Happy Friday everyone! I hope you’ve all had a good week as we head into the month of August.
This week has been a big one for us behind the scenes. We met with some amazing people, had a sample of an exciting new product arrive, had an stellar Once’it sale, and started to plan our stand for the NZ Gift Fair! With so much planning and the to do lists growing, stress levels have gotten a bit high. And when stress rolls around, the comforts come out.
This week’s round up is influenced by things that represent comfort to me – as you can see, I rely a lot on cooking and wine in times like these!
Have a great weekend everyone – I’m personally super excited to attend the Auckland Food Show on Saturday and eat way too many tasters.
- Linen Striped Paonia Tablecloth from Portugal.
- Beautiful wine packaging designed by Australian company Picturelab.
- Comfort and cheese platters go hand and hand.
- Fun metric ceramic crocks – currently on sale!
- One can never have too many nesting serving bowls.
- Roasted beetroot and goat cheese tart – yum!
Tonight I tried a new cookie recipe - and let me tell you – yum!
When I read this recipe and it said that it contains no flour, sugar, oil, butter, or eggs I had my suspicions but they just looked so good. So straight after work I made my way to the supermarket buying the missing ingredients. Prep-time took approximately 10 minutes and with bake time only being an additional 10-15 minutes, these cookies are perfect for midweek baking.
Enjoy!
Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups canned* chickpeas, well-rinsed and patted dry with a paper towel
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons (165 grams) natural peanut butter (I used 100% pure nutz)
1/4 cup (80 grams) honey (I added a bit more due to peanut butter being quite dry)
1 teaspoon baking powder
a pinch of salt (if your peanut butter doesn’t have salt in it)
1/2 cup (90 grams) chocolate chips
* My can was a 390 gram can and used 2 full cans
** I added in a bit of cinnamon for extra flavour**
Directions:
Preheat your oven to 350°F / 175°C.
Combine all the ingredients, except for the chocolate chips, in a food processor and process until very smooth. Make sure to scrape the sides and the top to get the little chunks of chickpeas and process again until they’re combined.
Put in the chocolate chips and stir it if you can, or pulse it once or twice. The mixture will be very thick and sticky.
With wet hands, form into 1 1/2? balls. Place onto a piece of parchment paper. If you want them to look more like normal cookies, press down slightly on the balls. They don’t do much rising. Bake for about 10-15 minutes.
Yields about fourteen cookie dough balls.
Well Friday is here yet again and June is already halfway gone!
This week I’ve unfortunately had the flu and let me tell you, I wish this upon no one. It has zapped all my energy and landed me straight on the couch. On the upside, I’ve started watching Boston Legal from season 1 and am thoroughly entertained!
With spending so much time at home under blankets I have had some big baking cravings. So this week’s roundup is inspired by winter afternoons and the comfort they can bring.
- Amazing Lemon Blueberry Muffin recipe from Casey Leigh.
- Beautiful rustic, full kitchen apron handmade in Minnesota.
- Simply stunning Fantail tea towel available at Father Rabbit, designed by Bayley Collins from Birdinabunnysuit.
- The new Petite Kitchen Recipe Journal – want.
- Oversized mugs are the best in winter – perfect for hot coco, soup and massive amounts of coffee.
- Giving away some baking treats to some lucky friends? Get some fun packaging from Little Ink to make them extra special.
Just as a reminder our upcoming markets are:
- Tamaki Drive Mid Winter Christmas Evening Market – 21 June at 6pm
- Auckland Art & Craft Market – 29 June from 11am – 3pm
Have a great weekend everyone!
This week the weather has certainly changed to an Autumn feel. With the weather cooling down, rain becoming more constant – my urge to start cooking warm, comfort meals has increased immensely. This week I tried for the first time My Food Bag – a great new company here in Auckland started by nutrionist and 2011 MasterChef winner – Nadia Lim. On Sunday three big bags of food arrived along with four recipes to cook healthy meals during the week. The recipes have proven to be absolutely delicious and quite generous creating leftovers for lunch every time! Not only has this service made it so we no longer have to go grocery shopping – but it’s having us eat new meals every night that we know are well balanced and easy to cook.
Of course with so much cooking, it makes me want to start upgrading some of my kitchen tools! With that I leave you with this inspirational country kitchen roundup.
Have a good weekend everyone!
- The perfect scarf for you to go and look around the farmers market by Cloth & Ink
- Love the handmade look of these bowls.
- Would love to have a set of these baskets around the kitchen and house!
- If there is one thing I’m learning – you can never have enough cutting boards.
- Beautiful French linen will surely spruce up any kitchen.
- Kitchen art at its best.
- Love everything about this reclaimed wood storage unit – just perfect.
I can’t lie – I’m a bit smitten with this Spring / Easter / pastel / enchanting weekly roundup that magically came together on my screen this week!
This post is the last from us until next week as we’re super excited to report the Toodles Noodles team is going on a mini holiday! Liora’s parents are flying in from California and everyone is headed down to Wanaka for a lovely 9 days of wine tasting, sunshine, Fiordland touring, cheese eating, coffee drinking, relaxing bliss! You can most likely see what we’re up to via our Facebook page, Twitter, and Instragram accounts as you know Liora can’t resist snapping away.
Hope you all have a very lovely long weekend and enjoy your Easter / Passover this week!
- Jo Malone has introduced a limited edition collection named “Sugar and Spice” – with names like Ginger Biscuit and Lemon Tart, just spritz and bon appetit!
- Caribou Coffee this week released their new branding with the slogans like “Life is short. Stay awake for it.”
- As you are all are well aware I love cheese platters, loving this clever design by Caroline Gomez.
- SpaRitual has released a new line for Spring titled Meditate, all of these colours are perfectly soothing and calming.
- Soaked Lemon, Poppy Seed and Olive Oil Cakes - YUM!
- J.Crew has teamed up with London’s Liberty Art Fabrics, famous since 1875 for for its eye-popping florals and paisleys.
Have a fantastic long weekend everyone and we’ll be back after next week! x
I’m in two minds about baking lately. I do miss the tranquility and satisfaction it gives me but at the same time, since starting to eat clean about a year ago, anytime I have a piece of pastry my body automatically rejects it. The solution? Find recipes that use very minimal butter, oil, sugar, and sweetness in general.
This evening I had a serious urge to do some baking. The last time I baked was over the Christmas break where I made some “healthy” oatmeal chocolate chunk cookies and they were fantastic. The problem? I went to find the recipe again tonight and couldn’t remember when I grabbed it from. The happy result was finding a recipe for peanut butter oatmeal cookies – win!
The only alterations I made to Ambitious Kitchen‘s recipe was:
- adding 1 teaspoon of cinammon
- using a total of 2 teaspoons vanilla
- using Whittaker’s 72% Dark Ghana Chocolate Sante Block for chocolate chunks
The cookies came out fantastically fluffy, not too sweet, generously sized and only took 9 minutes in the oven. An absolute hit.
Hello everyone – can I get a big hip hip hooray for Friday?!
What a week – we’ve been going non stop since….well I think the last 14 days! The Gift Fair this past week was a great success and am excited to announce that we have about 20 new retailers in cities including Hanmer Springs, Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland, and Taupo! It’s so exciting to see how this company has gone from an idea back in March 2011 to a full business just 2 years later! I cannot say it enough, this all could not be possible without your constant feedback and support – so thank you all very very much!
Just a couple other announcements, we are currently having a FLASH SALE on our Facebook page for all the new tote bags and fabric giftwrap! Sale ends noon, Friday NZDT so get in quick. Stock may be unlimited but the sale is so make sure to stock on up! Also, we will be back at the Ponsonby Central Carpark Market this Sunday from 10 – 3 so if you’re in the neighbourhood make sure to hop on over and check it out!
- Chai tea smores sound sinfully delicious and like the perfect treat after a long week!
- Love the simplicity of this pencil set from Father Rabbit.
- Printed on real maple wood in their studio in Ohio, these invites are perfect for all those farm weddings!
- Looking for that gift for the person who has everything? Well, I think you found it…
- These 100% cotton scarves are perfect for every outfit in any season.
- Saw these guys at the Gift Fair and just loved their design and smell, plus NZ made - bonus!
Have a fantastic everyone and hope to see some of you on Sunday! x
Hello everyone – did you have a lovely Valentine’s Day? Ours was a bit untraditional this year! I personally had a training session with my amazing friend and trainer Charlotte then came home and cooked my Mr. a new recipe of prawn & noodle salad. That’s two nights in a row of cooking new dinners from recipes found in magazines – both needing a bit of tweaking – but once “personalised” – they will go up on the blog!
This weekend we will be at the grand opening of the Ponsoby Central Markets! We’re super excited to get back into the specialty food market scene as we miss our lovely friends over at City Market in Wellington. You can find us at Ponsonby at their new amazing markets:
February: 17th and 24th
March: 3rd and 10th
We’ll be showing off some new designs not available yet online and the newest collections of the baking decorations as well! Fingers crossed for good weather and some familiar faces in the crowd!
This week’s roundup is mostly brought to you by some amazing Etsy talent:
- I’m a big sucker when it comes to lemony desserts – and with baking a special birthday cake next week – I have my eye on this cheesecake!
- Absolutely love these porcelain hanging plant holders.
- This desk made out of oak and steel is just a dream!
- These bracelets out of Lithuania just scream summer and make the perfect accessory.
- Saw these personalised mugs earlier this week and fell in love! What a perfect wedding gift!
- Speaking of wedding gifts – this cutting board is just lovely.
I hope you all have had a fantastic week and have fun weekend plans! And if you do live in the Auckland area, I hope you do say hello on Sunday if you are in the Ponsonby area! x
I’m starting to think we should always have a public holiday on a Wednesday – it’s a great way to get through the week! Though I have to admit I did have a moment when I thought it was Saturday! We’ve had quite a week in TN HQ – getting ready for the trade expo at the end of the month, restocking some of our lovely stockists, and making some changes around our Etsy and Felt shops! More on that to be announced soon but you may have noticed that we now offer FREE shipping on all our items if ordered from Etsy to any New Zealand location! Woohoo!
I hope you all have had a lovely week and have great plans for the weekend. We’re headed to Taupo to a fun farm wedding! We’re quite excited for the glam camping by Wildersnest and to help with the styling on the day!
- Love the elegant touch this geometric necklace provides!
- These latte bowls are the perfect size for anything and everything – just the best.
- How precious are these alphabet trays?!
- 15 minutes Thin Mints made from 3 ingredients, winner!
- Absolutely love these vases – spotted them about a year ago and still love them!
- Tell them how you feel with these lovely vintage push pins.
Hope you’ve enjoyed this weeks roundup and have a fantastic weekend! x
What a beautiful summer New Zealand has been experiencing these past few weeks! I don’t think I’ve had this kind of heat and clear blue skies in years – and am loving it!
One of the great things about living in Auckland compared to Wellington is that people love to wear colour – it reminds me of when I moved from San Francisco to Los Angeles. You go from an all black wardrobe to an assortment of brights and patterns - something this designer loves! One can’t help but feel vibrant and happy when surrounded by brights!
A lot of new things have been buzzing in the studio this past week! We released our latest addition to the shop: baking decorations! Here you can find cake and cupcake toppers in all our designs. And don’t forget, just like with any of our work – have something in mind but don’t see it online – let us know and we can custom make it!
We’re also working furisouly away getting ready for the New Zealand Gift and Homeware Fair - our first trade show! Not to mention working on two new products to be released soon and a few markets coming up as well! All to be released in detail soon..!
Now enough talking and onto link sharing:
- Vibrant streamers and pom poms light up this barn in a heart felt Main wedding.
- Loving the typography treatment on this poster by Luke Williams.
- Gluten free has never looked so good – beautiful packaging by Nancy Hope.
- In love with this hand painted flower garland cake topper – what attention to detail!
- We found this shop earlier this week on Etsy and fell in LOVE – everything is just amazing!
- Rhubarb Ice Cream with Oatmeal Shortbread, don’t mind if we do.
- J.Crew has come out with a new line of boat shoes – I’ll take one in every colour and pattern please.
I hope you all have a great weekend and stay tuned for more announcements and February’s wallpapers! x
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