October favourites!

Wow hasn't the year flown by! I still feel like I'm only just getting used to writing 2014 on dates and in 2 months it will be 2015!

This month is based around breakfasts, workout gear, getaways and a wedding!

Breakfast is my favourite meal of the day. I'm a huge fan of them. There are so many options for breakfast, but this month I had had two favourites, muesli and poached eggs.

Summer is coming here and I was so excited to see strawberries back at the supermarket at a good seasonal price.

Strawberries + Banana = Best fruit combo

My favoutite workout gear are these 3 pieces from NIKE. My boyfriend brought these for me and I just love the colours! 

My favourite getaway
Central Otago NZ

I've mentioned this place in a previous post.
This place is beautiful all year round. 

Last weekend my boyfriend and I went to a beautiful wedding. The weather hasn't been great here at the moment but the day of the wedding was sunny, warm and perfect!
My dress is from Emerald Boutique. I loved the colours of this dress, perfect for a warm summer day! 

I hope you all have had a great month! Bring on November!
What were you're favourite things this month?

Brit :)

Honeyed Glazed Pumpkin

Hey Everyone! 

I love trying out new recipes with different vegetables to try mix things up a bit.

It can actually be so easy to enhance flavours of vegetables to make them not only taste amazing but so you can still get all the important nutrients from them.

It's well into spring here now (not that the weather is showing us that at the moment!) but we still had a couple of pumpkins to use up. 

I love pumpkin because it is so versatile. It can be sweet or savoury. Baked, roasted, boiled or steamed. You can eat it in pieces or it can make a really yummy puree. 

This recipe is inspired from a recipe I found in the My petite kitchen cookbook. She is a blogger from NZ who comes up with the most amazing nutritious, wholefood recipes! My copy of the book has post it notes in nearly every page for recipes that I want to try! Check out her blog here 

Honey Glazed Pumpkin

( Serves 3-4 side dishes )

Ingredients

1/4 pumpkin

1T Runny honey

Small handful of chopped coriander and Italian Parsley 

1/4 cup Chopped Olives( I wanted to use black olives but we only had stuffed green olives but they still tasted great!)

1T coconut oil melted

Salt and pepper

Method

Pre heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius 

Carefully slice the skin off the pumpkin. Using a sharp knife and a chopping board that is not wobbling around ( place a wet cloth underneath your board to help ).

Cut pumpkin into thin slices, roughly 10 - 5 mm thick.

Place pumpkin into a roasting dish.

Drizzle honey and coconut oil onto pumpkin.

 Season with salt and pepper.

Bake for 20-30 minutes or until pumpkin is cooked right through.

Place into a serving dish and sprinkle with chopped herbs and olives.

Serve while still warm.

Even my cat was trying to get in on this!

Enjoy!

Brit xo

Sweet Sunday - Chocolate Brownie

This has to be one of my all time favourite brownie recipes. It's texture isn't too gooey and not too cakey. It is more like a fudge texture.
I love making this recipe for my family - it always goes down well with a cup of green tea!

I found this recipe from a New Zealand chef called Jo Seagar. The cookbook it is in is called "Jo Seagar cooks" I have so many of her cook books, she has sooo many great recipes to try.

This recipe its super easy and quick to prepare, and doesn't require much effort at all!

This is a great special occasions recipe but isn't for everyday eating as it doesn't contain much nutritional value.
If you're lucky enough to have leftovers, it can be easily frozen. Bring it out a few hours before it is required to give it enough time to thaw out. :)

Recipe
Approx 18 peices

200g melted butter
3/4 cup cocoa
2 cups caster sugar
1/4 t salt
4 eggs
1 t vanilla
3/4 cup flour
1/2 t baking powder
2 cups chopped chocolate (I used Whittakers 72% dark chocolate)

Pre heat oven to 150 degrees Celcius
Prepare a 20x30cm Slice tin with baking paper
Mix the butter, cocoa, sugar, salt, eggs and vanilla until combined. Beat until the colour lightens (about 4-5 mins).
Incorporate the flour, baking powder and chocolate - gently mix.
Pour in your slice tin and bake for 50- 55 minutes.
Once baked, cool completely in the tin so the brownie doesn't crack.
Cut once cooled ( or if you and you're guests are super impatient like my family you can attempt to cut when still warm so you can eat it straight away!)

I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as my family does!
I will be doing a few allergy friendly baking recipes in the future so keep a look out for them!

Brit  :)

Easy Vegan Couscous

This is a simple Couscous recipe with great summer flavours.
When I'm cooking during the week I like to keep meals easy and simple.
This Couscous recipe can be used as a side dish to a meal or can be a meal itself.

Couscous is usually quite inexpensive. This recipe is friendly for anyone on a budget or looking to feed a crowd.
If you're lucky enough to have any leftovers, store it in the fridge and have for lunches the next day!

Ingredients

2 cups Couscous

2 cups boiling water

1 onion finely diced

1/2 large red capsicum finely diced

handful coriander leaves finely diced

1 T coconut oil

1 gherkin finely diced (optional)

Salt and Pepper

Method

Place the couscous into a bowl that has a sealed lid. (you can also use a saucepan).

Pour the boiling water on the couscous.

Immediately cover with the lid and leave aside to cook.

While your couscous is cooking, heat coconut oil in a small pan. Add onion and capsicum

Gently saute until onion is cooked.

Check the couscous after 4-5 mins

The couscous should be a soft texture when you bite it. But not soggy.

Once cooked, add the onion mixture, coriander and gherkin.

Lightly fluff up with a fork so it is not lumpy and all stuck together.

It's important to flavour and season your couscous as it lacks flavour on its own.

Here you can add Salt and pepper and season to your own taste.

Try this recipe next time you're stuck for ideas :)

Have a great day!

Brit x

Pan fried Blue cod with lemon and capers

I have been meaning to have some fish for dinner for a while now. When I cook fish I like to keep things simple. Fish is subtle and delicate. I added lemon and capers to mine to bring out and enhance the flavours of the blue cod.

This recipe is super easy but will impress all your guests!

Serves 4

What you will need4 fillets white fish (I used blue cod)
25g organic butter
20g capers
1 lemon sliced
1/2 cup flour

What to do

Lightly coat the fish fillets in the flour and dust off any excess.
Heat butter in a pan on a med-high heat.

Gently place fillets in pan once it is heated.
Cook the fish until golden on the first side. Add the lemon slices and capers into the pan with the fish
 You don't want to over cook the fish, I wouldn't recommend cooking on the first side for longer than 2 minutes.

 Carefully turn the fish over and continue cooking. This side should only take a minute. You want the fish to be slightly under cooked once you take it off the heat, as it will continue cooking for a short time.
This will keep the fillet perfectly moist and will melt in your mouth

Rest fillets on a paper towl to drain excess butter.

Serve immediately.
 Serve on a cold winters day with hot roasted vegetables
or on a hot summers day with fresh garden salad

Enjoy!


Brit xo

July Favourites!

I have wanted to do a monthly favourite post for a while now!
I like reading other people blogs that have a monthly favourite post and see what things they like and recommend. Its a good way to try new things!

So currently it is winter here in little old New Zealand. I actually got excited today because I thought July is the last month of winter for us, except then I realised it isn't spring until September.. 1 more month!!
The weather hasn't been too bad here lately. But now that I am saying that it has just started to rain quite heavy and it has gotten really dark all of a sudden and it is only 1 in the afternoon!

So here goes my favourites of the month!

Favourite Exercise

Running outdoors! I love it! I've been wrapping up in my thermals and getting outside and running rather than sticking on a boring old treadmill! Getting out and appreciating this beautiful world we live in. Its a place where I don't have to think. Just relax and get a good workout at the same time.

Favourite food:

I know it's only winter ( You lucky ones in summer might like these!) but I have been loving my salads lately. Fulled with lots of nutritional goodies! If I want a warm salad I will usually have cous cous and roasted beetroot in it. For protein I put a runny poached egg on top. The runny egg yolk acts as a good "dressing" for the salad so it isn't dry.

Ingredients for salads are endless! Here are just a few ideas that I like to put in my salads,

Spinach, avocado, tomato, cucumber, olives, red onion, cous-cous, roasted beetroot, egg, grapes etc.

Favourite Beauty Product

Okay So I have 2 or maybe 3 favourites! But they work well together which is why I had to include them all :)
First of all is Nivea In shower body lotion skin conditioner for very dry skin. This stuff is the hit! If your skin is in need for extra moisture this stuff is for you! I've never been a big moisturiser person because I often get eczema so I tend to stay away from too many products and only use special sensitive skin products if I really need it.
This moisturiser is applied in the shower then you wash it off as if it was soap.

To go with the moisturiser I like to use the fake tan by Dove. This is the summer glow fake tan in medium to dark. I have pale skin but I find the shade for pale skin doesn't apply enough tan. It is a gradual tanner which works perfectly for me because I always stuff up the instant tanners and get streaks. But this gradually tanner works for me every time! I use it with a tanning mit so I don't get the tan all over the palms of my hands.

Let me know what you're monthly favourites are! I would love to know, or link your monthly favourite blog post in the comments so I can check it out! :)

Brit :)

Eating with a busy lifestyle!

It has been a while since my last post! I have been super busy working lately, the unfortunate side of working in hospitality! But with new rosters I have been able to get a good work/life balance and getting new routines so I can make the most out of everyday.

Time is one big factor when it comes to having a balanced life. With working long hours, getting enough sleep, spending time to make meals, having a social life, getting some fitness in AND having some 'me time' it can be quite hard to fit everything in and sometimes things have to be sacrificed for others.

If you ever feel this way I can totally relate! When I finished studying I was working 2 jobs most days for 12 hours and working 7 days a week. This was not good at all! With limited breaks, I would quickly eat something while travelling to my 2nd job and finish late. And there are a lot of people who work even crazier hours than this! But there was no way I could keep this up. It wasn't healthy for my body. Fortunately I have managed to get some better hours that I am so happy with so I can keep doing things I love :)
Blogging is one of them and keeping a healthy lifestyle!

Here is a few pictures of what has been making me happy lately and have been helping me have a balanced lifestyle,

I love making salads with lots of flavours. This one has spinach, cous cous, roasted beetroot, avocado, tomato, olives, cucumber, homemade mayo and a poached egg. yum yum :)

I love to go running on the same track, its open and has a great view. It is winter here at the moment but this one day the sun decided to come out :)

I'll have more regular posts up now with some recipes I have been making over the last few weeks.
How do you keep a balanced lifestyle?

Brit :)

Healthy Nutty Date balls

Here is a great idea for an after dinner sweet treat! I like to have a hot drink after dinner, usually green tea or just plain hot milk.
These nutty date balls are so easy to make and you can make so many different flavours!

These are gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian and contain NO processed sugars.

Recipe

1/2 cup chopped nuts. I used hazelnuts, cashews and almonds
1/2 cup chopped dates
1T cocao powder
1T  organic nut butter eg. almond or peanut
1-2 T coconut (optional)

Blend all ingredients in a kitchen wizz for 1-2 minutes depending on how powerful your kitchen wizz is.Or until smooth rolling consistency.
Roll your mixture into small balls
Sprinkle coconut on top

Enjoy!

Brit xx

Gluten and Sugar Free Apple Crumble!

 This week I created my own take off of Apple crumble. I have always loved apple crumble especially at this time of the year in New Zealand with the cold winter weather approaching!
This recipe is gluten free and is free of any processed sugars. It only contains the sweet sweet goodness of those lovely juicy apples! I also had some pears that I chucked in there too and they were perfectly ripe and were so sweet.
The Crumble is packed full of nuts and some seeds. I pretty much put any nut I could find in the house and crushed them up.

Gluten and Sugar Free Apple Crumble

Ingredients:

Apples and pears (just enough to cover the bottom of my roasting dish.) approx 4-6
2 cups chopped nuts. ( I used hazelnuts, almonds, peanuts and cashew nuts)
1 cup of seeds ( I used pumpkin and sunflower seeds )
25 g  organic butter
2 t cinnamon 

Method:

Chop up apples and pears
place in the bottom of your roasting pan

Finely chop half of your nuts and left the other half roughly chopped
Place nuts in a bowl and mix in with seeds.
Rub in butter

Sprinkle crumble on top of the fruit
Dust with cinnamon

Bake for 25-30 minutes at 170 C

Serving suggestions:
Serve with cream or some good old pro biotic yoghurt :)

Enjoy!

Let me know what you think in the comments :)

Brit

Raw broccoli and salmon salad with Avocado dressing

This recipe was written in the NZ Herald back in April this year. If you are looking for a meal idea that is healthy and tastes great, you've found a winner! This recipe caters for everyone! Gluten free, Dairy free, Sugar free, Clean eaters! If you are vegetarian or vegan you can easily take out the salmon :)

This recipe is so easy and can be achieved in 3 steps!

You will Need:

1 Head of broccoli broken in to florets

1 red capsicum, roughly chopped

Handful fresh herbs of your choice (I used coriander, Italian parsley and Vietnamese mint)

200 g salmon (smoked if you wish, I prefer mine not to be smoked)

1 cup black pitted olives

1/2 cup seeds (toasted if you wish, I use pumpkin seeds and sunflower )

Dressing:

1 avocado

Juice of a lemon

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

1/4 cup water

2 cloves garlic*

sea salt

pepper

* Note that the 2 cloves of garlic is quite strong, change this to 1 clove if you don't want it too garlic-y :)

What to do:

Dressing:
1. Blend up all ingredients together until smooth.

Salad:
2. In a food processor, Pulse the broccoli, capsicum and herbs until a rice like consistency.

3. Transfer to a large bowl and toss in dressing, salmon, olives and seeds!

Enjoy!

I hope you like this recipe as much as I do! Let me know what you think!

Brit xx

Sugar free Healthy "Banoffee Pie"

Lately I have been getting that sweet tooth craving that just won't go away! When this happens it is so easy just to go into the snack cupboard and find some chocolate for a quick fix. But this is not going to be an option any longer!

I have come up with an idea that will satisfy that sweet tooth but will leave you feeling free of guilt.

There are a few different variations, so it can suit everyone! It is even Gluten Free!

For this recipe you can use either Organic cream or yoghurt. Some of you may be thinking that the cream is not healthy. Personally I would rather have natural products that have fat in them over processed sugar any day. I also think the yoghurt option tastes great too if the cream isn't for you :)

Recipe

Banana

Coconut oil

organic cream or organic Pro biotic yoghurt ( I use BioFarm )

Grated (sugarfree) Dark Chocolate. The higher the cacao amount the better!

What to do

Heat coconut oil in a pan and saute bananas until they start to bring out their natural sugars and caramelise.

Take off the heat**

Whip cream until semi whipped (if you are using it)

Place caramelised bananas in your serving bowl, with cream or yoghurt on top and sprinkle your dark chocolate on top!

**If you are in a hurry you can always leave the caramel part out and leave the bananas raw :)

Let me know what you think!

Enjoy
Brit xx

Healthy Dinner Idea

Medallions of Beef Sirloin served with sesame seed coasted cauliflower, bok choy, baby carrots and a simple sauce.

I love this dish because of the great colours. It has wonderful textures and the sauce complements the beef.

This recipe is not restricting at all. I know what it is like to find a recipe and only have half the ingredients in the kitchen! Feel free to swap ingredients for ones you have. For example, Cauliflower for broccoli, Bok choy for spinach, carrots for beans. Sesame seeds for bread crumbs. Even the sauce you can change the chicken stock to a beef stock.
Have fun getting creative and playing around with your ideas :)

Serves 4

You will need:
8 cauliflower florets
600-800g beef sirloin
50g flour
1 egg
1T Turmeric ground
1/2 cup sesame seeds
12 leaves of bok choy
12 baby carrots
2 T butter
2 T oil
Radish cress for garnish

Simple Sauce
1/2 medium onion
300ml chicken stock
150ml soy sauce
100g crushed tomato
50g sugar
1/2 root ginger
1 clove garlic
90 ml sesame oil

What to do:
Pre heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius

Blanch cauliflower in boiling water until just semi cooked, drain and cool.Combine Turmeric and sesame seeds Coat cauliflower in flower then egg wash coat in sesame seed mix.

To make the sauce, add all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Simmer for 15 minutes, blend then pass.

Beef:
place oil in (oven proof- I like cast iron pans)  hot pan then pan fry your beef sirloin until it has a good colour on all sides.
Place in oven for 10 minutes or until medium rare.
Allow to rest for 5 minutes once cooked

Vegetables:
Place baby carrots in a saucepan. Just cover with water and add butter. Boil and simmer until cooked.
Add Bok choy and allow it to wilt.
You can either deep fry your cauliflower, or pan fry in oil until golden

Plate up with bok choy on the bottom, pour the sauce on, cauliflower, beef cut into 2 slices per plate, Carrot and garnish with cress.

Enjoy!

Brit xx

Sweet Saturday! Souffle' Pudding with Sabayon Sauce

Souffle' Pudding with Sabayon Sauce

I'm always hesitant at putting food on my blog that contains sugar and is more of a treat food.

However I don't do it often and I think that it is important to eat in moderation.

This recipe would be great to make when having guests over or for any special occasion.

I love this dessert because it is super light and fluffy. It has a melt in your mouth texture and will please the most critical dinner guests!

Recipe
Makes 6 portions

You will need:
185ml milk
25g flour
25g butter + extra to line ramekins
25g caster sugar + extra to line ramekins
3 separated eggs
6 Ramekins to cook them in
Roasting dish to cook them in

What to do:
-Pre-heat oven to 230 degrees Celsius
-Just boil in milk in a saucepan.(Only so it just reaches boiling point. You'd rather in be just hot than over boiled.
-Cream the butter and sugar then mix in the flour
-Whisk the creamed mix into the milk and re-boil - stirring
-Remove from the heat, add the egg yolks one at a time - always whisking.
-Beat the egg whites in a bowl until stiff and gently fold into the mixture.
-Rub the extra butter into the ramekins so the souffles don't stick. Then lightly coat the butter with extra caster sugar. This allows the souffles to not stick once cooked and adds to texture and flavour :)
- Fill your ramekins 3/4 full.
-Place the ramekins in your roasting dish then fill the roasting tin with water enough to come level with your mixture in your ramekins.
-Bake for 12-15minutes


Sabayon Sauce

You will need:
5 egg yolks
100g caster sugar
250 ml dry white wine*

* you can use milk instead of wine and flavour it according to your taste eg vanilla, cinnamon.

What to do:
-Whisk the egg yolks and sugar in a bowl over a bain marie ( pot of simmering water) until a pale cream colour.
-Add the wine or milk.
-Whisk the mixture continuously until it becomes thicker.
*Note that the hotter the bain marie is, the quicker it will become thick. However it is very important not to let the eggs curdle if the bain marie becomes too hot. If this is your first time making this sauce, just take your time and it will eventually thicken slightly.


Enjoy! Let me know what you think in the comments

Brit xx

Liebster Award!!

The other day I stumbled across a lovely blog that had told me I had been passed on the Liebster Award!
Paige from www.pagebypaige.ca passed this award onto me. So thanks so much Page!
Everyone should go check out her lifestyle blog with everything from food to travel!
The Liebster award is passed on from blogger to blogger with under 200 followers. Its such a cool idea to get to know and support your fellow bloggers :)

The Rules:

-Provide a link back to the blogger who nominated you

-Post 11 random facts about you

-Answer 11 random questions set by the blogger who nominated you

-Nominate 5 bloggers with under 200 followers for the award

-Write 11 questions for them to answer

-Let the nominees know that you have nominate them

11 Random facts about me! 

1. My favourite television programe  is Home and Away. It is an Australian soap opera. I usually have to record it though cause most of the time I'm working when it is on

2.I'm scared of the dark

3. I have two cats called Minnie and Little-Puss

4.Born and Live In New Zealand

5.I LOVE  watching Youtube videos. The SACCONEJOLYs are my favourite!

6. I just got all 4 of my wisdom teeth out yesterday

7. I did the sport of rowing for 10 years (4 years were coxing)

8.I had a surgery called a Nissan Fundoplication for reflux when I was 19

9. I went to teachers college for a year

10. I can't vomit because of my surgery and neither can my boyfriend cause he had the same thing done when he was a baby.

11.I have an older brother who is getting married next year and I am going to be a bridesmaid! 

Questions from Paige!

1. You next dream travel destination is:

America, Europe, Great Britain

2. This summer I want to:

Summer isn't until December in NZ but I would love to travel and jump in lakes :)

3. Favourite stores/websites to shop at:

Jeans West , Show Po 

4. If I were to be stranded on a desert island the 3 things I would bring would be:

food, water, boyfriend

5. Who is your current favourite blogger?

I have so many I love to follow. But one of my biggest inspirations is Anna Saccone-Joly. She has an amazing style and has taught me so much about beauty and makeup!

 

6. I am known by my friends for.

Drinking smoothies and eating nuts

7. Favourite restaurant:

hmm I don't think I have one particular but anything with a good theme with a bit of privacy and food that is organic and free-range. :) 

8. The item in my closet I wear the most is:

Cardigans/knitwear! But in the summer it would have to be my denim shorts

9. I cant live without my:

Family and friends

10. Cat or dog:

Both? I have ALWAYS loved cats but I would love to get a wee puppy one day :)

11. Favourite food

Quiche or some kind of tart. I love these when they are packed with ingredients. yum yum! But if its sweet, I'm guilty when it comes to any dessert with either lemons or hazelnuts!

The Lovely bloggers I would like to pass the award on to are:

flawlessflares.blogspot.com 

everydayingrace.blogspot.ca

thedailyluxe.blogspot.com

hcemcguire.wordpress.com

michelle-leanne.blogspot.com

Questions for my award recipients 

1. Why did you start your blog?

2. What is your Dream Job?

3. Who is your role model?

4.If you could go anywhere in the world where would it be?

5. If you won 1million dollars what would you do with it?

6.Favourite Animal

7. Favourite Accessory 

8.Favourite Musician/ band

9. chocolate or vanilla?

10. Favourite meal to cook

11. Where do you see yourself in  5 years time?

 

Healthy Snack Ideas

Now that I'm all graduated, I have been busy working and my eating patterns haven't been as 'normal' as I would usually like. Starting early and working late nights means I have to be really prepared with my meals.

Over the last week I have been trying to work all this out and what suits me best.

Today I want to share a few snack ideas I like to have while I am on the go!

Almond. These ones were brought raw but I toasted them myself :) You can do this with any nuts. I like to buy my nuts raw. Then I have the choice of roasting them, flavouring them with a spice (paprika is my favourite!) or I can just keep them raw. Almonds are packed with healthy fats like omega-6 oils, omega-9 oils and mono-saturated fats. They also contain a good amount of calcium therefore it is a good idea to add almonds to a vegetarian or vegan's diet to assist with calcium levels.

Carrot sticks and grapes

 These two are good for the sweet tooth but are guilt free!!

I love having watermelon for something a bit different. I would usually have an apple or banana for a snack but I think it is good to mix it up a bit when you can :)
Watermelon is great to cool yourself down on a hot day!

What snacks do you like to eat?
Let me know in the comments below!

Brit xx

Easy Dinner Idea! Cumin-Crusted Turbot With Roast Vegetables.

Whenever I have fish at home I will most likely crumb it. I find it quick and easy and I always know it will taste good! I would usually use the classic method of flour, egg wash and bread crumbs.
This method doesn't involve the egg or the crumbs therefore making it quicker! Not only that, but it tastes great! 

This recipe uses a flat fish called a turbot but you can use any fish that is suitable for you at the time.
This recipe has a rose' wine "vinaigrette" that is made during the cooking process in the pan which saves time.

Recipe serves 4 main meals
Ingredients
4-8 fillets Turbot (depending if you want 1 or 2 per portion
3 T cumin seeds, toasted and crushed
3 T olive oil
1 cup rose' wine or red wine
1 shallot - chopped finely
2 T chopped fresh chervil
2 T chopped fresh chives
2 cups wild watercress
1 T butter
salt and pepper
100g each of potato, beetroot, Carrot and parsnip (or any vegetable you want to roast)
peeled and chopped into chunks

Cooking
Toss roast vegetables in a roasting dish with 1 T oil. Roast in oven at 180 degrees for 30-40 mins or until cooked and golden.

Turbot - Sprinkle both sides with cumin and salt and pepper. ( If you want you can sprinkle some flour over this)
Fry the turbot in a hot pan with 1 T oil for 1-2 minutes on each side. Remove from pan. Place the shallots in the pan and slightly caramelise. Then deglaze the pan with the rose' and simmer for 5 minutes or until reduced to 1/2 cup. Quickly whisk in the olive oil and stir in chives and chervil and season with salt and pepper.
Remove from pan.
Add butter and watercress and wilter quickly. Season with salt and pepper.

Serve Turbot on the roast vegetables and watercress, drizzle on the glaze.

Enjoy!

Brit xx

Queenstown NZ

I am very fortunate that I live just a short 2 hour drive away from one of the most beautiful places in the world. Queenstown is located in the South Island of New Zealand. It is often known as the "adventurer capital" and is a very popular place to visit. It is a small town with beautiful lake Wakatipu and is surrounded by the lovely Remarkables - which is a popular place to ski in the winter, Celil Peak and Walter Peak - which you can travel to on an old coal fired steam boat called the TSS Earnslaw. 

On the left is when we were driving to Queenstown, sheep being moved on the road - Only in NZ!

On the right is a well known part of the road to queenstown when you are travelling from the south called the "Devils staircase". It is a windy tight road but has amazing views of Lake Wakatipu.

Eat

My favourite place to eat in Queenstown is a cafe' called Vudu cafe. There is actually two of them in queenstown because the first one was so popular! They always have really creative yummy and healthy food and drinks! Definitely my kind of food!
 

Pumpkin roll , vegetarian version of the sausage roll. This had pinenuts in it as well which was super yummy!

Strawberry smoothie - my fav!

Let me know if you've ever been to Queenstown or you would like to visit and want to know more!
I would be more than happy to recommend places to stay or things to do!

Brit xx