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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
![…..[ 🥵🥵🥵 ]
It's hot and the appetite is non-existent, I've drunk so much sparkling water I feel ill.
Lamb, watercress, french tarragon, thyme, parmesan & lemon sausage rolls for tonight served simply served at room temperature w/ some](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1733286861452-OFWN0L2T468TCA3E9XHV/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[ Xmas tree № 1 ]
Xmas 2024
Upstairs at Briarwood
A 1.9m Scotch Pine
Only 1000 lights! Rather than the normal 2000!
#keepingitsimple
Tree c/o @twiggyestate](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1733100907471-Q0E130LCG86MEZXRD4RC/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[ panforte recipe ]
A Christmas without panforte, probably unthinkable. Incredibly easy to make, perfect at the end of a meal with a small bowl of the juiciest summer cherries 🍒 a sweet wine or coffee or even a bowl of good vanilla bean i](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1733025204787-UTT3XQ1890XUBI61F9QO/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[ pasta salad ]
Summer….the heat, I struggle!
The best thing is summer eating, cold food and all those fresh herbs, full of flavour w/ a good dousing of a grassy olive oil along side a quickly BBQ’d piece of protein.
Roasted](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1732601367697-ORJLGQI474ODH8FMI2HR/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[ potato salad ]
Potato, green harissa, green beans, watercress & greek yoghurt - perfect with tonight’s french tarragon & Parmesan crumbed beef schnitzel.
#greenharissa
#potatosalad
#keepitdelicious
#keepitsimple
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![…..[ the season ]
Tastes of Christmas….it's begun, moments that are all too simple to get those festive juices flowing. It's the season of self-indulgence for us all and for me it’s about filling the kitchen & Briarwood with](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1732168099247-ZXXFY40YDE1W3H6PIEN0/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[ louise slice ]
But with a twist! Quince Louise slice - a kiwi classic with a sophisticated twist using one of many jars of last seasons quince + star anise jam that I made. I do wonder what Princess Louise of England, Queen Victorias dau](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1731732120919-5LK6O89717B429NATHJR/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[🍓🍓🍓]
Strawberry & vanilla bean crumble:
Crisps, crumbles or cobblers, some of the easiest and most versatile fruit desserts out there, made in a moment for a not so warm Greytown spring evening.
#keepitdelicious
#keepitsimple
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![…..[ 🌺 🌺 🌺 ]
In a vase on Sunday…..](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1729977293761-YW4UISOJJH3U7WK65L82/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[ 🍃🍃🍃 ]
A tiny stretch of our garden, to be honest a favourite, slightly unkept and scruffy, it’s when it's like this I enjoy it the most with it’s rambles, unkept and unwanted foliage from the season just been and its vibra](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1729757103435-L7HFP3SQUPLZ9OJMWDPA/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[ 🍫🍫🍫 ]
Jesus Christ man! Sorry but not sorry - Salted Caramel Millionaires Shortbread!
Enough said!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1729656617204-RJI4A4L5WLP77YY2EOL8/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[ 🍓 🍓 🍓 ]
Salted chocolate + strawberry tart
The taste of summer and the appearance of road side vendors selling large punnets of strawberries and fruit is finally here. Which means my favourite, gooseberries are next in line! but for](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1729400574534-Y3QOFMMXBGK9KJFBM4ZD/image-asset.jpeg)
![…..[ tulips ]
Nearly the last of the tulips at Briarwood, with just a handful of these potted beauties left w/ their emerald green beaks, the 'Irene Parrot' & the 'Rococo Parrot’ will be transferred from there humble outdoor plastic](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fffe72d6384c14b434efe4/1728864547660-NB4NIZIAXJ461YJH1QIC/image-asset.jpeg)