Recipe: BBQ Pumpkin Salad

I’ve made this salad many times, and I love it! It’s a great one to do when you’re already cooking some meat on the BBQ, and it makes a great accompaniment to our BBQ Butterflied Leg of Lamb recipe. Ingredients: 1 (about 1.5kg) butternut pumpkin, quartered lengthways, peeled, seeded, thinly sliced 1/4...

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Counting down to Christmas with Uncle Michael

We can now count the number of sleeps until Christmas on both hands… well, except for my Uncle Michael who lost a couple of digits in an accident a few years back… but he’ll be on the same the page as us in a day or two! This week has been quite manic. Our butchers have been putting in some big hours to get orders packed...

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How to Choose Ethical, Sustainable and Traceable Food this Christmas

One of the loveliest things about Christmas is getting together with family and friends and enjoying beautiful food. Given our climate in December there’s an increasing trend towards cold dishes like ham and seafood, rather than the traditional roast*. What’s also changing is consumer awareness around food production....

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An Old Habit Re-ignited

I’ve recently taken up an old habit; having steak and eggs for breakfast. Besides the fact that I’m up early and keen to get out the door after a few Weetbix, I’m not sure the smell of steak and eggs is something that my household would enjoy waking up to. I expect that when the young troops arise there...

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