Food, entertaining, gardening, and homemaking for busy women.
Growing up my mum would throw these parties, you know, the kind with lots of food and inevitably Savories would be on the menu. I remember her making dozen after dozen in the week leading up to the event and stacking them in plastic bags in the freezer. I grew up calling these little egg…
This Chocolate Dipped English Flapjacks recipe brings me back to when I first had these in the UK in 2000, 17 years ago. Wow, I’m old. My friend Aubrey and I were on our first trip to Europe after high school and we stopped to see a friend of mine in York. We were wandering…
I love vegetables but sometimes they can be a bit boring – enter this delicious and simple Broccoli, Brown Butter & Lemon Pasta Salad. This recipe came to be one night a few weeks ago – I had grilled steak (yes, we grill in Winter in New Zealand – I’m a Californian after all!), steamed…
My friend Kalli offered me one bite of this Curried Israeli Couscous from Mendocino Farms and I never forgot it – that was over 2 years ago. I searched and searched the internet for even a hint on how to recreate this amazing Curried Israeli Couscous and came across the recipe. I’ve made it so…
Tabbouleh has to be one of my favorite dishes to make any time of year. The best part of any tabbouleh recipe is that you can adjust the ratios of each ingredient to get it just the way you want it. If you want more parsley than bulgur or more cucumber than tomato you can…
I’m definitely, 100% missing Autumn, Thanksgiving preparation and pumpkin everything since moving to New Zealand so I just had to make these Roasted Pumpkin Tartlets. You see it’s Spring here and I’ve skipped Autumn altogether, which is my most favorite time of year – cooler weather (sometimes not so much in Los Angeles), scarves, Pumpkin…
In New Zealand, promptly at 3pm in the afternoon we break for tea or coffee. Since moving here I find that at 3pm I’m ready for a hot drink and a sweet treat. When in Rome, right?! Grabbing a coffee in New Zealand is more akin to they way they do it in Europe. It’s…
