I love it when you come across a cookbook and when thumbing through it for the first time you  want to bookmark nearly each and every recipe – that has to be a good sign.. right?!? Well, that is [...]

Give your health a fresh start with Nadia Lim’s Fresh Start cookbook Ever wished a dietitian would come into your home and plan healthy meals for you? With Nadia Lim’s Fresh Start Cookbook, it’s [...]

Paella is a rice dish with ancient roots that is widely regarded as Spain’s national dish. Originating in its modern form in the mid-19th century on the east coast of Spain near Valencia. [...]

If you’re looking for meal ideas to take to new parents or to share at potluck dinners, One-dish Dinners, by Penny Oliver is a recipe book worth checking out.   One-dish Dinners features [...]

Asparagus means summer for many of us, and a great BBQ or feast isn’t the same without it. They are great cooked marinated and cooked straight on the BBQ, but in this post we share with you [...]

With the weather getting better and better by the day, what better way to enjoy family meal times than a BBQ dinner enjoyed outdoors? Wellington’s weather doesn’t always lend itself to outdoor [...]

What better in this wintery weather than to get out the slow cooker and get making some easy recipes that fill your house with the delicious aroma of slow cooked foods.

Kids absolutely love cooking, so why not start these holidays off with some cooking with your kids. We can help too, here is a collection of easy recipes that are great to make with at home with [...]

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.

In this post we introduce the Kaibosh food rescue service which is the first of its kind in New Zealand. We also share a frugal a seasonal recipe called Green Mish-Mash Soup, a favourite from the [...]

This recipe is quite different from our last plum tart recipe as it uses different pastry and lots of yummy ingredients like chia seeds and quinoa to soak and bind all the lovely ripe plum juices.

If you had a chance to make some of Kirsten’s favourite parsley and walnut pesto you may have found yourself with a bit of extra pesto on your hands. Chicken and pesto picnic pasta salad and [...]

I received this message from a reader and guessing that many of you readers will have been there with your little ones before or might be experiencing the very same thing right now so I decided [...]

I hadn’t actually heard of Ruby’s List before I was asked to try some their free range meat, but I am definitely a convert to their gorgeous good quality meat.   I was very [...]

Healthy chicken nuggets 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 [...]

Isn’t it great when the kids appreciate your cooking? Stocks and soups are a great way to get them involved and interested. I arrived home at lunch time on Saturday to hear my 7 year old telling [...]

Once your baby reaches 8 months milk is offered after food and they will start to really establish their eating. I found with both our children that it wasn’t until around 9 to 10 months [...]

Today we have a little bit of Freddie’s Friday history for you. It’s a tour of some our favourite Freddie’s Friday posts from Kate Day: A quick dinner fix, chicken rice and peas [...]

The year my darling husband gave me a slow cooker for Christmas I have to say I was less than impressed (especially as we had gotten engaged earlier that morning!). However once I got the knack [...]

My eldest boy loves sushi, and  particularly adores teriyaki chicken. Teriyaki is a cooking technique used in Japanese which foods are broiled or grilled with a glaze of soy sauce, mirin, [...]

This slow cooker lemon tarragon chicken is a quick easy slow-cooked meal. It takes less than 10 mins to prepare and the whole family will love it! It is so simple to prepare that your little ones [...]

Freddie’s Food’s regular readers will be familiar with Freddie’s dislike of meals which include mixed up foods or having sauces on them. So cooking slow cooked meals for him is a bit challenging! [...]

In this post I share my recipe for a slow cooked Asian style chicken. This is a delicious yet simple recipe for a slow-cooked family meal. I love roast chicken and Freddie seems to love it too! [...]

The other night my 5 year old came home and said Susan’s mum makes sushi why cant you?  Well then I said lets do it. (How could I let a little person make me feel inadequate) Even better he [...]