r/nzhomecooks • • Sep 22 '26

2nd (un)official meetup invitation - American thanksgiving & early Christmas potluck party!!

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28 Upvotes

I asked chatgpt again to write for me lol

🎄American Thanksgiving & Early Christmas Party! 🦃

Let’s get together for a cozy potluck night celebrating American Thanksgiving + Christmas! Bring a dish that you’d typically have for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or simply something you love cooking and eating. 😋

This would probably going to be the last meetup of the year. I can’t organise anymore after this one :(

📅 14 November 2026 (Saturday)
🕠 **5:30 PM – 9:**30 PM
📍 Central Auckland — exact location will be shared in the group chat
👥 Maximum 30 people
💰** $10 per person
The $10 covers the venue, catering equipment, and non-alcoholic drinks. This is a **pre-paid, non-refundable event
. Once you RSVP, I’ll DM you the bank details. Payment is required before you’re added to the group chat, where all event details will be shared.
Everyone will also be responsible for helping set up tables/chairs and tidying up afterwards. 😊
🍷BYO non alcoholic drinks - alcohol free lol
🍗 What to bring:
A dish that’s good for American Thanksgiving, Christmas, or something you’d happily cook and share!
Once we reach 15 people, additional RSVPs will go onto a waitlist and I’ll contact you if a spot becomes available.
Come hungry, bring something tasty, and let’s have a warm, slightly chaotic potluck night! 😂🎄


r/nzhomecooks • • Sep 13 '26

(Un)Official Review of the First (Un)Official r/NZHomeCooks Potluck Meetup (in Auckland)

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300 Upvotes

Edit: Next meetup is in Nov

Have you ever wanted to eat what's posted on r/NZHomeCooks - well 11 NZ Home Cooks came together to do exactly that yesterday and left completely stuffed!

Everything was super yummy, 5 out of 5 stars, no notes, if I could eat it again I would; so in regard to that - Fellow attendees - feel free to post the recipe of what you made for the potluck (here or on a separate post) so we can steal remake it at home!

Appetisers/Snacks:

* Chana Chaat Naan Bites

* Salmon Blini

* Mushroom Parfait, with pickled shallots and marinated mushrooms on fresh Sourdough bread

* Buffalo chicken dip, Vegetarian mushroom pâté, Cheeseburger dip plus stuff to dip with

* Pão De Queijo (Brazilian Cheese Bread)

Mains:

* Spicy Pepperoni Pizza

* Dr. Pepper Braised Pork Belly

* Cowboy Cottage Pie

* Lamb Cutlets

* San Bei Ji (Three Cup Chicken)

* Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Chicken Wings

* Tuscan & Bacon Rolled Pork

Sides:

* Baked Crispy Potatoes

* Peach Prosciutto Salad

* Rice (freshly cooked on site)

* Kimchi

Dessert:

* Assorted Cookie Pies - Dubai Chocolate, Lemon Meringue, Custard

* Chocolate Brownies

Thanks to u/LionSuper8293 for organising & sponsoring the venue, u/silvastar88 for the cutlery & plates, u/Minimum_One9348 for the drinks and everyone for helping with set up and pack down!


r/nzhomecooks • • 4h ago

Update

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35 Upvotes

Auntie Dai dumplings

Chicken nibbles

Salahd

All w chilli oil of varying amounts. Chilli oil is 10/10 dumplings are 11/10 could eat 20 more.

Will make noodles another day for sure


r/nzhomecooks • • 7h ago

Gimbap

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49 Upvotes

going to need a a year long detox from gimbap after this


r/nzhomecooks • • 12h ago

Labour Weekend Dinners

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106 Upvotes

Slow-Roasted Crispy Pork Belly, and BBQ Butterflied Roast Chicken with Roasted potatoes and broccoli.


r/nzhomecooks • • 6h ago

Slow cooker pork shoulder

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28 Upvotes

Air fryer pumpkin & hasselback potatoes

Edit, it looks dry but isn’t. My kid is fussy on cuts. Extra pic in comments!


r/nzhomecooks • • 5h ago

Tuna with quinoa and broccoli

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15 Upvotes

Air fryer the tuna, first time cooking tuna


r/nzhomecooks • • 5h ago

Chicken dumplings with pickled cabbage

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9 Upvotes

Rice paper dumplings and a quick cabbage pickle served with rice.


r/nzhomecooks • • 14h ago

What to make tonight?

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9 Upvotes

Bought some chilli oil that I'm excited to try, but I cannot decide what to make for dins... Please give me all your ideas 🙏

Note - we have like no kitchen stuffs, somehow the kitchen box ended up in storage during the move oops. At least we have the good pans and a super sharp knife so it's not all doom and gloom.


r/nzhomecooks • • 1d ago

Tuesday night pizza

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70 Upvotes

Better living everybody <3


r/nzhomecooks • • 1d ago

I wanted a quick easy meal, and it turned out surprisingly good

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46 Upvotes

And it surprised me

Pack of flavorless instant noodles
While they were cooking steamed bok Choy and courgette

Pork scotch fillet cooked with soy sauce , shaoxing wine and doubanjiang chilli bean paste

Quick and easy and tasted real good


r/nzhomecooks • • 1d ago

Bircher muesli with yoghurt and Kiwifruit

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62 Upvotes

First time making bircher muesli, so good and good for you!


r/nzhomecooks • • 1d ago

Beef Kaldereta

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24 Upvotes

In the mood to cook this Filipino dish (taste like or close to beef stew).


r/nzhomecooks • • 1d ago

Gala Pie -pork and egg filling.

11 Upvotes

pork mince, sausage meat and chopped lean bacon filling with a row of hard boiled eggs rolled in garlic salt through the middle.
Cook it in a bread tin to get the depth right.


r/nzhomecooks • • 1d ago

Scotch Eggs.

19 Upvotes

r/nzhomecooks • • 1d ago

Simple tea. Salmon salad and garlic noodles

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14 Upvotes

One of those low inspiration nights so threw it together. Had D&D at 6pm so was rushed.


r/nzhomecooks • • 1d ago

Leftover BBQ lamb steak

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46 Upvotes

With BBQ onions, olives, cream cheese (no feta in the fridge) and chilli flakes on half, even tho the resident kid probably won’t eat it anyway 😅

And dill, cos it’s our herb of choice


r/nzhomecooks • • 2d ago

It's been a bit of a beige weekend

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123 Upvotes

MrsBeekeeper was away for a couple of days, so I had to take care of both the baking and cooking this weekend. It all seems to have been shades of beige for the most part. Delicious, but beige.

In no particular order...

Cheese scones

Porkbelly, mashed potato and cauliflower cheese

Breadmaker white bread (I'm not enough of a baker to try for a sour dough or anything else fancy)

Lamb tagine pies

Apple crumble muffins

Curry franks with shoestring fries


r/nzhomecooks • • 2d ago

Rēwena Type of Day

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78 Upvotes

Weekends are for bread for a few local elders who don’t get it very often. Kids can’t get enough of it either. Coming up 5 years with my bug.


r/nzhomecooks • • 2d ago

Alison Holst cheese muffins and the Edmond Cookbook’s banana cake.

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42 Upvotes

r/nzhomecooks • • 2d ago

BBQ leftovers

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30 Upvotes

Feat. Smeg steak knife. Best free buy ever

Edit to add: wasabi mayo on the steak


r/nzhomecooks • • 2d ago

Pepperoni Sour Dough Pizza On Steel

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28 Upvotes

Got some pizza steels designed and made after watching the “dough guy” on YouTube.
Makes such a difference when cooking in your home oven. 6 minutes and they’re done beautifully.


r/nzhomecooks • • 2d ago

Salad and chicken

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23 Upvotes

You think im eating healthy? I had quiche, bacon & egg bread and instant shin noodles before having this 😋


r/nzhomecooks • • 2d ago

Labour Day

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20 Upvotes

Deep fried chicken knee cartilage with smoky garlic chipotle sauce (not pictured) $9.99/kg. Mum did this cos I haven’t learned to deep fry yet 🙈

Wraps with sous vide bolar beef with onions red wine just $18.99/kg

This fed three people for both lunch and dinner


r/nzhomecooks • • 2d ago

Makeaways Vogel Loaf - how did I do?

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15 Upvotes