It’s not on tonight’s menu, but it is on the menu for the weekend. It’s a recipe I spotted and thought ooh, there’s one for when it’s just us – seeing as chorizo and bacon are strictly forbidden for Bruvinlaw (not only would the spices disagree with him, he’s permanently off all pig-related food items in deference to Boris the pig).

Other things that will be making a reappearance in the next few weeks will be Thai Green Curry (too spicy and not child-friendly), Lamb steaks (too expensive for a bulk, as in four adults and three kids sized meal), Laksa (again, too spicy and not child-friendly), fresh fish (too expensive) and my traditional Chicken, Ham and Leek Pie (a dish that takes ages to prepare when there’s just us, let alone the whole whanau).

There’s certain foods that are good regardless of how many people they have to serve and they’ll stay on the Kiwifruit Homestead menu: Bacon & Egg Pie (Bruvinlaw used to pick out the bacon, the fussy sod), Fish Pie, Spag Bog and my favourite Friday night dinner, homemade hamburgers.

De-lish-ish!