Crispy Bacon and Eggs – Best Tips

Crispy Bacon & Egg to die for

Crispy bacon and fried eggs – the simple, traditional breakfast cooked to perfection. Crispy bacon and fried eggs for breakfast or brunch is simple, but done well, makes an elegant and impressive dish to serve for guests and family alike. Best Crisping Bacon All bacon can be made crispy but the best bacon for crisping […]

Just One More Second Per Minute

  I wish that my minutes were 61 seconds. What would I do with the extra 24 minutes a day? Watch the moon a little longer as she slips her secret crescent beyond the horizon. Grasp the sun with my pen and tell another story. Catch one more dessertspoon of rain with which to salve […]

Spiced Bean Meatballs

Spiced Bean Meatballs frying - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

Spiced Bean Meatballs recipe which is simple, tasty beyond imagination, and easy to make. Contains vegetables and offers good nutrition. Freezes very well. These meatballs are so outrageously tasty that my visitors are always hunting another one up. I serve them with a rich brown gravy usually but sometimes I’ll use one or two from […]

Michael Rowland – New Zealand Painter

Let's Do Lunch by Michael Rowland - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

In 2004, Michael Rowland and his wife, Jan, abandoned Mt Eden  where their lives had been centred for many years, and moved to  Oratia on Auckland’s West Coast.  For Michael the move constituted a  shift to full-time painting, while Jan, who worked as a primary school teacher, supported him, and continues to provide the emotional […]

Winter Comfort Fragrant Hotpot

Winter Comfort Fragrant Hotpot - Photo by Theresa Sjoquist

Winter Comfort Fragrant Hotpot is a savoury lightly spiced, minimal meat dish full of nutritious vegetables – tastes good, easy, freezes well.   Winter Comfort Fragrant Hotpot – Photo by Theresa Sjoquist   Winter Comfort Fragrant Hotpot This wonderfully nutritious easy-to-make belly-warming comfort food is a winter favourite which relies on seasonings and a good […]