An ultra simple, easy to make beef stew with carrots and potatoes that the whole family will love. With a very basic ingredient list, this beef stew is still full of flavor and will have you going back for seconds. Use beef chuck for best results. Watch the video to learn more. This easy beef…
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Tomato Beef Casserole
A tasty tomato beef casserole rich in flavour and comforting on cold days. This recipe is easy to follow and takes about 2 hours to cook in the oven, where the meat goes tender and the flavours develop. Yum! This tomato beef casserole is one of those simple dishes that is so rich in flavour that it beckons silence after each…
How to Make Lasagne (and sauce) from Scratch
This homemade lasagne recipe is kid-friendly and easy to follow. It features layers of mince, lasagne sheets, and cheese sauce made from scratch. Pre-cooking lasagne sheets is optional, and for added flavor, variations like creamed spinach or mushrooms are suggested. Cooking time includes baking followed by grilling for a crispy top.
12 + Easy Family-Friendly Weeknight Meals
A friend once said to me, “you know, a question I will probably ask myself until the end of time is, What Should I Cook For Dinner?” And I thought, yip I am going to be asking that question too! We all want to make that daily decision much easier, right? Yes! So here you…
17 Super Easy Soup Recipes
Here you go, 17 easy soup recipes to inspire you on cold or rainy days. Soups, as you may know, is my all-time favourite kind of food and hence the reason I have so many soup recipes on this website. Enjoy them as simple yet wholesome family dinners, especially when you feel like everyone needs…
Easy Lentil Soup
This is a deliciously easy Lentil soup suitable for vegans. It comes together in 45 minutes or less and is packed with wholesome flavours and contains mainly pantry ingredients, hooray! It contains fibre, protein and an array of vitamins which makes this a healthy meal to make over and over again. The recipe will easily serve 4 people.
Easy Homemade Corn Dogs Recipe (step-by-step)
This homemade corn dog recipe comes with a simple list of ingredients and easy to follow step-by-step instructions with photos. The corn dogs are delicious – my boys regularly beg me to make them and I always find myself commenting how surprisingly easy they are to make! In this recipe I will show you what…
Chickpea Salad with Peanut Ginger Dressing
This is an easy-to-assemble salad with a rainbow of vegetables, perfect for lunch, dinner or in-between snacking. It is suitable for vegans and is also packed with fibre and plant protein. The variety of colors means that you will also be getting a variety of nutrients! The peanut ginger dressing gives it a flavorsome Thai…
Gratitude Stew – Best Vegetarian Stew Ever!
I named this vegetarian dish “Gratitude Stew” because I found myself silently narrating the words “Oh Thank youuuuu GOD” after each and every bite hah hah! Every mouthful was just so ridiculously flavoursome that I ate every bite ever so slowly just to savour it even more! Rich and tomatoey with pleasant kicks of curry…
Melt-in-Your-Mouth Beef Potjie Recipe
Finally, the best beef potjie recipe is up on the blog! This recipe has been tried, tested and edited a number of times and I am thrilled to be able to share it with you. Probably the best indicator of its success, is that despite the vegetables, my kids LOVE this potjie. I used a…
Tasty Tuscan Chicken
A deliciously creamy, tomato-y sauce with chicken and fresh baby spinach, this Tasty Tuscan Chicken recipe is sure to be a weeknight favourite! I have made it with and without the mushrooms and maybe I am a little biased but it tastes way better with mushrooms, #justsaying. My family loved this recipe except for the…
Creamy Parmesan Chicken Bake
A tasty chicken recipe that is kid-friendly! What makes it kid-friendly? There are just a handful of ingredients, so it is super simple! And kids love simple food with no fancy ingredients, generally speaking right?! I created this chicken recipe after a hiking trip. One of our hiking meals was a creamy parmesan chicken “dish”…
