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…
Healthy Recipes
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…
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…
Tom’s Famous Soup
In my house, we call this soup “Tom’s Famous Soup” – the tastiest vegetable soup. It’s famous because, Thomas, our 10-year old son, created this recipe from scratch one afternoon and we all loved it so much that he made it again, and again and…. Any moms dream, right?! And the name just developed, like,…
Creamy Potato and Celery Soup
Like I mentioned last month, I love soup and it’s the reason I’m posting a soup recipe again this month. If you are a soup lover too, you’ll find all my favourite soup recipes here. This soup recipe was one of those where I just added some veggies to a baking tray and hoped for…
Curried Bean and Potato Vegan Stew
I have been wanting to make a vegan bean curry for a while now and although this is half stew and half curry, so technically a curry-stew, it is so wholesome and delicious that I’m happy to call this the bean curry I have been looking for. It’s definitely going to be a staple in…
20-Minute Tuna Fish Cakes
Quick and easy, this delicious 20-minute tuna fish cakes recipe is a winner all round and is a regular feature on our menu plan. They are made from tinned tuna and other basic fridge and pantry staples. I am always surprised at how quickly these fish cakes are made, cooked and ready to eat. You’ll never look…
One Pan Turmeric Rice and Beans
There are so many things to love about this Turmeric Rice and Beans dish. Firstly, it’s a one pan meal which makes me just as happy as when someone says “sheet cake” – it’s in the same league, they are one pan, one mess wonders. Music to my kitchen sink.
Tomato and Basil Chickpea Pasta
It’s not everyday that I come across a really easy recipe with simple ingredients that doesn’t require a lot of editing from me. And sometimes I think I come across them – on paper they appear promising only to be let down by the flavour in the end. And that is why I am SO…
Vegan Spaghetti Bolognaise
This Vegan Spaghetti Bolognaise recipe has its own kind of love language going on. It’s talking in fried mushrooms and simmered tomatoes and singing in cloves and carrots and dancing in red wine and mixed herbs. Oh yes, you’ll feel the love with each mouthful of this moreish vegan dish. Nevermind the spaghetti, you can…
Cauliflower and Chickpea Vegan Tikka Masala
This Vegan Tikka Masala with cauliflowers and chickpeas is a healthy yet scrumptious meal packed with protein, fibre and nutrients, but also, it’s flavour is rich and oh-so-spicy. It really does leave you feeling happy to be Vegan, even if it’s only for one meal! It is a great meatless Monday recipe as the prep…
