Give… Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles {gluten-free + dairy-free}
This week I have kept my blog post simple as I know this is a busy time of year. Below I have shared a photo story of making Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles. They are my gifts to family and friends at this...
View ArticleSummer… Chocolate Zucchini Cookies
Summer has been kind this year. Hot days, warm nights, and just enough rain to keep the garden water tanks full. In a few days it will be Autumn (officially 1st March in the Southern Hemisphere) and...
View ArticlePart One: Chocolate (or carob) Almond Milk
This post has two parts. Part one is the making of creamy chocolate (or carob) almond milk. As you will see at the end of making nut milk you end up with a mushy mass of ground nuts. This can be added...
View ArticleHANDMADE Three Ingredient Chocolate
Since I started this blog space 6 months ago, I have been asked numerous times by friends and family, what exactly is a blog? You see, food blogs (and blogs in general, for that matter) are relatively...
View Article{Flour-less} Chocolate Berry Torte + A Giveaway
This week I celebrated my 34th birthday. Pre-thirties, I used to enjoy organising a birthday party each year to celebrate with friends. It wasn’t so much about it being ‘my’ birthday, rather a nice...
View ArticleRAW Mayan Chocolate Fudge + A Thank-you
Just a quick post today to share this divine raw chocolate fudge recipe from last nights event. And to thank the people who made it happen. Firstly to Melissa from tiny happy, my co-presenter who – as...
View ArticleGive… Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles {gluten-free + dairy-free}
This week I have kept my blog post simple as I know this is a busy time of year. Below I have shared a photo story of making Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles. They are my gifts to family and friends at this...
View ArticleCacao Chilli Beans with Corn Arepas + Vote for Homegrown Kitchen
This week we head to Cuba for two weeks in Havana with my Mum and her Cuban husband. I look forward to sharing photos and stories from this unique country in the coming weeks. This is the leg of our...
View ArticleRAW Chocolate Mint Truffles
Can I entice you dear readers with a recipe for these RAW Chocolate Mint Truffles to vote for my food blog Homegrown Kitchen. I have been nominated for Best Kids Food Blog as part of the Munch Awards....
View ArticleBLUEBERRY JELLY TIP ICE BLOCKS {dairy-free}
Every year a few weeks before Christmas the blueberry season begins in Nelson. And not just with a few measly punnets on produce stalls, but whole market stalls dedicated to only blueberries selling up...
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RAW CHOCOLATE VALENTINE HEARTS
This is just a quick post today to share these gorgeous little valentines chocolates… We aren’t really sentimental romantic valentines types around here (I know boo us!). However, I just could not...
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RAW FIG & HONEY TART
It’s fig season. I can tell because every second stall at the farmers’ market seems to have a basket offering plump & juicy figs. We have a large fig tree at the bottom of the garden, however, not...
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COOKING WORKSHOPS + Strawberry & Hazelnut Chocolate Cups
And the Homegrown Kitchen Cooking Workshops are here! What started as an idea in my head while walking last month, and followed by a little survey to gauge interest, has overwhelmed me with the...
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CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT *RED BEAN* FUDGE
There are certain times in our lives when everything can change in an instance. For me it was opening a book I had pulled down from a shelf while I was nannying in Canada 12 years ago. A book that...
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CHOCOLATE CHIP CHICKPEA COOKIES + Sweet & Simple Book Giveaway
Winter: is cold nights snuggled by the fire watching movies and knitting. Cold grey days [luckily not too many in Nelson] also mean time inside staying warm and keeping ourselves occupied beyond...
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DOUBLE CHOCOLATE & SEA SALT COOKIES
I have a schedule for the recipes I share here that is planned about a month ahead. This way I can organise the ingredients, test the recipes, find props if needed etc etc. I am used to working with...
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A FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE + 2 Year Blog Birthday
It seems kinda funny to make a cake for a virtual thing like a blog. It is not something or someone I can hold or who can even eat the cake. However, I spend enough time nurturing and updating and...
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FESTIVE PISTACHIO FIG & HONEY PANFORTE
Today I share with you a sweet little number I created recently to share with family and friends during this festive season. I am not a huge Christmas cake fan, however, I do like to offer a little...
View ArticleCHOCOLATE BEETROOT BROWNIE + A Radio Interview
One of the first things I learned to grow was beetroot. In my early days of gardening I was rather ambitious, growing all these exotic things because they sounded like fun – like Borlotto Fire Tongue...
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