Lasagne, kind of like a pizza dough, always used to scare me. Not to eat it, but to make it. The length of the process! I mean you have to make mince AND cheese sauce AND then layer it. At least an hour and a half in the kitchen, right? So I avoided making it…
Main Meals
Easy Thin-Base Pizza Crust Recipe
We’ve eaten pizzas all over the world, but this easy homemade pizza recipe is still the one my family asks for every single week. The dough is simple, forgiving, and creates the perfect thin and crispy base that’s ideal for piling on your favourite toppings. If you’ve ever been nervous about making pizza dough from…
Best Butter Chicken Recipe Ever
Little did I know that when one reader asked for an easy Butter Chicken recipe, it would take me SEVEN tries to get it right (seven ain’t a lucky number for nothing). I tried 7 different versions until I settled on the recipe below. It was one of those things I just had to get right. Some…
Lentil Cottage Pie
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…
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…
Easy Beef Stew with Carrots and Sweet Potato
First off, thanks to Noakes and Co for this recipe, which I’ve adapted from their Raising Superheroes cookbook. The recipe in the book is actually a stew for toddlers which I came across when searching for some new recipes for my baby boy. And you know when you make stuff for your little people you have…
Mango Chicken Curry
Hello strangers! I have a tasty chicken surprise for you today – Chicken Mango Curry. Never thought of mango + chicken as a pair? No? There is chemistry between them I tell you. Not glaringly obvious that they’re a great match but once you get to know them, you learn they have some kind of…
Fancy Spaghetti Bolognaise
I called it a fancy bolognaise but it also feels kinda like a lazy lasagne. Either way – whatever you want to call it….it’s feel-good-food. It’s homely and simple – although that would seem contradictory seeing as though I just titled the recipe “fancy”…but you know what I mean, it still is spag bol. Just a…
Spicy Rice and Chicken Strips
So here is the thing, sometimes we just need a recipe we can use with leftover chicken, right? Or there are those days where we just don’t feel like cooking chicken but really feel like eating chicken. Yes? Enter Rotisserie chicken. Enter last night leftover roast Chicken. This recipe is kinda like a homemade Nando’s…
Easy Thai Green Chicken Curry – Make it in 20 Minutes
Guys. Guys. Oooooh guys. My website. She was down for almost 48 hours last week. I am really hoping you didn’t even notice but if you did, phew, I am SO sorry. I have been snowed under doing all these technical things like creating new databases and installing CDN Networks and changing nameservers and uploading…
Creamy Smoked Salmon, Lemon and Dill Pasta
Find the revised and updated recipe here Oh guys, guys guys. THIS!!! this, THIS!!! It is a creamy pasta full of smoked salmon, lemon (juice and zest), fresh Dill, cream and creme fraiche (I did say it was a creamy pasta!!), a dash of Chilli (which just adds flavour) and then a little salt and…
