi cooker. You can cook on low overnight (eight hours) or on high for four hours.I can see the overnight function working well for those of you on early...

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Family Loaves of Bread

Family Loaves of Bread

The perfect recipe for making two loaves of bread which are the perfect size for sandwiches or toast. It includes wholemeal flour - but not too much that some family members may turn their noses up at it. And enough wholemeal flour to make it better than a traditional...

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Honey’d Pears

Honey’d Pears

We are so spoilt for fruit in the summer months here, that when Autumn comes we are still craving sweet fruit. We have a beautiful old house at the backyards which has a few scraggly pear trees. This year however none fruited and I was disappointed. So when a friend...

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