Richard's Real Kitchen

03/07/2026

The forecast for next week is unrelentingly wet and cold.

The dinner forecast from us here at RRK is much more positive.
There's a bunch of great meals coming next week to keep you well nourished and warmed from the inside out.

Don't forget to check out the frozen meal and soup choices!
We're here to make dinner for you.

Beef Goulash: a really lovely beef braise. Tender beef cooed in a beef stock, tomato and paprika sauce. Garnished with sour cream and served with buttered macaroni. I love this dish. Reminds me of my mothers cooking.

Chicken Cacciatore: Chicken cooked with tomato, olives, capers, herbs onions and garlic. An Italian country classic. Served with roasted paprika potatoes. (GF, DF)

Vegetable and Chickpea Curry: Many many types of vegetable in a lovely gentle coconut cream curry sauce. It feels like just the other day we made this and we sold out so quickly. Ever popular it seems! (GF, DF, V)

Roast Beef Ribeye: with mushroom cream sauce and potato gratin. Simple luxurious and very delicious. (GF)

Coming Wednesday

Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding: roast beef, roast vegetables, peas, rich beef gravy and yorkshire puddings. Everything a roast beef meal should be.

Braised Lamb Shanks: with mash, roasted carrots and a rich gravy. Fall off the bone tender! They will probably sell out again. (GF, DF)

The above are available in single and family portions, and there's the big range of 30 plus frozen meal options as well. Looking forward to making your dinner easy and delicious sometime soon

Any questions, fire me an email or give me a call on 021813235.
- Richard

26/06/2026

Winter weather calls for hearty winter nourishment. Here's what we'll be cooking next week to provide good quality nourishment ALONG WITH hearty comfort and dining pleasure.

Enjoy the sight of the Southern Alps with snow. They are looking very pretty.

Keep warm, enjoy the sight of snow on the alps and enjoy these great meals coming next week.

Don't forget to check out the frozen meal and soup choices!

We're here to make dinner easy and delicious

Teriyaki Chicken: Chargrilled boneless chicken, finished in teriyaki sauce, and served with basmati and vegetables. Always popular! (GF, DF)

Beef Bourguignon: The prince, maybe even the king of beef braises. With pearl onions, mushrooms, red win, bacon, and of course fall apart tender beef cooked long and slow. Served with baked potato, roasted carrots and garlic butter. It's one of our most popular meals. (GF)

Mushroom Crepes: Tender crepes filled with mushroom, cream and cheese, and baked under cheese sauce. Served with julienne carrot and potato gratin.

Coming Wednesday

Chicken and Spinach Lasagna: a beautiful white lasagna. Chicken, cream, cheeses and served with pesto, Italian Tomato sauce and parmesan.

Coq au Vin: We've not had this off the menu for 10 years and it's always popular. Chicken cooked with red wine, mushroom and onions, served with potato gratin and green beans. (GF)

Braised Lamb Shanks: with mash, roasted carrots and a rich gravy. Fall off the bone tender! They will probably sell out again. (GF, DF)

The above are available in single and family portions, and there's the big range of 30 plus frozen meal options as well. Looking forward to making your dinner easy and delicious sometime soon

Any questions, fire me an email or give me a call on 021813235.
Richard

23/06/2026

Busy day getting ready for tomorrow's fresh meals.

A lot of fresh meal, plus we've stocked up frozen favourites and made a batch of extremely delicious Chicken Broth.

It's very flavoursome and is the perfect remedy when you're feeling unwell with winter colds and flus.

Keep warm, enjoy the sight of snow on the alps and enjoy these great meals coming tomorrow.

Don't forget to check out the frozen meal and soup choices!

We're here to make dinner easy and delicious

Spag Bol: rich, extremely delicious beef ragu on spaghetti with a generous handful of shredded parmesan. Classic comfort food.
Corned Silverside & Mustard Sauce: with mashed potatoes, carrots, parsnips and pearl onions and the delicious mustard sauce.

Braised Lamb Shanks: with mash, roasted carrots and a rich gravy. Fall off the bone tender! They will probably sell out again. (GF, DF)

Braised Beef Pot Pie: Tender beef braise under a pastry crust, with scalloped potatoes and julienne carrot.

Sweet and Sour Chicken: Tender boneless chicken in a lovely sweet and sour sauce. With vegetables and pineapple chunks. Served with basmati. (GF, DF)

Chicken Marbella: Now an RRK Classic. A dish from 1960's New York. Chicken cooked with prunes, capers and green olives in a beautiful rich sauce. Served with potato gratin. (GF)

Pumpkin and Feta Arancini: Crumbed, deep-fried rice balls served with Italian Tomato Sauce, pesto and parmesan. (V)

The above are available in single and family portions, and there's the big range of 30 plus frozen meal options as well.

Looking forward to making your dinner easy and delicious sometime soon

Any questions, fire me an email or give me a call on 021813235.
Richard

19/06/2026

By the time we're making, packing and sending these meals out to you next week, we'll be past the longest night / shortest day.

Do remember that when the days lengthen, the cold strengthens! So proper winter is in front of us.....but it's lovely to know that the days are starting (ever so slowly at 1st) to stretch out again.

Great meals as always, but these are massively popular meals that we struggle to keep up with the demand for. Keep warm, enjoy the sight of snow on the alps and enjoy these great meals coming next week.

Don't forget to check out the frozen meal and soup choices!

We're here to make dinner easy and delicious

Braised Beef Pot Pie: Tender beef braise under a pastry crust, with scalloped potatoes and julienne carrot.

Sweet and Sour Chicken: Tender boneless chicken in a lovely sweet and sour sauce. With vegetables and pineapple chunks. Served with basmati. (GF, DF)

Chicken Marbella: Now an RRK Classic. A dish from 1960's New York. Chicken cooked with prunes, capers and green olives in a beautiful rich sauce. Served with potato gratin. (GF)

Pumpkin and Feta Arancini: Crumbed, deep-fried rice balls served with Italian Tomato Sauce, pesto and parmesan. (V)

Coming Wednesday

Corned Silverside & Mustard Sauce: with mashed potatoes, carrots, parsnips and pearl onions and the delicious mustard sauce.

Braised Lamb Shanks: with mash, roasted carrots and a rich gravy. Fall off the bone tender! They will probably sell out again. (GF, DF)

17/06/2026

More delicious meals. It's another delicious week. Our Beef Stroganoff has a huge army of fans, so they'll be happy. We call our version a Ukranian Stroganoff. Stroganoff being usually associated with imperial Russia. We prefer to make Stroganoff than war. There's plenty else that's delicious this week. Keep warm!

Don't forget to check out the frozen meal and soup choices!

We're here to make dinner easy and delicious
Beef Stroganoff: Beautiful rich bee braise with cream, sour cream. mushrooms, potatoes and julienne carrot. (GF)

Roast, Stuffed, Bacon Wrapped Roast Chicken: The best chicken roast going. It's got everything going for it, then its wrapped in bacon which is proven to improve anything. With roast vegetables, peas and rich cream gravy.

Vegetable and Chickpea Curry: Vegetables too numerous to list in a lovely gentle coconut cream curry sauce, with this chickpeas as well. Served with basmati. (GF. DF, V)

Roast Beef Ribeye: with rich cream mushroom and masala sauce. Served with potato gratin. (GF)

Coming Wednesday

Mushroom Chilaquiles: such a wonderful meal. A Mexican sort of lasagna. Where corn tortillas are the lasagna sheets. With lots of vegetables, mushrooms obviously, sour cream, cheese, salsa and Mexican Red Rice. We've been selling it a long time and it's always popular. A meal from the great 80s Wellington restaurant The Mexican Cantina's Menu. There may be one of 2 of you who remember that place. (V, GF)

Braised Lamb Shanks: with mash, roasted carrots and a rich gravy. Fall off the bone tender! They will probably sell out again. (GF, DF)

12/06/2026

More delicious meals coming next week. It's another delicious week ahead. Our Beef Stroganoff has a huge army of fans, so they'll be happy. We call our version a Ukranian Stroganoff. Stroganoff being usually associated with imperial Russia. We prefer to make Stroganoff than war. There's plenty else that's delicious next week. Keep warm!

Don't forget to check out the frozen meal and soup choices!

We're here to make dinner easy and delicious

Beef Stroganoff: Beautiful rich bee braise with cream, sour cream. mushrooms, potatoes and julienne carrot. (GF)
Roast, Stuffed, Bacon Wrapped Roast Chicken: The best chicken roast going. It's got everything going for it, then its wrapped in bacon which is proven to improve anything. With roast vegetables, peas and rich cream gravy.

Vegetable and Chickpea Curry: Vegetables too numerous to list in a lovely gentle coconut cream curry sauce, with chickpeas as well. Served with basmati. (GF, DF, V)

Roast Beef Ribeye: with rich cream mushroom and masala sauce. Served with potato gratin. (GF)

Coming Wednesday

Mushroom Chilaquiles: such a wonderful meal. A Mexican sort of lasagna. Where corn tortillas are the lasagna sheets. With lots of vegetables, mushrooms obviously, sour cream, cheese, salsa and Mexican Red Rice. We've been selling it a long time and it's always popular. A meal from the great 80s Wellington restaurant
The Mexican Cantina's Menu. There may be one of 2 of you who remember that place. (V, GF)

Braised Lamb Shanks: with mash, roasted carrots and a rich gravy. Fall off the bone tender! They will probably sell out again. (GF, DF)

The above are available in single and family portions, and there's the big range of 30 plus frozen meal options as well.

Looking forward to making your dinner easy and delicious sometime soon

Any questions, fire me an email or give me a call on 021813235.
- Richard

09/06/2026

More delicious meals coming tomorrow. It's a roast-a-thon. They are so popular. It always takes me by surprise, just how popular.

But we're here to serve.

We sold out of last weeks large batch of Lamb Shanks in record time.....about 4 hours! I guess it's lamb shank weather! We're putting our back into producing an even larger batch this week.

Don't forget to check out the frozen meal and soup choices!

We're here to make dinner easy and delicious.

Available from tomorrow, Wednesday

Braised Lamb Shanks: with mash, roasted carrots and a rich gravy. Fall off the bone tender! and an extra, extra large batch this week! (GF, DF)

Beef Rendang: a wonderfully flavoursome, fall apart tender, coconut cream beef curry. A rich and gentle but delicious curry.

We've never had it off the menu for almost 10 years and it's always popular. (GF, DF)

Roast Pork: with roast vegetables, peas, apple cream gravy and crackling. (GF)

Roast Leg-o-Lamb: with roast vegetables, peas, rich gravy and mint jelly. (DF, GF)

Spanish Chicken: Tender boneless chicken cooked with smoked paprika, tomato, red peppers, chorizo, herbs, garlic, onion. Served with lovely smoked paprika potatoes. (GF, DF)

Roast Beef Ribeye: with rich cream mushroom and masala sauce. Served with potato gratin. (GF)

Italian Meatballs with Sweet Tomato Sauce: served with vegetable risone (that's pasta shaped like rice). This is a really super delicious, comforting meal. The sauce is quite exceptionally delicious.

Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie: A wonderfully flavoursome lentil and vegetable "mince" under mash, and served with roasted carrot and parsnip. (GF, DF, V)

The above are available in single and family portions, and there's the big range of 30 plus frozen meal options as well.

Looking forward to making your dinner easy and delicious sometime soon

Any questions, fire me an email or give me a call on 021813235.
- Richard

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05/06/2026

More delicious meals coming next week. Some that we only make every now and then, some of which are personal favourites.

We sold out of last weeks large batch of Lamb Shanks in record time.....about 4 hours! I guess it's lamb shank weather! We're putting our back into producing an even larger batch next week.

Don't forget to check out the frozen meal and soup choices!

We're here to make dinner easy and delicious.

Spanish Chicken: Tender boneless chicken cooked with smoked paprika, tomato, red peppers, chorizo, herbs, garlic, onion. Served with lovely smoked paprika potatoes. (GF, DF)

Roast Beef Ribeye: with rich cream mushroom and masala sauce. Served with potato gratin. (GF)

Italian Meatballs with Sweet Tomato Sauce: served with vegetable risone (that's pasta shaped like rice). This is a really super delicious, comforting meal. The sauce is quite exceptionally delicious.

Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie: A wonderfully flavoursome lentil and vegetable "mince" under mash, and served with roasted carrot and parsnip. (GF, DF, V)

Coming Wednesday

Braised Lamb Shanks: with mash, roasted carrots and a rich gravy. Fall off the bone tender! and an extra, extra large batch this week! (GF, DF)

Beef Rendang: a wonderfully flavoursome, fall apart tender, coconut cream beef curry. A rich and gentle but delicious curry.

We've never had it off the menu for almost 10 years and it's always popular. (GF, DF)

The above are available in single and family portions, and there's the big range of 30 plus frozen meal options as well.

Looking forward to making your dinner easy and delicious sometime soon

Any questions, fire me an email or give me a call on 021813235.
Richard

29/05/2026

Happy long weekend!

Here's what we've made for the fresh menu this long weekend and into the week.

Available Tuesday and also the additions for Wednesday.
We're here to make dinner easy and delicious.

Roast Beef Ribeye: with rich cream mushroom and masala sauce. Served with potato gratin. (GF)

Beef Bourguignon: A superb beef bourguignon. Baked potato, garlic butter and roasted carrots accompany the rich, red winey, mushroom, bacon, pearl onion enhanced rich beef braise. It's a really excellent meal. (GF)

Mushroom Streudel: mushroom and cheeses within a filo streusel. Served with potato gratin and julienne carrot. (V)

Chicken Marbella: Chicken cooked with prunes, olives, capers, wine and herbs. served with potato gratin. A really delicious chicken meal. (GF)

Coming Wednesday

Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding: with rich beef gravy, roast vegetables, peas and those delicious Yorkshire puddings.

Braised Lamb Shanks: with mash, roasted carrots and a rich gravy. Fall off the bone tender! (GF, DF)

The above are available in single and family portions, and there's the big range of 30 plus frozen meal options as well.

Looking forward to making your dinner easy and delicious sometime soon

Any questions, fire me an email or give me a call on 021813235.
Richard

26/05/2026

Shanks and our delicious Chicken and Spinach Lasagna join the fresh menu tomorrow.

More mushroom soup too, so that's back on the menu.
Everything is coming up roses!

Don't forget the big frozen meal range!
We're here to make dinner easy and delicious.

Available from tomorrow, Wednesday

Chicken and Spinach Lasagna: A lovely white lasagna. Chicken mince, cream, cream cheese, cheese, vegetables and spinach. Served with Italian tomato sauce, pesto and parmesan.

Braised Lamb Shanks: with mash, roasted carrots and a rich gravy. Fall off the bone tender! (GF, DF)

Panko Crumbed Chicken Schnitzel: with ham, Italian Tomato Sauce, Mozzarella, and Paprika Potatoes.

Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf: A great meatloaf, made better by being wrapped in bacon! Served with mash, a rich browned onion gravy and green beans. (GF)

Roast Beef Ribeye: with rich cream mushroom and masala sauce. Served with potato gratin. (GF)

Teriyaki Chicken: chargrilled boneless chicken finished in teriyaki glaze. Served with basmati and vegetables. The last batch just evaporated from our shelves in record time! (GF, DF)

The above are available in single and family portions, and there's the big range of 30 plus frozen meal options as well.

Looking forward to making your dinner easy and delicious sometime soon.

Any questions, fire me an email or give me a call on 021813235.
Richard