Lazy-person's Passata

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It's that time of year again. We are harvesting masses of tomatoes from the garden and cannot keep up, so it is time to make some passata to have in the store cupboard for pasta, pizzas, stews and soups all year long.Harvest Harvest Now I will admit I am a lazy cook. I am too impatient to spend...

Healthiest and Simplest Chilli Sauce

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Simple_Chilli_Sauce Chillies are so good for you. Did you know that if you had a little chilli sauce each day it helps reduce insulin spikes after meals- so great for diabetics. Plus it acts as a pain reliever. Team it up with health-giving garlic, ginger, turmeric and cinnamon- which have great e...

Late Autumn Harvest Panzanella

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The first week of winter is just around the corner and we are harvesting the last of some of our garden. Autumn has been quite summer-like here so today we picked some basil and some baby basil, some mint and some spring onions and the last of the rocket. We also have lots of tomatillos still so s...

Rāhui Recipes- Apples and Quinces pt 2

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I usually make membrillo from quince each year, but it is quite a process. So this year I decided to do something different. As per part 1 of the apple and quince saga, I did poach some quince that then got use with the leftover apple mash from juice, to make a pie. Here is my simple poached quinc...

Rāhui Recipes- Apples and Quinces pt 1

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As we head into Autumn we are picking the last of our summer crops still- tomatoes, tomatillos and chillies. But also already harvesting autumn fruits- figs, apples, quince and pumpkins. Fig harvest Graeme loves to make apple juice! It is his "thing", mainly I think because it is an excuse to us...

Rāhui Recipes- Mexican Fridge Fritters

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New Zealand has gone into a total lockdown in an attempt to eliminate the Covid19 virus. Like a lot of other people I am choosing to call it a Rāhui rather than lockdown. This Maori concept is like to "tie ho". It is used to prohibit access to a natural resource temporarily, in order to preserve it....

Feijoa Fiesta

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Marlborough Feijoas Yes it is that time of year again. Feijoas lying on the ground at all the local bays, at the mercy of roaming wekas and possums. Unless I can get there first. This lot were from Pam's at Ohingaroa and they include some of the biggest feijoas I have ever seen! Big Feijoas He...

Green Fig Dilemma

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One of the things I fell in love with at our new home in the Marlborough Sounds, was the huge fig tree at the end of the deck. By the end of summer it was completely covered in masses and masses of figs. I had dreams about all the things I was going to do with kilos of ripe, luscious figs come aut...

The Underground Pear

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While staying in the Hinterland of Byron Bay, Australia, I visited 3 different farmers’ markets- heaven. Two of them had this weird looking thing on display at different fruit and vegetable stalls. I assumed it was a kind of potato or yam, but it turns out it is more like a fruit. It is sometimes ca...

Salmon, Soba and Spice

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Kiwi, Korean and Japanese influences all paid a part in the creating of this dish. I had been on a bit of a Korean gochuchang binge anyway, loving its umami bite. And I wanted some soba. I had a bit of a hankering for my time spent living in Japan- truth be told. And with steaming hot days, cold s...

Monkeying with Food

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The year of the Monkey has just begun in the lunar calendar. Often called Chinese New Year, it is also celebrated by other Asian countries to various degrees. I have been lucky enough to have been living in China and Korea at different times, and have celebrated this amazing holiday in both cultures...

Fermentation Bug

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I know that fermented food is good for you. It is all the rage from kombucha to kimchi, sauerkraut to sourdough, kefir to kashk. People have got the fermentation bug. I absolutely hate sauerkraut, but adore kimchi. Go figure; both are variations on fermented cabbage. I guess I need that chilli hit...

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Jenny Garing

Founder of Lyttelton's Ground Culinary Centre and Ground Gourmet Essentials

Jenny Garing

Founder of Lyttelton's Ground Culinary Centre and Ground Gourmet Essentials

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Exciting and Exotic Recipes

Lazy-person's Passata

Healthiest and Simplest Chilli Sauce

Late Autumn Harvest Panzanella

Rāhui Recipes- Apples and Quinces pt 2

Rāhui Recipes- Apples and Quinces pt 1

Rāhui Recipes- Mexican Fridge Fritters

Feijoa Fiesta

Green Fig Dilemma

The Underground Pear

Salmon, Soba and Spice

Monkeying with Food

Fermentation Bug