What Kim Ate

This is a wonderful and extremely easy way to do something different with asparagus. The pesto adds a slight crispy crust to the asparagus (as well as a yummy pesto flavour of course).

Roll the asparagus in pesto. Put in a roasting dish with a little oil and cook at around 200 C for 5 to [...]

With my recent posts about pizza and calzone I thought now would be a good time to recommend my favourite brand of basil pesto. I sampled *quite a few* before trying Genoese.
I knew it was a good mix the first time I opened it and smelt it. It smells so good, I went around [...]

This calzone was the second course for a dinner we hosted last week. Thomas had a day off work so he did all the cooking!
The calzone was made and assembled before-hand so all we had to do was pop it in the oven, which meant no running in and out of the kitchen and more [...]

A vegetarian hash stack is a great Sunday brunch idea, especially when you’re trying to find the middle ground between fruit salad and a full on heart attack producing traditional big breakfast.
Hash Stack

Ingredients (per person)

1 large egg, fried
2 large patties, fried (see Potato, Kidney bean, Carrot, Corn and Leek Patty)
Roasted red onion.
Roasted capsicum.
Roasted [...]

Potato Pizza is a simple way of combining both major food groups into one delicious meal.

In the past I’ve always had problems getting the potatoes just how I want them. Either they’re too leathery, or too hard and underdone, or … just not as good as they should be. Indeed, I would say that I [...]

If you’re afraid of lentils but intrigued by them at the same time, then now might be the time to give cooking them a go.
Red lentils give this pasta sauce a nice thick, smooth taste. Best of all it’s extremely quick and simple to make.

I’ve used it for:

Eggplant Moussaka
Baked potato toppings
Huevos Motulenos Whangamata [...]