Autumn – Eatscooksreads

Autumn•Books•Cheese•Cookbooks•Dinner ideas•Main Courses•Reads•Seasonal•Vegetarian

Cheesy Cauliflower & Leek Bread Pudding

September 25, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

This is one of Lauraine Jacobs’ favourite recipes from her book, Always Delicious. Pop it in the oven, set up your favourite movie and enjoy a family night in. Perfect. “Everybody loves the sort of food that is a one-pot...

Reading time: 2 min

Autumn•Cooks•Dinner ideas•Duck•Family meals•Fruit•Potatoes

Roast Duck with Duck Fat Red Skins & Cherry Guava Sauce

May 8, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

Sometimes, a dinner idea is so simple, and so seasonal, it just has to be made. One of my favourite meats is duck, but fresh duck has been quite hard to get hold of until recently. Pam’s Finest, the New...

Reading time: 2 min

Autumn•Cooks•Dinner ideas•Healthy•Venison

Farm-raised venison salad with beetroot & feta

May 3, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

There’s something really special about the pairing of venison and beetroot. This recipe by The Sugar Club’s executive chef Neil Brazier is a perfect autumn meal, pairing seasonal vegetables with tender, nutritious NZ farm raised venison medallions and a delicious ricotta...

Reading time: 2 min

Autumn•Budget Busters•Chicken•Cooks•Family meals•Slow cooker•Soups and casseroles•Winter

Chicken & Mushroom Curry Casserole

April 16, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

This is a variation on a dish my Auntie Val used to make for us as kids for Sunday lunch. I absolutely loved it with baked potatoes, carrots and peas – and I still do. This is a slightly healthier...

Reading time: 1 min

Autumn•Cooks•Dairy Free•Family meals•Healthy•vegan•Vegetable sides•Vegetarian

Autumnal Squash Pizza

March 26, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

2018 seems to be the year everyone’s looking at ways of eating well with less meat, but for serious foodies, taste and flavour are paramount – give us something that doesn’t taste good and it’s not going to happen! This...

Reading time: 3 min

Autumn•Beef•Cooks•Dinner ideas•Family meals

Not-Quite-Cornish Pasties

March 23, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

As any true Cornish person will tell you, the perfect recipe for a Cornish Pasty is impossible to master unless you’re actually Cornish – so much so that these tasty pies have protected status, and can’t be called Cornish Pasties...

Reading time: 3 min

Autumn•Cooks•Dinner ideas•Family meals•International•Pork

Pork Fillet with Marsala Sauce

February 19, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

We’re almost into fig season, which always fills my family with utter delight. Fig trees are everywhere in New Zealand, and we’re starting to see this delicious fruit on trees – several of my lucky friends with trees of their...

Reading time: 1 min

Autumn•Cooks•Desserts•Fruit•Healthy•Summer•Sweet treats

Easy-Peasy Pear Fool

January 30, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

This recipe came about because I had a sudden craving for feijoas – but I can’t find any yet! With pears in the fridge about to go past their best, I figured this would work – and it did! I...

Reading time: 1 min

Autumn•Cooks•Family meals•Gluten Free•Pork•Slow cooker•Winter

Cider-spiced Pulled Pork / Pulled Pork Sandwich

June 6, 2017 by Catherine Milford No Comments

This is so much more than a sandwich! The cider-spiced pulled pork is a dish in itself – serve it with loads of mashed potato and your favourite veg for a hearty dinner, or you can do the same as...

Reading time: 2 min

Autumn•Cooks•Jams and Chutneys•Vegetarian

Tamarillo Jam

May 15, 2017 by Catherine Milford No Comments

It’s tamarillo time! These deliciously sweet and tangy fruits are in season in New Zealand between March and September, and if you’re lucky enough to have access to a tree, there are worse things you can do than make this...

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Autumn•Cooks•Gluten Free•Special Occasion•Vegetarian

Roasted Baby Beet & Goats Cheese on Rice

April 28, 2017 by Catherine Milford No Comments

A friend of mine was telling me recently about her son’s first serious relationship. Apparently, this is the first one who’s lasted more than three weeks, and he’s smitten – enough to want to make her a full three-course dinner...

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Autumn•Cooks•Soups and casseroles•Vegetarian•Winter

Celeriac Soup

April 26, 2017 by Catherine Milford No Comments

Like most food-obsessed people I know, I can’t leave a recipe alone. Even if I see a perfectly fine ingredients list, there will always, always be something I feel the need to change, to twiddle with. It’s such a habit,...

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Autumn•Budget Busters•Cooks•Family•Vegetarian•Winter

Black Bean & Feta-stuffed Pumpkin

April 24, 2017 by Catherine Milford No Comments

This accidental success (see my blog post here) is the perfect autumn dish. It’s super-cheap, and it’s dead easy to make, as once you’ve stuffed your pumpkin you just leave it in the oven – it doesn’t even need any...

Reading time: 2 min

Autumn•Beef•Budget Busters•Cooks•Food•Winter

Rustic Cornish Pasty

April 20, 2017 by Catherine Milford 2 Comments

Being a redhead, I’m very proud of my Cornish roots. It’s an incredibly romantic land, distinguishable by its rolling, purple moors, forbidding rocky cliffs, jaw-dropping (and gravity-defying) buildings, and dramatic and dangerous coastlines. It’s a land where smugglers plied their...

Reading time: 3 min

Autumn•Budget Busters•Family•Soups and casseroles•Vegetarian•Winter

Spiced Pumpkin Soup

April 12, 2017 by Catherine Milford No Comments

I love this recipe. Not just because it’s creamy, warming and feels like a giant comforting hug from the inside; it’s also super-cheap to make, and it’s really healthy – despite not tasting like it! The secret to getting real...

Reading time: 2 min

Autumn•Cooks•Pasta

Te Puna Lime & Clam Spaghetti

April 10, 2017 by Catherine Milford No Comments

If you’re lucky enough to live by the sea, you might be able to forage one of the stars of this dish yourself. New Zealand clams are deliciously fat and bring an unmistakable taste of the ocean to this deliciously...

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Autumn•Food News•Lifestyle•Wine

A splash of red for autumn

April 7, 2017 by Catherine Milford No Comments

As our EatsCooksReads logo might suggest, we do like a drop of red wine on occasion, and the team at Sacred Hill have made us very happy once again with their latest vintage of Pinot Noir. After very successful Marlborough...

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Autumn•Cooks•Desserts•Food•Lifestyle

Sleepy Peach, Cherry & Goji Crumble

March 31, 2017 by Catherine Milford No Comments

How many times have we been told not to eat sweet stuff before bed as the sugar will keep you awake? Sweet tooths rejoice – this recipe from The Happy Kitchen author Rachel Kelly that not only can you eat,...

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Autumn•Breakfasts and brunches•Cooks•Vegetarian•Winter

Spiced Tomato Baked Eggs with Sweet Potato & Guacamole

March 30, 2017 by Catherine Milford No Comments

Rachel Kelly battled with depression and anxiety for years before discovering that the key to maintaining a steady mood lies largely in what she eats. Her latest book, The Happy Kitchen (Simon & Schuster, $39.99) delves into the many ways...

Reading time: 2 min

Autumn•Cooks•Spring•Summer•Winter

Slow-cooked Lamb Shanks with Figs & Walnuts

by Catherine Milford No Comments

This delicious dish from Kiwi favourite Allyson Gofton looks, tastes and smells like autumn on a plate. The slow cooking leaves the meat tender and falling off the bone, while the taste and texture of the fig and the quince...

Reading time: 2 min

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