Great weekend fishing, and we got some lovely Kahawai. This fish, I find, is best smoked and even better when you have a good man in the house to do that! We love it and the kids go crazy over smoked fish. We ended up making fish cakes and inviting the neighbours over for dinner.

The boys went diving and came back with some whopper mussels among other seafood. I was so excited as I love the fruits of the sea. I have said this time and time again but we really are lucky in New Zealand with our seafood!

Fresh Mussel Fritters
24 large mussels
3 spring onion stalks chopped
heap of fresh parsley chopped
1 red onion diced
3 eggs
flour to bind
salt and pepper
cooking oil

Part steam the mussels, remove from shell, clean and dice. Place in the dish with the rest of the ingredients and mix with enough flour to bind (not to much as you will loose that mussel flavour).

You are looking for a doughy consistency.

Place in fridge for 30 minutes before frying with a little oil.

Serve with a fresh slice of lemon.