Recipes

Chicken nuggets get a lot of bad press and usually for good reason. They are often made from poor quality ingredients and stacked with salt and fat. They are often overly targeted at children – featuring a starring role on the “kids” menu in many restaurants (not just fast food joints). It is fair to say that many of these nuggets are just plain crap food. However, it is possible to make delicious homemade healthy chicken nuggets.

Among children chicken nuggets are often revered. The prospect of having them for dinner is often accompanied with squeals of delight. My kids really do love the idea of them. Given how much kids like nuggets, I think it is great to have a standby recipe for homemade healthy chicken nuggets.

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Pumpkin and squash are great sources of vitamin A and contain potassium. Pumpkins are a member of the Cucurbita family which includes squash and cucumbers.

Did you know that the flowers of the pumpkin are actually edible? Did you know that pumpkins are 90 per cent water?

These pumpkin scones are light and fluffy and freeze really well.

Thank you to my friend Peveline for sharing this pumpkin scone recipe with me, which she got from her mother-in-law. Love those kinds of recipes. Do you have a favourite pumpkin recipe? Or what about a favourite scone recipe? We would love to hear from you.

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Wow is it getting a bit wintery or what? When the weather turns cold the first thing I want to make are soups and stocks. Here is my latest recipe for a kumara and carrot soup.

Kumara are available all year round, but I love making fragrant warming winter soups with them. Kumara has been grown and eaten in New Zealand since the Maori first arrived. Did you know that the kumara is the 7th most popular vegetable in New Zealand.

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A warm meal for this colder weather we are heading into! Easy recipe with delicous results.

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Having an easy standby salad recipes that work with a variety of meals is essential for busy parents. This black bean, corn and tomato salad is easy to prepare and extremely tasty. It is a zingy, colourful, tasty option. Serve at your next family BBQ. This is great with tacos, wraps or pulled pork. 

This is an easy way to add some extra vegetables and colours into your families diet.

Hopefully your little ones will enjoy this salad as much as you do. Most kids seem to like corn, and the beans are just like those in ‘baked beans’ I tell my kids. If your kids don’t like tomatoes you could either leave them out, or chop them to a size where they are easy to fish out. If your kids don’t mind green bits in their food, then you could add in some chopped coriander for an extra flavour dimension.

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