In an effort to eat less meat and more vegetarian meals and of course to be a supporter of Meatless Mondays, I have been looking at how I can make lentils and chickpeas taste good. Let’s be honest, they can be rather bland, yes? BUT!! They are great protein additions and there is hope for…
Rustic French Onion and Mushroom Pasta
This is quite possibly one of the best pastas I have ever tasted. Ever. If I was ever delusional enough to own/run a restaurant, this would definitely feature on the menu. But I like to think that I’m not delusional and I can just post it here instead. Genius. It’s simple and rustic yet full…
Easy Eggless Chocolate Mousse
It’s not that often that I get to tell you about a recipe with just 4 ingredients! It makes me so excited to introduce you guys to a super easy chocolate mousse recipe! I mean with just 4 ingredients it has to be easy, yes? YASSSS! This week, you might have seen on my Instagram…
Beetroot Salad with Honey & Mustard Dressing
Beetroot. Gross, right? I know, that is totally what I used to think too. And then I actually tasted beetroot, beetroot that was slow roasted with butternut together with creamy feta cheese and OMG. I completely converted on the spot. Soon after my beetroot conversion, I discovered this power salad at my son’s school –…
Carrot Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing
Get your stretchy pants on people because carrot cupcakes are here and they are here to stay. The icing is a dessert in itself – the cream cheese is completely heavenly and a natural pairing for carrot cupcakes / cake. I usually reserve this type of icing for carrot cake but now I think to…
Easy Leek and Potato Soup
There are many reasons to love this tasty Leek & Potato soup! Firstly, look at the method, there are 7 ridiculously easy steps. When I look at recipes, I always do a quick glance of the method and it can be an instant turn-on or turn-off for me. Methods shouldn’t be essays, yes?? YES! Secondly, it…
Cheese and Sundried Tomato Pinwheels
Today I am sharing one of my favourite (and ridiculously easy) go-to party food recipes. They go by many names, but I call them pinwheels (made out of puff pastry). Highly popular, I am sure you have come across them already? But have you made them? That is the important question? Essentially, you get…
Old-Fashioned Creamy Fudge (with fudge-making tips)
YASSSSSS! Creamy, ridiculously addictive, old-fashioned fudge! With Condensed Milk!! FUDGE me its good! (sorry) I am going to confess straight up here – this is my 5th time making fudge and its only the first time I have managed to nail it down to the right consistency and taste. That means, I failed FOUR times. Yikes!…
Slow Cooker Beef Ragu
If ever there ever was a reason to buy a slow cooker – this is it. Slow Cooker Beef Ragu. A friend of mine just bought a slow cooker second hand on Gumtree. Clearly the seller ain’t heard of Slow Cooker Beef Ragu. *Shakes head* There really should be a car sticker that says “Don’t…
5-Star Vegetarian Stroganoff
Well hello 5-Star Vegetarian Stroganoff. Helloooo. Uhm does this look yummy or what? Do you see this pan of pasta and sauce right here. Got a visual? Well, it is roll-your-eyes-back-in-your-head tasty. It is also my new FAVOURITE sauce and soon to be your new FAVOURITE sauce too. My husband and I devoured this entire…
Roasted Carrot and Ginger Soup
So weatherwise for February we are actually doing quite well. Friday last week was a SCORCHER. A little “Hello Announcement” from February. I remember this well because we held our littlest boys birthday party on Friday and we had about 300 kids in our swimming pool and I was running around sweating like a gypsy…
Bacon & Broccoli Salad (Yum!!)
Let’s talk about this salad. We first met in a home industry shop. Unlikely place to meet the salad of your dreams, I know. And funnily enough it was just sitting out on the counter as though it were a piece of cake or something. It looked healthy and I was SO hungry and I…
