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Beef cheeks by golly

July 16, 2019May 8, 2020 N8N 1 Comment beef cheeks, comfort food, Home Range food recipe, Kate Wilson, Kate Wilson prof's @ Woodlands

Beef cheeks are classic winter comfort food, says Kate Wilson from Prof’s @ Woodlands Cafe.  She shares her special recipe for juicy, tender slow-cooked cheeks here.

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Muttonbird on the menu

September 9, 2018May 8, 2020 N8N 6 Comments How to cook muttonbird, Muttonbird, Muttonbird recipe, sooty shearwater

David Riddell whips up a special lunch which is utterly delicious and rather unusual. Muttonbird is on the menu.

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Dishing it up at Prof’s

February 26, 2018June 11, 2020 N8N 0 Comments country cooking waikato, food in and around gordonton, Gordonton cafes, Kate Wilson cafe owner, Profs@Woodlands, Waikato recipes

Chilli garlic prawns are perfect on the barbie. Meet Kate Wilson who has taken over the cafe at Woodlands and created Prof’s Cafe in Gordonton.

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Summer ice bowl a stunner

January 25, 2018June 29, 2020 Annette Taylor 2 Comments Flower ice bowl, frozen bowl, How to make an ice bowl, ice bowl stunner, making ice bowl with flowers, summer ice bowl with flowers

a summer fruit salad in one of these stunners. 

Ice bowls are magical; the best blooms of summer – roses, marigolds, pansies and violets – frozen within a sparkling bowl of ice that you can eat from.

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Mushrooms galore!

April 19, 2017May 8, 2020 N8N 0 Comments Agaricus arvensis, Horse mushroom recipe, Local mushroom Waikato', wild food, wild mushrooms

Mushroom season is upon us.  And one of the best types is in paddocks right now. Horse mushrooms (Agaricus arvensis) are the biggest of the local mushroom varieties and they are divine. Here’s a perfect recipe.

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Blueberry muffins – oh my

February 1, 2016February 27, 2016 Annette Taylor 2 Comments best ever blueberry muffins, blueberry muffins, blueberry recipe, country baking - muffins

  Our blueberry bush is groaning with fruit at the moment.   Most years the birds got more than their

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