STRAWBERRY COCONUT CRISP
Keep IT FRESH, SEASONAL AND GENEROUS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY – keep IT DELICIOUS!
Keep it Delicious is the home for my fresh, seasonal recipes that are packed full of flavour and colour. It is also a place where I share my thoughts and musings on food and life at Briarwood, in Greytown, New Zealand. Welcome.
~ Marc
![…..[ barley ]
Recipe testing - winter salads!
Think barley, almonds and pickled golden sultanas.
#keepitdelicious
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![…..[ Brussels sprouts ]
Recipe testing - winter salads!
For those that hate Brussels sprouts you will love this winter salad with wild rice, pears, pistachios, blue cheese and a lemon cream dressing.
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#keepitsimple
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![…..[ loretta ]
Loretta turned 9 yesterday and with any milestone it was a day of reflection for what was the dream 120 seater dream restaurant! More often that not I do still wonder what life would be owning one of the busiest restaurants in](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1683773812530-BS6RZ5KK2JEXT7UGUO9L/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[ Halloumi ]
Halloumi, NZ grapes, witlof, watercress, French tarragon and pistachio salad
So another day in Greytown and yet another person has asked me when am I going to open a restaurant in Greytown….I knew the question was com](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1681357536284-DDHEP4Z559H618PLH8RQ/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[ hot x buns ]
Ready for Easter.
Fruit soaked in Marsala overnight and made today with love and care.
@fiona.hugues has kindly let me share her recipe for her damn good hot x buns on my website! Believe me they’re good and they hav](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1680850565328-W5U9IWULMP80WJAPINTM/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[ 31.03.23 ]
Stage one, yet again the much loved Briarwood gets a new beginning. Fingers crossed I haven’t #fuckeditup with the new colour scheme!
153 years old, Originally a town house for the Bidwill family, then an art gallery, t](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1680235466215-NB573SUZWIVUBX0WF1J6/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[ accommodation ]
For the month of April, including Easter weekend I have reduced the nightly rate for the Briarwood apartment from $265 per night to $100 per night.
The reason being both the main dwelling and the apartment will be covere](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1679782353372-W0NKMCTRV0TCDT6W2V18/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[ 🍇 🍇 🍇 ]
Such a fabulous salad.
4 favourite ingredients of mine create this simple and delicious salad, a bit of a show stopper in my view.
Think NZ grapes, green witlof, French tarragon & parsley
Recipe on my website. Link in](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1679375276293-8H8QA9W7QDYSC4B5QEGQ/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[ 🍎 🍏 🍎]
Another day - another apple! I’m probably often seen on my morning country walk munching on a apple or two, truth be known it’s the first thing that hits my stomach after the daily Berocca intake!
With apple season](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1679117208553-81J5NW37966DHXVU2MUN/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[ Celeriac Pie ]
New season’s Celeriac as just come into season at the markets and this pie replaces the heartiest of meat pies. The flavour of the roasted celeriac with confit garlic, cavolo nero, mustard and cream works so well, a](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1679025567168-CQMK36BWAEPWEX3R10QX/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[ family time ]
Golly - I can't remember the last time I actually cooked a meal for more than the husband and I. Fond memories of this those long relaxed gatherings of the past.
Rotisserie chicken cooked on the Weber and smoked with cherr](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1678928519067-GTGN3SYSBM69JDQ8PJWN/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[ recipes ]
Yesterday I was going through 1000’s of stored and filed recipes from the last 28 years! Golly somewhat a trip down memory lane!
This cake popped up…Apple and cheddar cake. From memory it was either loved or hated](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1678402172650-F2BUI6PII591CW3XJ4CZ/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[ my sweet box ]
For years now I’ve hoarded sweet treats in the sweet draw of the pantry and in wooden boxes for when the urge is right! Think sweet treats from London and France! Usually raided by the husband or my me for a midnight](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1678402173513-L49XHQD9BD5N3XMA50HL/image-asset.jpeg)