Recipes
Welcome to my recipes collection - a selection of easy-to-follow, seasonal recipes developed and photographed by me, here in New Zealand. As a New Zealand–based food photographer and recipe writer, I pair clean, editorial-style food photography with well-tested recipes designed to inspire home cooks and celebrate the flavours and produce I love. 

While I like blondie, I would hands down (and do!) choose brownie over blondie in every situation. Blondie is just a little underwhelming...

Afghan biscuits have a special place in my 'All time best-biscuit top ten' list, and rightly so with all that butter... but sometimes even a die-hard biscuit fan needs a slightly healthier option, and this no-bake Afghan biscuit slice is exactly that. All the deliciousness of the original, a little of the chocolate and sugar too, but add in some nuts, dates and seeds, and you get the picture - the overall nutrition is greatly improved without the taste suffering a single bit.

Summer is thankfully on the way, and to me, that means long lunches and lazy dinners. And there is no better way to languish over lunch,...

Hummingbird cake is the most delicious of cakes - a delicate soft crumb, delicious fruity flavour, warmly spiced with a welcome nutty...

Rice pudding is one of my MOST favourite desserts of all time - sweet, creamy and satisfying. Simple pudding perfection! And while you...

Who doesn't a love a fruity, tart, sweet cake with a light as air buttery crumb? Well, me, for starters... and yes, something can be tart...

There's something about the dry, crisp crunch of biscotti that I just can't get enough of. Compared to soft, chewy biscuits (which I also...

A loaf is just a more portable, and easier-to-cut form of cake, right? And that's great, but I'm always slightly wary of loaves,...

There's something about slightly salty cookies/biscuits that I just can't resist. Maybe it's the subtle balance to what can sometimes be...

Summer is well and truly here, and I don't know about you, but right now I'm far less inclined to be hanging out in front of a hot stove...

Not that you could tell from my blog, but I actually don't have a huge sweet tooth. Most times I'd choose something savoury over...

I love plain dark chocolate, but sometimes it's nice to add a little bit more - crunch, sweetness or chew. This fruity dark chocolate...