These fritters are a great way to get more wild salmon into your diet. In New Zealand most of our fresh salmon is farmed. So I prefer to use tinned salmon which is wild salmon, a good source of omega three and the fish are able to swim free, eat their natural diet and aquire good muscle…
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Beef Ribbs, soft and melting
Beef ribs need long slow cooking so all the gelatinous connective tissue can become soft and melt, they are best done for 6 to 8 hours. They often have quite a lot of fat on them a lot of which can be cut off before cooking. This is about 1.5 Kg of organic grass fed…
Courgette fritters, roast courgettes, tomatoey green beans and courgette salad
This combination of four dishes is a great way to use the abundant courgettes and beans available at this time of year. Of course each of these dishes can be used separately, the fritters are lovely as a breakfast dish or cold spread with butter. The tomatoey garlicky beans are a dish we often had…
Crispy Skin Roast Duck with orange dressing
This duck has just about all the fat rendered out for later use, so its crispy on the outside but the meat is still moist and succulent. As an added bonus you will have a jar of duck fat to roast your veges or fry with afterwards. This is a longer slower roast than most,…
Fast cook beef goulash
This method of making a beef goulash gives all the flavour of a long cooked goulash without all the time requirement. Here I am using schnitzel which is quick cook thin steaks cut from the the thick flank of the animal, you could also use any quick cook steak like sirloin or rump and cut…
Raspberry and mint jelly
I am always trying to get more collagen into my diet, it enhances hair, nails and skin and supports all the joints in the body as well as helping with digestive disorders. The grass fed gelatin in these jellies supplies lots of collagen, the berries are rich in antioxidants and vitamin C and the mint…
Almond and parsley pesto
This pesto is very quick and easy to make and is very useful with so many dishes, great with roast vegetables, chicken, a sauce with courgetti or it can be thinned with extra oil or lemon juice into a lovely dressing for salads. Keeps in the fridge for a week, try and keep a thin…
Strawberry coconut panacotta
These lovely little panacotta have no sugar in them, the full fat 100% coconut cream I use has natural sweetness and so do the strawberries. So simple to make with only four ingredients.Ingredients. 1 400gm tin of full fat additive free 100% coconut cream. If you are lucky enough to be able to get Little…
Grilled mackerel with roasted white vegetables and creamy green sauce.
There are many different types of mackerel they all have a stripy mottled pattern to their skin and the types are generally confined to defined areas. In the UK where I used to live we had the small atlantic mackerel which are abundant and make great eating. In New zealand we have the larger Jack…
Hard boiled egg and parsley salsa
This hard boiled egg salsa is great with meat or fish but also great as a light lunch piled onto cos lettuce leaves. It is quick and simple to make and can be pulled together in just 15 minutes.Ingredients. 3 generous tablespoons of pine nuts. 2 scant tablespoons of capers. juice of 1 lemon. 30ml…
Pork belly with crackling, sumac & sage roasted cauliflower and green dressing.
Pork belly with crackling is a favourite in our house, we love the crispy crackling and even though we usually can’t eat all the pork in one sitting we can manage the crackling. This pork is cooked long and slow so that the meat is tender and can be pulled apart with a couple of…
Chocolate Coconut Hazelnut dairy free cheesecake
This chocolate hazelnut cheesecake is no bake, no dairy, no sugar except for the small amount in the 90% chocolate. I am using Nelson company Divine chocolate for my 90% chocolate, this beautiful chocolate is dairy free and has very low sugar. I am using Nelson company Little Bare for my full fat coconut cream,…