Pork recipes

Chelsea’s famous kumara and bacon salad

Chelsea’s famous kumara & bacon salad This recipe is from the salad section in 2017’s bestselling cookbook in NZ, Scrumptious. Seriously, you have to make it. Technically it’s not quite famous at the time I write this – but I know it will be! It’s a salad like no other, […]

Sweet and sour chicken stir fry

Sweet and sour chicken stir fry You really don’t need a packet sauce to make a deliciously tasty stir fry. This recipes is so scrumptious – part stir-fry, part chow-mein, part sweet & sour chicken – it’s fresh, tasty and simple to prepare using ingredients you probably have lying around […]

Oma’s pea and ham soup

Oma’s Pea and Ham Soup This recipe has always been sort-of famous; but only among my nearest and dearest. However, since I published it in my first cookbook ‘At My Table’, it’s become well-loved by home cooks everywhere. It’s based on my oma’s recipe which has been passed down through […]

Glorious sausage quiche

Glorious sausage quiche with caramelised onions This sausage quiche recipe is from my column in Woman’s Day NZ – far too good not to share with you all! I am an absolute quiche fiend (it’s one of my favourite things). I’ve ramped it up a notch here by making a […]

Sticky pork ribs

Sticky pork ribs This is a recipe from my second cookbook, Everyday Delicious! Ribs are probably something not a lot of people make at home, which is a shame as they’re so easy. People will be rather impressed when you serve up a mountain of delicious sticky ribs with tender […]

Swedish meatballs

Swish Swedish meatballs This recipe is from Homemade Happiness. In case you can’t tell, I love cooking with mince. It’s versatile, affordable and is usually made from a flavoursome cut of meat. I’ve already given you the Best Spaghetti & Meatballs in Everyday Delicious, so now for my next trick: […]

Cranberry & maple glazed ham

Cranberry & maple glazed ham I reckon Christmas is better when it features a big scrumptious glazed ham – and this is the glaze to end all glazes! Because the ham is salty, a glaze should be a nice balance of sweet, tart, pungent and spicy to work with it […]

Pork, sage and onion sausage rolls

Pork, sage and onion sausage rolls There aren’t many of us who don’t enjoy scoffing a sausage roll every now and then – they’re always the first thing to get snaffled up at a morning tea. But the ingredients list on the frozen ones at the supermarket can be scary. […]

Pork belly with crackling

Pork belly This is a blimmin’ fantastic slow-cooked pork belly recipe. With very little effort, you end up with that wondrous contrast of meltingly delicious meat and salty crunchy crackling. I’ve tried loads of pork belly recipes using all manner of spices, brines, sauces and seasonings, but we’re going back […]