White bean, asparagus & artichoke salad
Recipe extracted from The Homemade Table: Seasonal Recipes, Preserves and Sourdough by Nicola Galloway This is a spring riff on the ubiquitous bean salad that I make throughout the warmer months. In summer, use red onions and grilled red capsicum instead of asparagus and artichokes. Serves 4 as a side 400g can cannellini beans […]
Baked Kumara with Crunchy Chickpeas and Parsley Pesto
Recipes and Images Amber Bremner Baked low and slow, crunchy chickpeas are one of my go-to components for fast one-bowl meals, salad toppers, snacks or packed lunches. It’s a great idea to double the batch to use across a few meals – once cool they store well in a jar for a week or so […]
Pork and Onion Weed Dumplings
Recipe Vicki Ravlich Horan, Images Ashlee Decaires In these addictive dumplings the traditional spring onion has been replaced with onion weed. If your garden is lucky enough to be onion weed free and you don’t fancy a forage in local parks you can naturally use spring onions. 500g pork mince 1 egg 2 tsp ginger, […]
Cheese and Onion Weed Pies
Recipe Vicki Ravlich-Horan, Images Ashlee Decaires The classic combination of cheese and onion makes these little pies a winner. And your guests will have no idea you are feeding them and weeding the garden in one go! Pastry 1 cup flour pinch salt 100g butter, cold ⅓ cup sour cream Filling 1 cup ricotta 2 […]
Honey Pie
Recipe and Images Kathy Paterson Honey is the flavour bomb here so make sure you use a honey you really love. Serves 8-10 Pastry 250g (2 cups) plain flour pinch of salt 1 tablespoon caster sugar 125g cold butter, diced 1 egg yolk 50ml cold water Filling 200g good quality ricotta 4 tablespoons honey ½ […]
Individual Serve Chicken Pot Pies
Recipe Sharon Macintyre, Image Ashlee Decaires Always popular at River Ridge, a pot pie screams comfort food. 500–600g chicken thigh, diced 1 leek, finely sliced 3 cloves of garlic 2 celery stalks, diced 1 large carrot, diced 2 medium potatoes, diced 1 head of broccoli, diced 2 tbsp cornflour 2½ cups chicken stock 1½ cups […]
Destination: Bin Inn Pāpāmoa
Words Kate Underwood, Images Brydie Thompsom There’s a nostalgic familiarity about a Bin Inn store. This quintessential New Zealand grocery brand was founded in 1988, and thanks to Jo and Paul Nolan, the Pāpāmoa store has been transported into the future. Now offering a fresh, modern, destination grocery shop with an enticing range of products […]
Heidi’s Spring Breeze Juice
Recipe Heidi Jennings, Image Ashlee Decaires Aptly named Spring Breeze because of its refreshing, zesty taste, this juice will make your insides sing! Serves 2 4 green apples, cored and quartered 2 whole cucumbers, roughly chopped 5–6 stalks celery, roughly chopped leaves of 4 mint sprigs juice of 1 lime Place all ingredients into a […]
Honey gochujang rib-eye of beef
Words and Image by Kathy Paterson Honey is one of the most diverse foods we have and honeys boundlessness of flavours, colours and textures really fascinates me. Flavour characteristics are formed by rainfall, wind, soils and flora and the simpliest way to get to know which honey you will enjoy is to taste at farmers’ […]
What We Do with Leftover Sourdough
Words Harriet Boucher, Images Ashlee DeCaires Sourdough is one of life’s simplest pleasures. You really can’t beat fresh bread lathered in salty butter. But if you aren’t quick enough it can catch you off guard and be stale before you know it. I admire anyone who has learnt to master the art of sourdough. Mum […]