What Kim Ate (& Grew)

Watermelon shake Take a watermelon. Remove pips. Put in blender with a tray of ice. Blend.  OMG yum.  One watermelon normally makes two blenders full.  Hint: How to get pips out of watermelons Use two bowls and a sieve. Scoop out the watermelon flesh into one of the bowls, then use your hands to grab [...]

For Bex, it’s always nice when a dinner guest asks for the recipe. Makes 12 Servings 4 cups peeled, cored, and coarsely chopped Golden Delicious apples (about 4 medium). 1 ¾ cups sugar ½ teaspoon chopped dried lemon peel ½ cup canola or other mild vegetable oil ½ cup cup red currant jam, at room [...]

I was reading the Indulgence section of The Dominion Post when a recipe for Crema Catalana Baked Apples caught my eye. I’d just been wondering what to do with the Granny Smith Apples sitting in our fruit bowl! The baked apples were nice, pretty much what you’d expect from baked apples but the Cream Catalana [...]

The Edmonds Cook Book is a Kiwi Classic. I remember being given one when I left home as most household have *at least one*. I suspect the reason for its popularity is that the Edmonds does the basics. It’s hard to mess up its straight forward recipes. Here is one of my favourite Edmonds recipes. [...]