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Smoked Salmon Dip

Simple and easy but best not to think too much about what goes in this one.

Ingredients

  • 250g full fat cream cheese
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1/4 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tins of smoked salmon
  • 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind
  • 2 teaspoons of lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons of french mustard
  • 4 shallots
  • 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
  • Salt and pepper

Method

Beat cream cheese until smooth, add sour cream and mayonnaise, beat until smooth.  Fold in drained, chopped salmon, lemon rind, lemon juice, mustard, chopped shallots and parsley, mix well. Season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate.

Zucchini Slice

A simple recipe that’s bound to be  a crowd pleaser.

Ingredients

  • 375g zucchini
  • 1 large onion
  • 3 rashers of bacon
  • 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
  • 1 cup self-raising flour
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 5 eggs
  • salt and pepper

Method:

Grate unpeeled zucchini coarsely. Finely chop onion and bacon. Combine zucchini, bacon, grated cheese, sifted flour, oil and lightly beaten eggs, season with salt and pepper. Pour into well greased dish . Bake in a moderate oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until brown.

Serves 4 to 6

Top 5 Things to do in Dunedin

Born and bred in Dunedin I can honestly put my hand on my heart and say there are some truly awesome things to do in this great city. More often than not tourists (and most New Zealanders) don’t get as far south as Dunedin rather opting to go from Christchurch to Queenstown. Shame on you.

Top 5 Movies

There is nothing better than watching a DVD on a really shitty day and with winter in our midst there will be plenty of opportunities to do just that.

Annoying in the workplace

Over the past 10 years (basically my working life) I have come to hate a number of phrases that seem to bandied around the office. And it has occurred to me that a lot of people take the view that bullshit baffles people.

Dispelling the top 5 myths about Dunedin

There are a number of nasty untruths that put people off visiting this great little city. I would like to dispel the most common misperceptions I hear about my home town here and now.

1. It’s cold in Dunedin. It’s really not that bad. Christmas day 2009 saw the mercury rise to 34 degrees and today as I write this article Dunedin has the national high of 29 degrees. Uni students need to stop being so tight, pay to heat their flats and stop spreading this vicious lie. If you’re looking for a cold city look no further than Wellington