These homemade chicken burgers are a real favourite in our household and make for an easy weeknight dinner or weekend lunch when entertaining. They’re simple, they’re fresh, they’re incredible tasty. Go ahead and enjoy them as is (served with crisp iceberg and my cheat’s spiced mayo) or why not pimp them up with all sorts […]
Made in minutes, this stir fry is everything I love in a dish. It’s spicy, salty, sour and just a little bit sweet. If you’re a newbie to cooking (and eating) tofu at home, then this recipe is for you. All you have to do is throw a wok on the stove to get nice […]
I thought up of this salad while writing the recipe for my parsnip, pepita and parmesan side dish. Here I was banging on about my love of alliteration. At the same time I was adding curry powder to some yoghurt to make the base for a coleslaw dressing for my lunch – seeing as though […]
Eating salad doesn’t have to be boring. It shouldn’t be hard to make. You don’t need to overcomplicate things. Take this humble roasted Brussel sprout number made with a tin of brown lentils, a scattering of walnuts and dried cranberries and some freshly chopped kale. Toss it all together with a bit of spiced tahini […]
This is my kind of cooking. Flavoursome, healthy, interesting and most importantly – easy! The perfect weeknight dinner or as an accompaniment to a casual bbq – I’m always looking for ways to jazz up the humble cooked snag! A simple and humble roast vegetable and bean traybake served on a bed of a refreshingly […]
Toothpick meatballs. Why are they called that? Because they’re best eaten with a toothpick. Simple as that. This isn’t very complicated stuff here. Simply throw everything together into a bowl, get in there with your hands and roll out into small balls before frying them in a bit of olive oil. Succulent and juicy, they […]
These are seriously easy to make. Take some roast veggies, whack in a bit of cheese and some pesto, don’t worry about how messy your pastry work is and throw in the oven. Crunchy and golden filo pastry on the outside with an incredibly tasty and moreish veggie filling on the inside, make these once […]
I can’t get enough of these fully loaded salad plates that I’ve been making for Corks and me lately. Making, more like totally devouring, I should say. Apart from having plenty of roast veggies, they’re jam packed full of fresh salad ingredients and either tinned salmon or tuna, boiled eggs, crispy lentils or tofu. Brown […]
What do you usually cook on the barbie? Snags? Rissoles? A piece of steak? Occasionally we’ll do a butterflied leg of lamb or I’ll make my own kebabs. I’ve recently stumbled across this Greek marinated chicken recipe though. It’s seriously the easiest thing in the world to make and will be on rotation in our […]
One can only cook spaghetti bolognese so many times. So here’s another way with mince. My girls love these easy and delicious beef kofta’s for something a little different. Anything on a stick seems to be a hit in our house at the moment (thinking back to our honey soy chicken kebabs and Teriyaki salmon […]
I’ve been making this simple chicken dish for my girls for years but have never thought about sharing the recipe – it’s so simple that it doesn’t really need one. You’ll notice that I don’t put exact amounts of ingredients for the sauce – it’s “a bit of this”, “bit of that” kind of number. […]
This recipe is so good for so many reasons. It’s a great way to use up a leftover barbecue chook. It’s a great meal to make ahead of time to reheat when you have guests coming over. It’s healthy, fast, delicious and simple. Perfect for a weeknight dinner or to have in the fridge for […]
Yikes. Where do I start? I want to open a little Middle Eastern roadside stall. I’ll set up my giant paella pan and’ll stand there cooking perfectly fresh flatbreads made to order before smothering a generous blob of garlic-y hummus on top and then piling it up high with this sweet, sticky and salty grilled […]
My sister Elles Belles went to a dinner party recently. The host, Christine, who in her words “is a beautiful cook”, put on a magnificent spread; she sent me a photo and boy did it look good. From memory there was a bean dish, a loaf of homemade bread and a few scrummy looking salads. […]
This would have to be the most satisfying dish that I’ve cooked in a very long time. If you’re a stranger to using tofu – I strongly urge you to give this stir fry a go. I can’t get enough of it, it’s so tasty. Quick, easy and light, the firm tofu in the sticky, […]
I’m really excited about this recipe. Excited because it’s so easy to make. Excited because it tastes great. Excited because it feeds a crowd. Excited because you can make it ahead of time. I know pasta bakes are pretty daggy but they serve their purpose as an easy family meal. This recipe uses a store-bought […]
Busy week here with our beautiful Annabelle darling turning seven. You know how kids birthdays seem to go for days! We’ve taken cupcakes to school, made the birthday cake, filled the piñata, blown up balloons, written invitations and wrapped presents. A jam packed weekend, we’re heading to our nations capital this arvo to watch the […]
Our best mate Geoff just bought a sous vide machine. A really good cook, you’d be hard pressed finding anyone who could grill a steak on the barbie better than Geoff. Geoff’s buying sous vide machines and I’m making curried sausages. Curried sausages that Nee, following in her late mum Lyn’s footsteps often makes when […]
I’ve just sat down to my computer for the first time in what feels like forever. I have so many software updates to do – (Hit DELETE, DELETE, DELETE) and if Apple tells me that I have to ‘manage my storage’ one more time I’m going to scream. Too busy have I been making sushi […]
You should of seen the size of the fox crossing the road this morning just outside the girls’ school! Trotting along like it owned the joint. Why did the chicken cross the road? I don’t know? To get away from the fox? Note to self: double, triple check that our chook house is fox proof. […]
