Author: Bunny Eats Design

Bright lights

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We have lots of rainbow silverbeet in our little vege garden. For those in other countries, you might know of silverbeet as swiss chard. This variety is called Brighlights. I’ve seen other gardens with pink, red, orange and yellow but ours only sprouts red, pink and the very normal white. Silverbeet grows easily in New Zealand gardens though it is often hated by kids and grown ups alike. It can be used in place of spinach in just about any recipe. I think it’s quite beautiful. It’s just begging to be shown off on a colourful plate of food. p.s. This blog just went over 200,000 hits this week! Thank you for the hits!

First visit to the butchery and 20 Hour Slow Cooked Pork Belly

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This post is part of Our Growing Edge, a monthly blogging event to encourage us to try new food related things. Alice from Nom Nom Cat is the host for month’s event. If you have a blog and have cooked, eaten or experienced a new food this month, come and join this event.  We have been shopping smarter and started a new routine that will hopefully stick. Supermarket: once a month Produce delivery: twice a month Asian grocer: twice a month Free range butcher: once or twice a month Specialty food shop: once a month This results in a shopping trip once a week but the best quality items for the best prices. Westmere Butchery I’ve been meaning to visit Westmere Butchery for ever. Highly recommended by my meat eating friends, they specialise in free range, free farmed and organic meats and their prices are reasonable. They also make award winning sausages on premises.  Years ago, a friend brought beef and scallop sausages to a BBQ. That sausage made quite an impression on me apparently. Fat scallops dotted throughout …

Our Growing Edge September Round Up

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Feast your eyes on the goodies over on Sweets and Brains. Thank you to our host Marnelli and to all those that joined Our Growing Edge. The dishes cooked and eaten look mouthwatering. A great range of baked goods, exotic recipes from blogger’s own cuisines, tasty healthy options and decadence. I look upon the round up like a delicious pot luck extravaganza.Can you imagine tasting all those in one sitting? A a girl can dream… Comfort foods and go-to recipes are fine, we all have them. Expanding your repertoire to extend to a larger variety of dishes, go-to recipes and even special occasion recipes are interesting and fun. There is something lovely about food cooked by foodies that push out of their own comfort zones. These dishes have all been coveted and marked worth attempting and failing for. Trying something new can be a bit scary but if you try new things every month, it becomes a normal part of your life. Failure is bound to happen but learning how to salvage something is a great skill …

Ding Ding!

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We have 10 winners! Thanks for all the interesting entries to Bunny Eats Design’s third year anniversary. I enjoyed reading all your answers, especially the food related questions. Entries were sorted by date and drawn via random.org, a nifty, free online tool. And the winners are… 1. Bunny Eats Design Illustrated Card and Stickers Sofia, Anna Katten and Tracy Schalk 2. Giapo Golden Tickets Marnelli and Sue Ryan 3a. The Honesty Box F&V Small Box Gabrielle Johnson 3b. The Honesty Box Corporate Classic Box Meagan Kerr 4. Mood Indigo Movie Comps Ruby Huang 5. Taste of Auckland Tickets Sarah Young and Two Hones Truths Congratulations to you all…and for those who missed out, there’s always next year 🙂 Winners will be contacted via email for delivery instructions.

Tofu Tuesday: Tiny Carrot

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I made dinner for my parents in the weekend and they sent us home with a bunch of goodies like a bottle of wine, home made bread and home made pate plus 3 tiny carrots for Tofu. So spoilt! Immediately after this photo was taken, Tofu took the carrot between his front teeth and proceeded to frantically run around the room with it in order find the perfect dining spot.

Monday Bunday: Hennessy’s “Wild Rabbit”

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The Koala and I have taken a shining to sipping on Hennessy. Drinking it neat is nice and easy and goes down very smooth. I promise that this Wild Rabbit campaign has nothing to do with it. Scout’s honour. “With artfully directed television work by Johnny Green, three separate commercials follow Filipino fighter and congressman Manny Pacquiao, director Martin Scorsese and singer Erykah Badu.” Campaign for Hennessy by Droga5. Some print pieces from thecampaign…

Tofu Tuesday: Time

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It has been three weeks since Tofu’s health scare. We have been keeping him inside with only an hour or two outside per day. He has been impatient, waiting at the back door to be let out. Yesterday was his first full day outdoors. Still as busy as ever. Time waits for no bunny.

The Koala’s Taters

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The aioli I made today paired wonderfully with hot smoked salmon, roast broccoli spears and The Koala’s special potatoes. Our kitchen is mostly my domain, but The Koala has a few recipes up his sleeve, one of them being these fried potatoes. These potatoes are easy to make and uses very few ingredients. We usually have these with steak or fish and the crunchy outer gives way to a fluffy interior. Koala’s Taters (The Koala’s special recipe) Serves 2 Ingredients 3 medium potatoes 1 cup cooking oil Salt Preparation In a medium saucepan, bring 1 litre of water to the boil. Peel the potatoes, leaving whole. Once water is boiled, add potatoes and cook for 15 minutes. Drain potatoes and once cool enough to handle, cut into 1.5 to 2cm (about 3/4″) thick slices. Heat 1 cup cooking oil in a deep skillet or a saute pan. Once oil is hot, using tongs carefully add potato slices to the oil in a single layer. Fry for 10-15 minutes until golden, turning once. Remove potato slices …

Make Aioli

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This post is part of Our Growing Edge, a monthly blogging event to encourage us to try new food related things. Marnelli from Sweets & Brains is the host for month’s event. If you have a blog and have cooked, eaten or experienced a new food this month, come and join this event.  The science of cooking both frightens and fascinated me. I cook by taste, touch and feel. A bit of this, a bit of that and dinner magically appears. When science is involved, I have to throw intuition out the window and follow a recipe. It doesn’t sit well with me. I’ve failed and conquered hollandaise sauce and decided to tackle item number 70 on my foodie bucket list: make aioli. Both hollandaise and aioli are emulsions which means they are a mixture of two or more liquids that normally do not mix. Egg yolk and a good beating quickly fixes this. Some vigorous whisking is required for this recipe and requires your full attention for a short time. You could make use of a spare …

GIVEAWAY 5: TASTE OF AUCKLAND – DOUBLE PASSES

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Today’s giveaway is open to NZ residents only. The highlight of my foodie calendar has got to be Taste of Auckland in November. I have blogged about here and here and it’s a chance for every day people to have a taste of very lovely plates of food by many of Auckland’s best chefs. Pictured in the montage above are some of the dishes I’ve had the pleasure of trying at past editions of Taste. Taste is now in it’s 5th year, you can look forward to delicious offerings from: The Commons Fish Depot Everybody’s Izakaya Toto’ The Grove Bracu Baduzzi ….plus food and wine producers and much, much more. I am happy to announce as part of Bunny Eats Design’s 3rd year anniversary celebrations, two lucky readers will win a double pass each to Taste of Auckland courtesy of the festival. Prize can be redeemed at any session. Taste of Auckland 14-17 November 2013 Victoria Park, Auckland city http://www.tasteofauckland.co.nz To enter, please fill in the form below including a prize question. THE SMALL PRINT …

GIVEAWAY 4: VENDETTA FILMS – MOOD INDIGO

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Today’s giveaway is redeemable in New Zealand only. I am happy to announce as part of Bunny Eats Design’s 3rd year anniversary celebrations, one lucky reader will win a double pass to see the film Mood Indigo courtesy of Vendetta Films. Prize can be redeemed at any participating cinema in New Zealand. I am an out-of-the-closet Francophile. The Koala and I watch lots French movies across loads genres and this one looks set to be a charmer. I’m super excited about Mood Indigo, a whimsical French love story directed by Michel Gondry, the genius behind Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. “Fantastical French romance starring Audrey Tautou (Amelie), Romain Duris (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) and Omar Sy (The Intouchables), from inventive filmmaker Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Be Kind Rewind, The Science of Sleep). Based on the 1947 novel Froth on the Daydream, the story follows the courtship and marriage of a young couple. Heartbreak ensues when the woman, develops an illness that can only be treated by surrounding her …

GIVEAWAY 3: THE HONESTY BOX

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Today’s giveaway is open to residents of Auckland, NZ only as delivery can only be to a central city address. I’ve reviewed a bunch of produce boxes in Auckland this year and my favourite of the bunch is a small company called The Honesty Box. Now it’s your turn to test them out, on the house 🙂 I am happy to announce as part of Bunny Eats Design’s 3rd year anniversary celebrations, two lucky readers will receive a box of goodies each from The Honesty Box. Johnny from The Honesty Box has kindly offered up two great prizes. The F&V Small for home (as pictured in my reviews The Honesty Box here, here and here). About a 50/50 split of fruit and vegetables. Great for couples, a small family, small flats and apartments. Excellent value with the best quality seasonal produce. Corporate Classic to a central city office of your choosing. The most popular size – perfect for small to mid-sized offices, or as a mid-week top up. 28 pieces of top quality, fresh fruit. The Classic suits offices …

GIVEAWAY 2: GIAPO’S GOLDEN TICKETS

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Today’s giveaway is redeemable only in Auckland so if you are from out of Auckland but plan on visiting us this year, you may also enter this competition. I recently blogged about Giapo’s amazing creative ice cream. Gianpaolo has generously donated a 2 pieces of his ice cream heaven. I am happy to announce as part of Bunny Eats Design’s 3rd year anniversary celebrations, two lucky readers will receive a Giapo Golden Ticket each worth $25 to be redeemed at Giapo on Queen Street. These tickets are exclusive and only two special tickets have ever be printed, designed by yours truly. I’m excited for you! Giapo Ice Cream, 279 Queen Street, Auckland City. (Edit: as of 2017, Giapo has moved to 12 Gore Street, Auckland) http://www.giapo.com To enter, please fill in the form below including a prize question. THE SMALL PRINT Terms and Conditions: Open to NZ residents only, it is the responsibility of the prize winners to redeem their prize at Giapo before 31 December 2013. This prize may not be exchanged for cash and must be …

Bunny Eats Design turns 3!

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A big thank you for your support over the last 3 years. For those that have been following over the years, I hope you have noticed the growth and development of this blog. I also hope I have gotten better at delivering my thoughts and recipes. I know my photos have improved, some of my early photos were cringeworthy so it wasn’t hard to get better. 🙂 I have loved meeting all of you online and feel lucky that there are so many kindred spirits out there and that I’ve met you. As a big screaming THANK YOU, I’m running 5 giveaways over 5 days of some of the things that I’ve shared with you on this blog, courtesy of a bunch of cool people and great local businesses. Due to the nature of these prizes (mostly edible), most are are open to NZ residents only. While I’d love to post ice cream to an overseas address, I’m afraid it just doesn’t travel well! Apologies to my out of New Zealand readers. But today I …