Recipe | Garlic potatoes with smashed peas, pecorino, cumin, dill + chilli by BearLion
At the BearLion Deli there was a notebook in which any of the staff could jot down a favourite salad of the week. Here’s one that made the cut.
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Flavours From My Italian Kitchen Garden: Bri DiMattina
Recipe developer and gardener Bri DiMattina’s book, Nostrana, sets out to rekindle the joy of the home garden and kitchen. Nostrana means homegrown, ours; growing food with the intent of sharing it with others.
In this interview Bri shares her keys to starting and enjoying the edible garden journey —
Recipe | Zucchini Arancini
If you are seduced into planting lots of zucchini, unsurprisingly you will have lots of zucchini to use up — this is for you.
Arancini are Sicilian and southern Italian, and a similar recipe in Rome is called suppli. This version, made purely from grated zucchini, is a uniquely New Zealand garden version.
Recipe by Bri DiMattina, from Nostrana
Recipe | Polenta & Corn Fritters
This corn fritter recipe has been one of Bri DiMattina’s family’s favourites for years. It is easy to sub in any other vegetables. Once fried, the ‘crust’ tastes a lot like popcorn, and then it’s just full of goodness.
Recipe by Bri DiMattina, from Nostrana
Recipe | Tomato Sauce — by Bri DiMattina
Bri DiMattina’s great-grandmother’s tomato sauce recipe, from Napoli. It’s one of those sauces that gets better as it ages. A bottle of this is pure gold.
Recipe by Bri DiMattina, from Nostrana
A Beginner’s Guide to Foraging — A Forager’s Life
Helen Lehndorf is a life-long forager and Manawatū-based writer. In Helen’s latest book, A Forager’s Life, she seamlessly weaves memoir with foraging principles, practices and recipes. It’s an intimate story and a promise that much can be made of the world around us.
Here you’ll find a snippet from Helen’s helpful appendices: A beginner’s guide to foraging.
Words from A Forager’s Life by Helen Lehndorf
Recipe | Spinach, Leek, Zucchini & Feta Bake
This is one of those lovely mix-and-match dishes where you can use up all sorts of vegetables, herbs and odds and ends of cheese that happen to be lurking in the fridge. Recipe by Belinda Jeffery.
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Recipe | Roasted red capsicum, smoked paprika & tomato soup
Belinda Jeffery is a food writer, cookbook author and one of Australia’s most loved home cooks.
This delicious soup has the most wonderful rich colour and intense flavour, and you can feel it doing you good as you eat it.
Recipe from In Belinda’s Kitchen by Belinda Jeffery
How to: Create a Thriving Edible Backyard — Kath Irvine
Kath Irvine is a renowned organic gardening and permaculture expert and author. Through her writing and consults, she helps people create productive, beautiful and, most of all, easy gardens. In this interview, Kath shares her gardening wisdom, including the importance of starting small, slowing down, taking notice and following your intuition.
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Planting in guilds: Permaculture guild combos
A guild is a team of plants that support, protect and nourish each other, working together for the benefit of all. A guild creates stability and best health because the variety of plants above brings a variety of roots and soil life below.
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Christall Lowe: Our life of kai
Christall Lowe (Ngāti Kauwhata, Tainui and Ngāti Maniapoto descent) is a Manawatū-based food stylist, photographer and recipe developer. In this interview Christall shares what was behind the creation of her book — Kai: Food Stories & Recipes From My Family Table, along with stories of her wider family’s plentiful edible garden, and the effect of nature has on her creative practice…
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Recipe | Pretty Slaw with Pomegranate & Beetroot
This slaw makes a regular appearance on our catering menu and is a nice easy slaw to whip up for a large gathering or a festive feast.
Recipe from RIPE: Thought for Food
Recipe | Green Soba Noodle Salad
A bountiful vegan salad loaded with greens, this salad can also be served up warm as a meal.
Recipe from RIPE: Thought for Food
Zoë Field’s flower-filled life | Field of Roses
Zoë Field of Field of Roses runs a flower farm and floral design studio with her mother, Sue Field, just outside of Gisborne, New Zealand. Inspired by her flower-filled life, Zoë has released her debut book that celebrates the joy and beauty of flowers throughout the seasons.
Read an excerpt from the book: Lost & Found and learn about Zoë’s life as a flower farmer and florist —
Recipe | End-of-Summer Chow Chow — by Christall Lowe
This recipe is a great way to use up all the veges in an exploding garden, or veges that are cheap to buy at the end of summer. Anything goes, really, as long as you get the base right.
Recipe by Christall Lowe, from Kai
Recipe | Feijoa ice cream by Christall Lowe
During the height of feijoa season in autumn, feijoa ice cream is a delicious way to use up some of the fruit! Recipe by Christall Lowe, from Kai
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Recipe | Kachori: Pea Pastries
Kachori come in spheres or disc shapes depending on who is making them. This recipe is for the kachori to be stuffed with a pea filling. Recipe by Urvashi Roe, from Biting Biting: Snacking Gujarati-Style
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Recipe | Reveya: Peanut-stuffed baby aubergines
“I never liked aubergines at school. They were always dense, oily and tasteless, whereas at home my mother would stuff them with crushed peanuts, cumin and tomatoes to make these 'reveya' which I couldn’t eat fast enough.” Recipe & words by Urvashi Roe
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Through the seasons in Kate Williams’ Canterbury garden | The After-hours Stylist
Kate Williams, known as The After-hours Stylist, lives with her family on a lifestyle block in Canterbury, where she is kept busy with running floral workshops, and looking after her extensive 5 acre garden.
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Recipe | Pumpkin, lentil, avocado & roasted lemon oil
This salad is such a winner, and is a perfect example of how everyday pantry staples can be transformed into something incredible. Recipe by Two Raw Sisters, from SALAD.
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Recipe | Lemony broccoli, pea and ginger brown rice with toasted cashews and sticky sultanas
With ingredients suited for Spring, Autumn and WInter, this gluten free stir-fry recipe by Vanessa Clarkson is full of flavour and perfect for a simple and delicious weeknight meal for busy families!
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Recipe | Roast potatoes, cherry tomatoes & sprouting broccoli with caper pesto
A gorgeous recipe by Vanessa Clarkson that can be served either as a side or bulked up to make a whole meal. Perfect for summer, spring and autumn!
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Recipe | Pumpkin farrotto with crispy shredded kale & sage
Farrotto is a traditional Tuscan risotto that uses Farro instead of rice. This recipe by Vanessa Clarkson is best enjoyed in autumn/winter and is packed full of seasonal vegetable goodness.
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Recipe | Roasted vegetables + miso tahini salad
The miso tahini dressing used for this salad is the best dressing ever - it will turn any boring salad into an incredible one. Recipe by Two Raw Sisters, from SALAD.
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Recipe | Roasted Brussels Sprouts, Caramelised Onions + Tahini
This salad uses three of the Two Raw Sisters’ (Margo & Rosa Flanagans’) favourite, most-used winter ingredients.
Recipe by Two Raw Sisters, from SALAD
Designing your vegetable garden | The best place for a garden
Determining the location of your garden is probably the most significant decision you will need to make. Where you choose to establish your garden is going to determine its success and ease of maintenance.
— Extracted from The Abundant Garden by Niva and Yotam Kay
Recipe | Tomato pilaf w/ black lentils + caramelised onion
This delicious and nutritious almost-one-pan-meal was inspired by Turkish tomato pilaf and Mujadara, a tasty combination of rice, lentils and onions found throughout the Middle East.
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Recipe | Smoky carrot + black bean tacos w/ corn + jalapeno salsa
I love those family meals where you can set out everything in the centre of the table and everyone helps themselves. Tacos are perfect for this style of eating. Recipe by Emma Galloway, from Every Day.
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Recipe | Orange, hazelnut + coconut bircher muesli
This bircher muesli is the perfect make-ahead meal. With the goodness of coconut yoghurt, protein-rich chia, toasted hazelnuts and orange, it’s packed full of flavour and is super-quick and easy to make.
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Homemade herbal tea from herbs, spices, flowers + other everyday things
Making infusions of spices is an ancient Ayurvedic practice. Emma Galloway shares her favourite combinations and their healing properties.
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