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fennel & feta latkes with orange yogurt

christinajbartlett — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:39:59 +0000

Like most working couples, dinner in our household is more about meeting the need for quick and easy, wholesome meals than it is about cooking a decent and ‘blog worthy’ dish. More often than not it’s a matter of clearing out the fridge. A soggy potato starting to discolour combined with a fresh bulb of […]

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summertime christmas ambrosia

christinajbartlett — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 20:22:01 +0000

We had our first ever winter Christmas last year. I mentioned this to a Canadian friend recently and was met with a look of shock – is Christmas not in winter in New Zealand?! Believe it or not the seasons are reversed in the Southern Hemisphere. So this summer, which is quite definitely at an […]

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pearl barley & berry cake

christinajbartlett — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 01:08:47 +0000

Deuteronomy 8:7-9 – For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills; 8 a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; 9 a land where bread will not be scarce and you will […]

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dark chocolate {red velvet} beet cake

christinajbartlett — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 01:46:35 +0000

I came across an old, mini bundt tin while perusing a thrift store in San Francisco. Before our vacation we made a decision to be frugal with our shopping, avoiding it as much a possible. There was one condition that Jesse agreed on – vintage kitchenware could not be passed up. So when I stumbled […]

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seedy banana bread

christinajbartlett — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 06:05:23 +0000

At this moment, I sit alongside my husband, gazing out onto the black-hole of a runway from behind the terminal window, waiting for the freedom bird. The jet. The only means of transport in and out of our tiny, northern community. Actually, there is (as of last week) an alternative means of escape transport. The […]

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healthy & hearty carrot cake with yogurt icing

christinajbartlett — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:52:16 +0000

You can’t really go wrong with carrot cake! There are few people who wouldn’t eagerly dig in to a slice of hearty carrot cake, topped with cream cheese icing. It is an awfully simple cake, and a fantastic way to use up those soggy looking carrots in the bottom of the vege drawer. Sadly I […]

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