NZ 1st day of spring: pies & crumbles in the air

Who DOESN'T LIKE PIE...? eh? :) In USA, most pie looks like:

Not in NZ... Nope. A typical NZ pie is small & one serving:

A NZ co. called "Bakels" hosts a yearly pie baking contest...

for the best small little individual pie...

apparently a bacon & egg recipe won in 2010

HUNGRY YET? Me, too...

I love NZ reality TV... especially the baking shows (of course!)

Easy to understand why cooking shows are popular...

You can turn something like this:

Rhubarb (in case you weren't quite sure)

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and this:

(Apples of course)

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into THIS!

Apple & Rhubarb Crumble - I am making this week.

Exciting!... Note to self: pick up apples & some rhubarb

We made ham, cheese & onion mini muffins last night...

They were yum! Muffin motivation came from this guy:

chef Richard Till who hosts "Kiwi Kitchen"
He also recently made a lovely looking beef stew...

Couple months ago, after watching "Master Chef NZ"...

my spouse took a cooking course! :-)

Brett & Kelly squared off on last season's final of NZ Master Chef

Brett McGregor - winner

but I still want to make runner up Kelly Young's recipe: "Three Way Pineapple Digestive"

(ok the name is a bit unfortunate...)

What yummies are you making tonight?