Really easy quinoa, bean and beetroot salad with balsamic dressing Unless you’re careful, December can turn into a month of eating terribly – too many ‘treats’ and not enough of the good stuff. Here’s a salad to redress the balance (plus it looks appropriately festive). RED QUINOA, BEETROOT AND BEAN SALAD Did you know that… View Post
Strawberry, radish and cucumber salad This morning I’ve been for a run around the harbour and a quick dip in Oriental Bay on the way home. Spring has a bad reputation in Wellington (expressed best in this calendar), but today feels like one of those mythical ‘can’t beat it on a good day’ days that… View Post
Is there any hope for unfashionable silverbeet? If you’re a silverbeet fan, it’s my public duty to warn you that it’s going out of fashion. You’ll probably know this already, because silverbeet (known as chard in the northern hemisphere) is the party guest no one wants to talk to, let alone go home with. It’s… View Post
Who wants some old-fashioned self-saucing chocolate and raspberry pudding? In the depths of winter, one dessert reigns supreme in my household. On a dark, wet night (or even a gloomy afternoon with a chill in the air), one of us will generally say to the other, ‘I think it’s a night for chocolate pudding’. They’re… View Post