Christmas Cooking

Cherries cooked down with lemon and vanilla into a glossy sauce. Spoon it over yoghurt and granola, pancakes or ice cream. Keeps a week in the fridge.

Cherry, cucumber, mint and feta salad with sliced red onion and toasted pumpkin seeds in a pale blue bowl with a silver spoon, on a white marble benchtop

Cherry, Cucumber, Mint & Feta Salad

Halved cherries, crisp cucumber, salty feta and mint in a honey-lemon dressing. No oven, 15 minutes, easy to take to a summer barbecue.

Baked orange kumara split open and filled with paprika beef mince and wilted spinach, topped with melted golden cheese on a baking tray

Beef Mince Stuffed Kumara with Spinach & Cheese

Baked kumara split open and loaded with paprika beef mince, wilted spinach and bubbling cheese. Mostly hands-off, very filling.

Golden pan-fried chicken and courgette meatballs served over a rocket salad with charred asparagus, cubed avocado and cucumber, with garlic yoghurt and warm pita bread on the side

Courgette & Chicken Meatballs with Rocket, Asparagus, Avocado & Cucumber Salad

Feta-flecked chicken and courgette meatballs with a honey-lemon asparagus, avocado and rocket salad. Pita and garlic yoghurt on the side.

Creamy pappardelle with crispy bacon pieces, wilted baby spinach and asparagus in a grey ceramic bowl, finished with finely grated parmesan

Bacon & Baby Spinach Creamy Pappardelle

Pappardelle in a lemony cream sauce with crispy bacon, baby spinach and asparagus. A weeknight pasta in about 30 minutes.

Asparagus spears wrapped in crispy bacon on a sage green plate with a soft poached egg, lemony hollandaise sauce and a side bowl of extra hollandaise

Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus with Eggs & Hollandaise

Bacon-wrapped asparagus, a runny poached egg and a stick-blender hollandaise that comes together in a minute. Café brunch at home.

Soft bread bap stacked with crispy bacon, sliced camembert, avocado, rocket and tomato chutney, with more bacon frying in a cast iron skillet behind

Boujee Bacon Butty

Crispy bacon, camembert, avocado, rocket and tomato chutney stacked in a soft bap. The weekend bacon butty, upgraded.

Baked orange kumara split open and filled with paprika beef mince and wilted spinach, topped with golden melted cheese on a baking tray

Stuffed Kumara with Beef Mince, Spinach & Cheese

Baked kumara split open and loaded with paprika beef mince, wilted spinach and melted cheese. Low effort, big payoff weeknight dinner.

Beef Mince Stuffed Kumara with Spinach & Cheese