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  • Flaming Pudding and Gorse Flowers

    Flaming Pudding and Gorse Flowers

    A steamed pudding is an easy comfort food idea for a family winter dinner. Edible flowers are limited in winter, so I tried gorse flowers and they are sweet and colourful – not at… read more

  • Winter Watercress

    Winter Watercress

    Jeannie’s Kitchen is back! It’s been a long wait between posts – 8 years in fact. Since 2017 we have made changes to the property inspiring me to once again post on food, garden… read more

  • Big Flavour: slow roasted tomato sauce

    Big Flavour: slow roasted tomato sauce

      This sauce  makes a wonderful base for pizza , great as a pasta sauce or to add to a pan of sauteed vegetables. Slow Roasted Tomato, Pepper and Garlic Sauce For the sauce… read more

  • Springerle Biscuits – a Christmas tradition

    Springerle Biscuits – a Christmas tradition

    Merry Christmas from Fat Weka Farm.  Christmas is full of family food traditions, whether that tradition is 30 years old like our family’s cheese rolls on Christmas morning or centuries old like Springerle biscuits. … read more

  • Red currants – the jewels of summer

    Red currants – the jewels of summer

    Red currants are usually a Christmas time treat with their most appropriate Santa Claus  colour but they will be all over by Christmas this year.  I love to pick one or two as I… read more

  • Christmas Apricots

    Christmas Apricots

    At the Auckland Farro Fresh Food store tasting sessions of Augustines of Central preserved apricot and quince products I told customers good fresh Central Otago apricots won’t be available until after Christmas.  But for the first… read more

  • Potato & Watercress Salad

    Potato & Watercress Salad

    Lexie came with Fat Weka Farm and we just wouldn’t be without her.  We are not sure what breed her parents were but she has a superb nose and is a great garden companion.… read more

  • Savoury French Toast

    Savoury French Toast

    Spring is almost here at Fat Weka Farm…but not quite. The daffodils are starting to make an appearance but this flowering cherry taken last year  on 1 October is my true sign of spring.… read more

  • Cheese and Parsley Scones on MIDWINTER’S Day

    Cheese and Parsley Scones on MIDWINTER’S Day

    I have become an expert scone maker. “Practice makes perfect” is certainly true when it comes to scone making. My Cheese and Parsley scones have proved very popular and are perfect comfort food and… read more