

Banana Muffins with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Icing
​​ We always seem to have two or three bananas left at the end of the week that are perfect for baking. I’m starting to wonder if the...


Banana & Dark Chocolate Muffins
​ One lonely egg and three mushy bananas are all you need to make these delicious little muffins. Banana and dark chocolate are a great...


Nadia Lim's Healthy Date and Cashew Caramel Chocolate Slice
Thanks to a mighty blonde moment I booked flights to Auckland rather than the required destination of Palmerston North for a sports...


Blueberry Pecan Bread
The inspiration for this Blueberry Pecan Bread is from the lovingly delicious Petite Kitchen Blog. The recipe I used is essentially the...


Chunky Chocolate Chip Cookies
Today is a grey, rainy winter Sunday. But sometimes, they are the most perfect days for pottering at home in the kitchen, reading and...


Nut-Free Ginger Cake
I mentioned in a previous post that I had a beautiful Ginger Cake baking in the oven, a recipe I found in the book Frugavore by Arabella...


Coffee, Date & Chocolate Slice
​ The other week I had to order some catering for a media training session and the request was for hot scones. A popular choice is the...


Fresh Apple & Feijoa Cake
This Fresh Apple & Feijoa Cake is a tried and true recipe. In fact, it's so old I have no idea where it came from. The recipe sheet has...


Feijoa & Date Loaf
I love loaves and I love feijoas. With a fruit bowl full of feijoas, I thought I'd set about trying to make a Feijoa loaf that is moist,...