This exceptionally simple yet moreish Broccoli Salad is the yummiest thing I have tasted this year! It has the perfect combination of flavours and textures and the dressing, the dressing! Don’t get me started on the dressing! You just have to try it for yourself. It is lunch, it is dinner, it is a side…
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Easy Egg-Fried Rice
What on earth to make for dinner? There is nothing in the fridge or freezer and dinner is looking like spaghetti on toast. Or Bovril. Or maybe just butter. Until you read this easy egg-fried rice recipe and you start doing a little shimmy shake with your shoulders. And the reason you’re shimmy shaking is…
Traditional Basque Cake
Tasty Basque cake! It is basically a tart with custard inside together with a heavenly taste of almond essence. Yummy! We first had this when we travelled to Spain to do the Camino De Santiago de Compostela with our kids. Our very first night was a communal pilgrims meal and this was the dessert. It…
Cream of Chicken Soup
A dinner with basic pantry ingredients, this cream of chicken soup recipe really is soup for the soul! My kids love the simplicity of it and I love the fact that it comes together in 20 minutes. And I generally just love soup and the reason I have a whole section dedicated to it. The real secret of this recipe though, is…
Claire’s Famous Chocolate Cake
You know when a recipe makes its way into your kitchen and it’s titled “Claire’s Famous Chocolate Cake” or Susan’s or Mary’s or Jenny’s or Barbara’s or Betty’s then you know, you just know, you’re dealing with something high-level. Something stellar. Revere the recipe with someone’s name on it. The piece of paper carrying those…
Easy Dal Makhani
Easy and delicious vegan eating right here! A simple bowl of Dal Makhani, loaded with Coriander! Spicy and tomatoey, it really is a delight for the taste buds and its nutritious too. The recipe is easy and adaptable – add more spice if you like things on the hot side or tone it down if…
Mini Doughnuts
Bite Me!! These mini doughnuts are a complete and utter treat. I always used to think only bakeries could make doughnuts. But no!! No no no!! We can too!! My goodness, if only I had known how EASY it is to make these melt-in-you-mouth balls of deep-fried dough, I would have tried a lot sooner!…
Tom Kha Gai Soup
Happy New Year beautiful people! Let’s get the year started with a fresh and zesty Tom Kha Gai Soup! Tom Kha Gai soup is an absolute treat! It’s healthy and versatile enough to be turned into a vegetarian dish if needed and the wonderful thing about this soup, is that is is a meal in…
Herbed Roast Beef Fillet
There is something extremely comforting about a roast dinner. Roast beef and roast potatoes and delicious veggies (with cheese sauce!), all lend themselves to that warm feeling of a home-cooked meal and I love it. This particular recipe for herbed roast beef fillet is an extremely easy, one-pan recipe that is perfect for sharing with…
Easy Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake
An easy and tasty chicken bake making the perfect family meal. Made with chicken breasts or rotisserie chicken and basic pantry ingredients, this recipe can be made ahead of time and is perfect for freezing. It is a super creamy, super cheesy Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake!
Best Ever Hungarian Goulash
Hungarian Goulash. Oh my. Why did it take me so long to make this? It is so easy, so tasty, so simple. Lately I have been challenging myself to make at least one new recipe every week or at least to repeat a non-traditional dish that we have enjoyed in the past. The idea of…
Mini Custard Tarts
Happy Spring day beautiful people! I like to celebrate the start of spring with a cake or tart, something summery to set the tone for the glorious warm days to come. Now, Custard Tarts topped with berries are just the thing I had in mind but they felt very intimidating. They were the kind of…
