Food

 

Classic NZ Fish Pie.  Or as classic as you can make it in a foreign country with substitute ingredients. 

This should be made with fresh smoked NZ kawhai.  I made it with frozen north sea cod.

My daughter who loves anything from downunder has asked me to make this for months.  Or is it years, Elli Mou?  Although I've eaten this pie in years gone by I don't think I've ever cooked it.

It should be smoked fish in a white, or cheese sauce with parsley and boiled eggs topped with mashed spuds.  I used the recipe from Edmonds Cookery book.  This has been, and still is, the bible of NZ cooking.  My copy is falling to pieces. I've used it often over the last 45 years.  It is stained and has copious notes in the margin.  

Pie on a plate

Carnivore Flatbread 

For the last 2 and a half years I've been eating an animal based diet.  Mainly meat and eggs, fish, cheese.  No bread, cake or packaged goodies.  No sugar.  Most of the time. I eat cake and icecream on a birthday or a name day.  If I feel like it.  You get the picture.  I've lost a lot of weight in the past 4 years.   One day I'll tell you all about it and show the photos.

I miss bread for the  sandwiches and its satisfying chewiness.  Now and again carnivore bread recipes turn up on the youtube vlogs I follow.  I've found an easy one which turns out like a wrap and I can wrap it around some ham and cheese and maybe a slice of lettuce or tomato.

Take a pot of cottage cheese, mix in 2 eggs.  Spread it out on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Leave to cool. 

Not bad, but I'm over it now.  

I just found another recipe, grated cabbage and eggs.  Mix and bake.

Or avocado, grated cheese and egg. 

Or how about, if I want a piece of bread then I'll just eat a piece of bread! 

Grated cabbage and egg. Who the hell thinks these things up. Life is too short to grate cabbage.

               Lamington Balls

My dear kiwi family brought  packets of this mix with them.  I've made one lot.  Chocolate balls with coconut in them and cashews.

Just add coconut oil

Maple syrup

and water

Substitute, substitute.

I used olive oil , honey ....not water.  I  used some homemade liqueur instead. 

One packet makes 10 balls.  I ate 3 of these.

Sorry kids.  You didn't get a taste this time but I have another packet, for the holidays.  Or my birthday maybe.  That's closer than xmas.