Cooking Websites
Allyson Gofton's Ecook
- Allyson Gofton - well-known New Zealand chef - has put lots of her recipes and tips for cooking online
BBC Food
- Hundreds of recipes under various headings - from Chocolate Biscuit Cake to Beef in Designer Beer
Christchurch Vegetarian Centre
- Resources and information for young people. Practical advice for young people including a youth group. Health information, where to shop and plenty of recipes.
Cooks.com
- This site has a wide variety of recipes as many are submitted by readers. Includes useful quantity converters and nutritional information.
Cuisine
- Includes step by step recipes, mouth watering photos and a great recipe finder - just enter your main ingredient and choose from a selection of recipes.
Culinary Café
- More recipes for the Jamie Olivers among you
Edmonds cooking
- Tasty recipes from the famous NZ brand
Epicurious
- Features recipes and menus from the magazines Bon Appetit! and Gourmet
Food in a Minute recipes
- Online listings of the TV recipes featured on Food in a Minute
H E A L Healthy Eating Active Living
- So what's for tea? Healthy recipes to tempt your tastebuds brought to you by the Nutrition and Physical Activity Team at Community & Public Health (CDHB).
Meals For You
- All about diet, nutrition and health - plus some mouth-watering recipes that are actually good for you!
NZ Vegetarian Society
- The facts about being a vegetarian. Includes links to other great sites (and recipes!)
Recipes for teens
- From the teens health site so you know its going to be good... for you at least. Includes recipes for teens with specific conditions such as cystic fybrosis, lactose intolerance, diabetes, etc
RecipeSource
- home of SOAR: The Searchable Online Archive of Recipes
Reluctant Gourmet
- Recipes, techniques, specialty products, subscribe to a daily free recipe or read the blog all for the keen home cook.
Sam Stern
- Videos, blog and recipes from teen chef Sam Stern.
Sure to rise virtual recipe book
- The famous Edmonds cookbook online
Vegetarian Nutrition for Teenagers
- Article on the Vegetarian Resource Group web site.
Wattie's Project Cook
- Wattie's Project Cook aims to get kids aged 9 and over into cooking. Easy tasty recipes.
Beginner’s Lasagna (that tastes like the professional’s)
What you'll need:
- 500 gms mince (good quality mince is way best)
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp marjoram
- 1 tin (425g) tomato puree
- 2 tbsp tomato concentrate paste
- 1 packet dried tomato soup
- 2 tsp beef stock powder
- 1 1/2 cups hot water
- 1 pkt dried lasagne (about 200g)
- 2 cups grated Tasty cheese
For the sauce:
- 2 tsp cornflour
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup milk
- paprika
How to make it:
- Mix first 9 ingredients thoroughly
- Grease large ovenware dish (that turns in your microwave!!)
- Pour a third of the meat mixture into it
- Place 1/2 of the lasagne pieces on top
- Sprinkle with 1/2 cup of cheese
- Add another third of the meat mixture, the rest of the lasagne & another 1/2 cup of cheese
- Finish off with the remaining meat mixture
- Cover & microwave immediately on high for 30 mins
- Meanwhile … mix together the remaining cheese, egg, cornflour and milk
- Pour this over the cooked mixture (when ready)
- Sprinkle with paprika
- Cover again & microwave on medium for 10 minutes or until topping sets
- Leave to stand for about 15 mins (you can zap it slightly in the microwave if you want it hot hot hot)
!buona salute!
by Peter Chaplin and Mary Cox
Published by Random House @ 34.95
It’s bold and beautiful with easy to follow instructions and
is full of the most luscious, sumptuous photographs that’ll
have you drooling in minutes. What’s more it’s kind of
a veggie book (does have a fish section) but you won’t need
to be vegetarian to enjoy the food that’s dished out in here.
We’ve got soups, noodles, salads, flans, fast & furious,
simple snacks, bbq summer foods, sweet dreams and nutria-juices. If
you’re a bit of a health freak or just want to chow on down … have
a gander at the recipes in here and give them a go.