Pan-Fried Fish with Ginger Sauce
This tasty sauce is super easy and can be served over pan-fried, baked or steamed fish or chicken. Everyone will love it!
Meat Patty & Meatball Mix
This mix can be turned into meatballs, koftas or hamburger patties. It will become your go to recipe!
Fruit and Nut Balls
These sweet treats are tasty and high in fibre. You can choose to use other dried fruit e.g., raisins, sultanas or craisins, and make up the 2 ⅓ cups of dried fruit with whatever you have in your pantry.
They make an ideal snack and are great to give as a gift.
Apricot Loaf
This loaf is delicious and easy to make. Connect with friends or whānau over a cuppa and a slice of loaf.
Winter Warming Casserole
Enjoy this easy to make comforting casserole when the days get shorter, and the nights longer. Add vegetables that are in season or whatever you have in the fridge or pantry.
Supo Kapisi - Samoan Watercress Soup
Watercress gives this soup a lovely peppery flavour. Traditionally this recipe would use pork bones, we’ve swapped those out for some lean bacon.
Solomon poi
This recipe from the Solomon Islands is based on pumpkin and kūmara. It makes a great side dish to have with chicken, fish or meat.
Broccoli and Cheese Soup
This is an easy and quick soup to make. Use the whole broccoli head, including the stalk, just chop it finely.
Vegetable and White Bean Soup
This recipe has been adapted from the Moosewood Cookbook, a very famous vegetarian cookbook from the 1970s. Fifty years later it still tastes amazing!
Mainese - Pink Potato Salad
This is a must at any whānau gathering. Our pink potato salad from the Cook Islands has a modern twist using a combination of Greek yoghurt and mayonnaise as the dressing.
Easy Sapasui - Chop Suey
Sapasui is a firm favourite at any feast. Food after all is not only made for eating, but for sharing and giving away. We know every aiga (family) will have their own version of this recipe, so feel free to mix it up. Our recipe uses lots of vegetables!
Apple Cake
There’s noting quite like home baking as an anytime gift! This quick apple cake is budget-friendly, delicious and easy to make. Wrap in cellophane with a ribbon if you are giving it for a gift.
Chocolate Bark
Chocolate bark is a great gift or last-minute plate to take to a gathering. Take it as part of a platter with fresh strawberries - yum!
Pancake Mix
This is a great gift for tamariki to make, it get’s them in the kitchen and cooking up a storm.
Sand Art Brownies
Layer the brownie ingredients in a glass jar and write an instruction card. It’s as easy as that!
Marinated Feta
Marinated feta is great to have on hand in the fridge or to give as a gift. Spread on crackers for a delicious snack!
Granola Jars
Looking for a gift for your friends? These granola jars are simple, and you can change the ingredients (nuts, seeds and dried fruit) depending on what you have in the cupboard.