SATURDAY: A Picnic in the Park

Spring is my favourite time to visit Wellington Botanic Gardens. Tulips in bloom, Magnolias adorning the otherwise bare trees, the air warming up. So what better way to spend a sunny, but still crisp, Saturday afternoon, than enjoying a picnic in beautiful garden surrounds?

Baguette served with chicken, salad leaves, tomato, camembert (from Kapiti Cheese), fruit and choc chip cookies.

Some pics of the gorgeous gardens:

Ciao for now...

Tamara xx

SATURDAY: A True Kiwi Dinner

A Roast followed by the Great NZ Institution, the Pavlova.

I once again forget to take pics of dinner (were at the in-laws) but we had a delicious roast pork with roast potato and kumara, cauli, crakling, gravy and apple sauce.

Dessert was a lovely crunchy-outside, marshmallowy-inside pavlova, topped with whipped cream that had frozen raspberries folded through and topped off with a crumbled flake.



So damn good.......
Tamara xx

SATURDAY: A Meaty Meal

All week my carnivorous fiancee has been asking for a "normal" meal. In colonial NZ, a normal meal is considered to be red meat, potato and 2 vege. Not my idea of the perfect meal, but since I love him, this is what I indulged him in last night...

Lamb Racks with Roast Potatoes accompanied by sauteed ruby chard and borlotti beans.

The chard and beans were dressed with garlic oil and lemon juice.

A red wine jus was supposed to accompany our meal, but I accidently turned my back while it was reducing and the jus was no more :(

And that was Saturday dinner.

Tamara xx

SATURDAY: Weekend Brunch and an Indulgent Dessert

Saturday Morning Brunch:



A tasty affair of grilled bacon (from here), grilled tomato, scrambled eggs with spinach and toasted baguette.



I wasn't in the best of moods last night, so it was takeaways for dinner. And they really weren't that photogenic, thus we shall skip straight to the indulgent dessert that my fiancee made for me: Double Choc Self-Saucing Pud





Chocolate sponge-like pudding, dotted with chunks of dark chocolate, in a rich chocolate sauce. Mmm Mmm.

Tamara xxx