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Sunday supper… smoked paprika prawns tossed in @theavokeeper 🥑 cold-pressed, extra virgin avocado 🥑 oil and cooked in a hot well-loved @lecreusetanz grill pan.

Perfect on garlicky toasted bread with homemade guacamole, using a drizzle of a

There’s something new - okay newish, forgot to post 🤦&zwj;♀️ - on offer @coopcoffee_community 🙌🏻

Loved Chilli Scrambled Eggs 🍳 Green 🌿 Harissa, Labneh 🧀 on Turkish Flatbread 🍞 w’ Mizuna + Lemon 🍋 so much, might need to go back f

Dessert platter… shared lunch with friends along the @hollytrail.co.nz …awesome 3 day event for an awesome cause but boy was it hard for me to not take photos!

#friends #holytrail2024 #dessertplatter #foodblogger #foodwriter #foodphoto

My Hokey Pokey cupcakes 🧁 look nothing like stunning photo in @christall.lowe latest book 📕 Kai Feast.

Decorating is not my strength… made worse by a hokey pokey fail - rocks not shards, as I was rushing - then didn’t follow instruct

Simple strawberry 🍓 🍓 🍓 compote

400g fresh ripe strawberries hulled & chopped; keep small ones whole 🍓
Juice of 1/2 NZ naval orange 🍊
1tsp vanilla essence
1Tbsp sugar
2 bay leaves 🍃

Put everything in pot & bring to boil, stirrin

Meringue season has started and it’s not even November!

My go to recipe is @annabellangbein “best ever meringues”. Folding in icing sugar gives a rough-cast crunchy outer and a soft marshmallow centre. A small gathering tonight so

Working lunch… delicious first of the season (for me) Hawke’s Bay asparagus & @originearth_nz halloumi 🧀 bought from @thestrawberrypatchhb …who conveniently sell so much more than strawberries 🍓 #supportlocal #eatlocal #aspa

Who cares when your pie 🥧 looks nothing like the recipe photo, but tastes bl***y delicious…. @jamieoliver spinach & feta filo pie 🥧 morphed into spinach leek purple broccolini & ricotta filo pie 🥧 minus the lid. Baking paper must be

Leisurely ladies lunch @churchroadwinery catching up with long time friends… Sarah, Brenda and I worked together at American Express 16 years ago. Thursday was the first time, for many years, that we were all together in one location. #hawkesb

A lovely lunch with the bakers, drivers, and committee from Napier/Hastings chapter of @goodbitchesbake to celebrate our 7th birthday. It was fabulous to hear from Julie, Family VIP Services and know how much our baking is loved by recipients ❤️

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A quick detour on my way home from pilates to grab sourdough 🍞 from @bakedbycfs but then I spied a fruit sourdough… it will work with cheese 🧀 or toasted with butter & homemade 🍑 jam and maybe a few slices for freezer too! #bakedbcfs #n

Sticky lemon 🍋 drizzle muffins for @goodbitchesbake …when you only get 9 in first batch and have an abundance of lemons 🍋 🍋 🍋 you make a second lot which stretched to 10! #homebaked #madewithlove #goodbitchesbaking #foodwriter #foodphotogr

Hardly made a dent in the parsley 🌿 so might need to make another batch… zesty parsley pesto 🌿 #pesto #parsley #homegrown #homemade #foodwriter #foodblogger #foodphotographer #thefoodieinc

Apparently, it’s negroni 🍹 week!

Here’s my NO-GRONI 🍹from last Friday’s lunch @waku.waku.modern_japanese

#negroni #cocktail #AF #drinks #foodwriter #foodblogger #foodphotographer #thefoodieinc

📍Auckland📍

Friday night @bianca.akl brought back fond memories of Cotto on K’Rd so I was delighted when friends made a booking!

RAVIOLI 🍝
SMOKED MOZZARELLA 🧀
SEMI DRIED TOMATOES 🍅
BLACK OLIVES 🫒

We shared focaccia, fish crudo, che

📍Auckland📍

The @waku.waku.modern_japanese lunch set starts with 🎣 sashimi… and we paired with a NO-GRONI 🍹

More in AKL Eats ‘24 highlight

#sashimi #modern #japanese #aucklandnz #lunch #foodwriter #foodblogger #foodphotographer #