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A sweet and crispy way to enjoy your harvested elderflower.

A super-simple and super-delicious addition to your Christmas lunch.

This recipe serves 4, but it's so good you'll want to eat it all yourself.

A colourful and warm salad to enjoy for a light lunch, or as a delicious side.

Chop, chop! Making this salad is a meditative task for busy minds.

Stumped on your Christmas centrepiece? Try one of these decadent treats.

This simple Mexican street food dish transforms basic BBQ corn cobs into a delicious delight.

Genetically diverse crops, though inefficient economically, are like insurance when environmental changes or disease strikes.

Elderflower cordial and lemons make a mean marmalade.

A light and lovely cake perfect for morning tea.

This gourmet version of a classic sweet makes a great homemade Christmas present.

By making the crust and veggies the day before, this stunning tart can be easily thrown together before a shared lunch or dinner.

Bursting with summer stonefruit and cream, a good roulade is a thing of beauty.

These canapés are little bursts of red, white and green.

Large, lacy, creamy white clusters of elderberry flowers are a pretty sight and a delicious find.

The chocolate biscuit base, a creamy chocolate centre and glossy boysenberry jelly will be a winner with your whānau.

If you love a rich, silky-smooth cheesecake, then this is the dessert for you.

Recipe: Lemon & Raspberry Zuccotto

Here’s a tangy, fruity take on the Italian classic, designed to keep the cook stress-free.

It’s no wonder Josh Hill’s pigs produce melt-in-the-mouth cured meats, feasting as they do on a diet of Canterbury sunshine and homegrown chestnuts.

This is a lovely way to sneak some more greens into your diet, especially if you have kids who aren’t so keen on salads.

A beautiful, fizzy mocktail you can make with frozen or fresh strawberries.

Buttery filo snails filled with crumbled feta, paneer and spinach.

Summer Day Recipes wth Ironclad Co.

Designed to do the heavy lifting for you, we put the Ironclad Co. cookware range to the test to inspire and delight your taste buds for the entertaining season ahead!

Loving the Rush – Amber Doig

From the first time she picked up a knife as a kid in New Brighton, Christchurch chef Amber Doig has found happiness creating food others will enjoy .

The raspberry chia jam is a game-changer in this classic slice.

Make a smooth, rich coffee liqueur at home with only five ingredients.

Akaroa Salmon wins NZ Life & Leisure's Spirit of NZ Award for its three decades of high-quality food production and careful stewardship of fish stock.

A tropical showstopper to whip up for a celebration or a crowd.

Anything goes in this versatile chow cow, as long as you get the base right.

Celebrate a feijoa glut by making this seasonally delicious ice cream — you'll make it year after year.

Fresh mint, zesty lemon and salty feta complement this hearty pumpkin salad.

This has to be the most divine cordial ever. I can never make enough of it. You just need a small amount in a glass topped up with water and you'll be in heaven. This is how one writer describes it.

Barbecued skewers should always be served with this outrageously good baba ganoush.

Impossibly cute, ridiculously easy, impressively tasty.