Buttermilk and White Chocolate Scones

Buttermilk is the preference to use as liquid in scones and here is another sweet element with white chocolate.

Gluten Free Carrot Cake

This dense and moist gluten free carrot cake is layered topped with cream cheese buttercream and chopped toasted pecan nuts.

Puff Pastry Cheese Sticks

Puff pastry cheese sticks are perfect for any cocktail party with dips and best served on the day they are cooked.

Pan Fried Salmon Steak with Duchess Potato and Dill Butter

There are many ways to cook a Salmon steak and sometimes the straightforward method delivers the desired result as long as the fish is not over cooked.

Grand Marnier On Ice

Grand Marnier is a spirit appreciated for the unique aromatic taste with its brilliant and luminous golden colours. It has flavours of bitter orange with the cognac base infused with nuances of candied orange, hazelnut, marzipan and toffee.

Kumara Chips

There is something very extraordinary on the subject of home made potato chips especially when they are made from the sweet golden Kumara.

Seed and Rye Bread

This dense, tasty, healthy bread is perfect for open sandwiches or as toast and is made using a usual dough mixing method.

Blueberry and Sweet Basil Scones

These sweet delicious scones are just the thing for morning tea.

Orange Chiffon

This Chiffon cake is wonderfully light and moist with plenty of orange flavour baked in a traditional Bundt tube pan with sweet colourful marbled rolled fondant on top.

Lime and Cracked Pepper Cheese Dip

This silky smooth cheese mixture with the classic combination of lime and pepper is ideal as a dip, spread or dressing.

Homemade Potato Chips

Crispy potato chips are easy to make at home and always perfect for a party with cheese dips.

Grand Espirit Cocktail

Grand Marnier delivers a touch of complexity in this refreshing summer drink and 1 part of Cognac or Brandy adds complexity.

Lavender and Ginger Cheese Dip

This is a perfect silky refreshing mixture of lavender, ginger, cheese and yogurt and is a wonderful spread or dip.

Rye and Caraway Tin Bread

Rye bread is a superb alternative to other breads and is perfect in this classic combination with caraway seeds.

Blue Cheese Fig and Lemon Thyme Scones

These are fantastic savoury scones and perfect anytime of the day.

Lemon Chiffon

This traditional American cake is moist with a classic blend of sweet and sour baked in a 3 liter Bundt pan. A Bundt pan is a tube pan with rounded fluted sides mostly made of metal, with or without a nonstick finish.

Garlic and Chive Cheese Dip

This excellent smooth cheese spread is perfect for a party dip or spread for a sandwich and salad dressing.

Herb Crusted Rack of Pork with Roasted Vegetables

There is always something extraordinary in a roast dinner especially with a rack of pork.

Grand Mojito

This is a variation of the classic cocktail revealing the exotic origin mixed with the stylish aroma of Grand Marnier.

Avocado and Sweet Chili Cheese Dip

This smooth and spicy spread is perfect for dipping chips or as a spread for a sandwich.

Light Rye and Caraway Seed Bread

Rye bread has hearty earthy flavours and is ideal in combination with caraway seeds for open sandwiches and compliments a good healthy soup.

Avocado Sweet Chili and Walnut Scones

These are excellent savoury scones a perfect accompaniment to any meal such as a stew.

Muesli and White Chocolate Chip Muffins

These healthy muffins are perfect for breakfast or morning tea.

Duchess Potatoes

Pommes de Terre Duchesse, a classic French side dish, is seasoned mashed potato mixed with eggs and shaped from a piping bag onto a tray and baked until golden brown. It is important the mixture is slightly stiffer than mashed potatoes. If you don’t have a piping bag use a little plastic bag and cut a hole in the corner or put the mixture in Dariole molds.

Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup

This is a classy dish most people consider an essential comfort food with great flavours. 

Grand Marnier Tonic

In this refreshing drink Grand Marnier liquor delivers a touch of sophistication in a classic tonic with added fruit intensity and sweetness to a slight bitterness.

Slow Cooked Chicken Curry

This creamy tender and tasty chicken curry with coconut milk is simple to make.

Cracked Bulgur Wheat Loaf

I have always liked superior grainy bread with all the goodness and flavour from the grains. This recipe is so easy to make at home using Bulgur medium cracked wheat.

Pumpkin Ginger Beer and White Chocolate Scones

These are marvelous sweet pumpkin scones with the addition of white chocolate.

Gluten Free Jaffa

Orange and chocolate is always a great combination and perfect for this gluten free moist almond cake.