Pasta puttanesca

There was once a time when I could spend a whole afternoon in the kitchen.  Uninterrupted.  Undistracted.  These days I’m lucky if my culinary forays last more than forty-five minutes.  My pots are often found upturned on the kitchen floor and my wooden spoons now have a double life; used sometimes to stir the evening meal and at other times as drumsticks, held in our sons tiny hands as they tap away a happy rhythm.

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Grilled green salsa and tortillas

For this post, Jess and I teamed up to create some Mexi inspired treats from the grill.  We both share a love of Mexican food – all those fresh and lively flavours, the colour and vibrancy of the ingredients – a trip to Mexico is definitely on both of our bucket lists!

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Flipping veggie burgers

It’s been a few months since we first began our regular Denizen in The Kitchen series, supported by Fisher & Paykel, and since that time the seasons have changed. What began with a soul-warming, hearty winter’s soup has evolved into something more appropriate for sunnier climes. The latest addition to the series? Bean burgers, potato wedges, and mounds of accompanying coleslaw. As the token vegetarian of the group, when my time to get busy in the kitchen swung around I found myself panicked as to what I could make — persuading a group of meat eaters to turn to the veggie side

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Classic roast chicken lunch

Words by Margie Cooney of The Denizen In our latest instalment of Denizen in the Kitchen with F&P our designer Clara and I decided to recreated a family classic — the roast chicken.

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