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Family-friendly baking recipes made with love in Aotearoa.

A stack of no-bake mint slice on a wooden board.

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Naomi Toilalo

Naomi Toilalo

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Ko Naomi Toilalo ahau - I am Naomi Toilalo.

Welcome to my kāuta (kitchen), where I share delicious recipes and my kete of te reo Māori (basket of the Māori language). I have been sharing bi-lingual recipes and videos on my Whānaukai Instagram and Facebook page for the past five years. Whānaukai is a casual joining together of two common words in te reo Māori. Whānau means family and kai means food. When whānau and kai come together memories are made and people are blessed. This is what I hope for you all.

Through this website, I present to you an easy way to access my content in one beautiful space. You will find in-depth recipes and videos that will guide you through the process of baking the things I love. On top of that, I will teach you little snippets of te reo Māori because I yearn for the preservation of our beautiful language here in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Nau mai, whakatau mai nei ki tōku kāuta - welcome to my kitchen. I am so glad you are here!

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A freshly baked milk bread is being pulled apart by hands revealing the round circle texture inside the bread.

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Freshly baked Buckey cookies are on brown baking paper. They have a chocolate cookie, peanut butter truffle, chocolate on top with a chocolate decoration on each one.

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A slice no-bake peanut butter pie is on a speckled plate, fork marks are seen through the front of the slice revealing the inside. Chocolate biscuit base with peanut butter filling, chocolate top and mini peanut butter cups.

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E te whānau, I love celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo M E te whānau, I love celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori with @picspeanutbutter so let me know what you think of these bad boys! 🩷

PIHIKETE E KIKĪ ANA KI TE PATA PĪNATI — PEANUT BUTTER STUFFED COOKIES 🍪🥜

Te Pokenga Pihikete — The Biscuit Dough:
    110 g pata (butter)
    ¼ teaspoon tote (salt)
    ½ teaspoon hinamona kuoro (ground cinnamon)
    ½ C (100 g) huka hāura (brown sugar)
    ¼ C (55 g) huka one (caster sugar)
    2 teaspoon wanira (vanilla)
    1 tōhua hēki (egg yolk)
    1 C (150 g) puehu parāoa noa (plain flour)
    12 large teaspoon (200 g) pata pīnati kakukaku (crunchy  peanut butter)
    120–160 g tiakarete parauri (50% dark chocolate)

Huka Hinamona — Cinnamon Sugar:
    1    2 tablespoon huka one
    2    2 teaspoon hinamona kuoro

🔥 Preheat oven to 170°C fan bake and line two trays with baking paper.

Spoon 12–16 teaspoons of pata pīnati (peanut butter) onto a lined tray and freeze for 10 minutes.

Melt pata (butter), tote (salt) and hinamona (cinnamon) over low heat or in the microwave. Stir in both huka (sugars and wanira (vanilla) until smooth. Add tōhua hēki (egg yolk) and whip for 30 seconds, then mix in the puehu parāoa (flour).

Divide dough into 12–16 balls. Flatten each in your palm, add two pieces of tiakarete (chocolate) and chilled peanut butter to the centre. Seal, roll into a ball and flatten slightly.

Mix huka one (caster sugar) and hinamona (cinnamon) in a bowl. Roll each cookie in the huka hinamona (cinnamon sugar), coating all sides.

Place 6 cookies on each tray and bake separately for 12–14 minutes. ✨
E te whānau, I just know that this No-bake Mint Sl E te whānau, I just know that this No-bake Mint Slice will become a new favourite. So easy to make and super tasty! 🤤 

If you want the written recipe and full video sent to your DMs, type MINTY in the comments. 🙌🏽👌🏼

This is Episode 2 of The Giving Series 5.0 and is proudly funded by @te_mangai_paho and @pams.nz 💝 

Videography and photography by @thesaarahproject 

Mātanga Reo (reo adviser) @mynameisniwa 

Baking and gift delivery by @ellajeketone 

Music by @toilalo
This weeks Kīwaha o te Wiki (Phrase of the Week) i This weeks Kīwaha o te Wiki (Phrase of the Week) is brought to you on beautiful Ruapehu! 

Mea rawa ake - neck minute! Do you guys like this one!? 👌🏼 

The Kīwaha o te wiki series are blamed with funding from @te_mangai_paho
Ko te kīwaha o te wiki - the phrase of the week! Ko te kīwaha o te wiki - the phrase of the week! 

This one is a good to replace the words easy peasy in your week! Rarawe noa iho - easy as! 

This series is made with the help of @te_mangai_paho 

Kia pai te mutunga wiki e te whānau - have a great weekend! 👌🏼🙌🏽
Make your favourite salmon bagels 🥯at home for the Make your favourite salmon bagels 🥯at home for the fraction of the cost! Find out how to make your own bagels on the previous reel 💝
Want to make bagels at home? 🥯 They are so simple Want to make bagels at home? 🥯 They are so simple and super delicious! 🤤 

It was so much fun to make these and give them away  for the first episode of The Giving Series 5.0, packed with a with a full @pams.nz hamper. 

If you want the written recipe, type BAGELS in the comments and I will send it your way! 🫶🏼

This series is beautifully funded by @te_mangai_paho and @pams.nz 💝.

Videography and photography by @thesaarahproject 

Reo adviser @mynameisniwa 

Music created by @toilalo
Ko te kīwaha o te wiki - the phrase of the week. I Ko te kīwaha o te wiki - the phrase of the week. I use this one all the time and I hope you can find ways to use it too! 

This is the breakdown from Te Aka: 

Ko tāua tēnā/ko tātou tēnā:
That's us, we're for that, we're into that, what a good idea, count us in - an idiom used to express agreement or support for someone else's statement or suggestion.

This series is made with help by @te_mangai_paho 
Mātanga reo (Reo expert) @mynameisniwa
It is that time again when @freshboxnz are offerin It is that time again when @freshboxnz are offering $275 worth of kai for $89.99. It is such an epic deal and sells out so quickly so get in asap! There is so much delicious kai in these boxes, check out my story to see exactly what they are. 🙌🏽 The website will go live tomorrow (Thursday) at midday. 

As part of the box, I cooked up the new @beakandsonsnz Sweet and Spicy Hot Honey Ribs. 🤤 This flavour won't be in stores until October so you get to try them first! 👌🏼 They are made in ten minutes and are soooooo good.
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