Ask the experts: Slow-cookers
Q: "I often cook frozen chicken in a Ralta crock pot slow cooker....
Ask the experts: Cooking prawns
Q: "I've tried to cook prawns on the barbecue before, but they were...
Ask the experts: Tender-basted chicken
Q: "Usually I choose to avoid tender-basted chicken. The puncture marks in the...
Ask the experts: Smoked salmon
Q: "I am aware of the health warnings associated with eating too much...
Ask the experts: Salmon and omega-3
Q: "I am 64 and try to eat fresh NZ-farmed salmon at least...
Ask the experts: Surimi
Q: "Surimi is a relatively cheap 'seafood' we like. Fresh fish is so...
Ask the experts: Imported pork
Q: "I've read that a lot of the pork we buy in supermarkets...
Ask the experts: Omega-3 from fish
Q: "I know I should be eating more oily fish for omega-3. However,...
Ask the experts: Processed meats
Nothing beats a fry-up for breakfast and bacon is often the star performer....
Ask the experts: Cholesterol in seafood
Q: "Can you please tell me what the cholesterol level is for mussels,...
Ask the experts: Mercury in fish
Q. "How much tuna can you eat before there is a risk from too...
Ask the experts: Raw chicken
Q: "Do I need to be more careful with raw chicken than other...
How do they produce salmon?
HFG editor Niki Bezzant explains how salmon gets from the hatchery to the...
How do they raise chickens?
HFG senior nutritionist Rose Carr looks at the production of New Zealanders’ most...
How to cook seafood
Sarah Swain demonstrates how to prepare tasty prawns, mussels and squid.
Mussels
Scrub mussels in...
Eight ways with prawns
Niki Bezzant shares some great recipe ideas for your next fish/seafood meal.
1. Prawn...