Annabel Langbein

May 10, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Annabel Langbein |Yvonne Lorkin

Chicken fajitas with tomato chilli jam. Photo / Annabel Langbein MediaAt the Bannockburn hotel recently, I was chatting with the barmaid about the weather and the goings on in the neighbourhood. “It’s been busy all week, everyone’s out foraging,” she said, leading us out the door and pointing up the road to a large apple tree.

May 3, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Annabel Langbein |Yvonne Lorkin

Whip up love on Mother's Day: Three irresistible recipes for mum. Photo / Annabel Langbein Media Like most young women of my era, I was schooled into believing that whatever a man could do, we women could do. Women’s liberation meant that we could, and would, have it all. Unlike my cohort from college, who embarked on careers in medicine and law and politics, my hippie tendencies led me on an outdoors life hunting shooting and fishing out in the wilderness of the New Zealand bush.

Apr 26, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Annabel Langbein |Yvonne Lorkin

Major Grey’s peach chutney. Photo / Annabel Langbein Media There’s a tiny retro coffee caravan, The Good Spot, that I often pass on my drive into Wānaka. It’s run by an enterprising young woman, Polly, who also happens to be an excellent cook. The tiny blackboard menu offers a handful of cooked-to-order classics - bacon butties, toasted sandwiches, a BLT and a particularly delicious breakfast burrito with sambal sauce.

Apr 19, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Annabel Langbein

To make a positive healthy change to your diet, try to incorporate 30 plants per week. Photo / Annabel Langbein Media It can often feel overwhelming to know how to approach eating well. One rule of thumb that I try to live by is the 30 plant challenge. Every week, I try and eat at least 30 different plants in my diet. It might sound like a lot, but the fact that I can include seeds and nuts, grains and legumes, and herbs and spices, makes the challenge remarkably easy to achieve.

Apr 12, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Annabel Langbein |Yvonne Lorkin

GF Plum and Almond Cake. Photo / Annabel Langbein Media I called in to the Webbs roadside fruit stall in Cromwell the other day, as is my habit whenever I’m driving through. The huge fruit sculpture at the entrance to this bustling Central Otago town always acts as a reminder to stop and get some fruit. The place was packed, with people cramming over bins of fruit, rifling through to find the sweetest, juiciest morsels, and the mood was a little frenzied and competitive.