This is a fantastic recipe to use up all the odds and ends of vegetables in your crisper. Cabbage is traditional but here carrot is added to add a pop of colour and some sweetness. Some of the green cabbage can be substituted with red cabbage. The size of okonomiyaki […]
Delicious Dinners
Feel like a hearty chicken soup but don’t have the hours to make it? This recipe is a winner! It uses leftover roast or BBQ chicken with fridge and pantry staples so you can have a warming, tasty, creamy soup in 30 minutes. Recipe is courtesy of How Sweet Eats […]
These marinated chicken wings are a firm family favourite and would appear at nearly every family get together over the years. They can be served with rice and steamed asian greens for a fun family meal or with a dipping sauce for sticky finger food. They can be marinated for […]
This quick and easy recipe is a great use for leftover rotisserie (BBQ in Australia) or roast chicken. The best way of describing it is a cross between chicken soup, casserole and pot pie. It is delicious, comforting and best of all comes together quickly, perfect for a weeknight meal. […]
Burrito bowls are a relatively new addition to the Australian food scene but they have been a thing in the States for much longer. Basically it’s all the things you would find in a regular burrito but in a bowl instead of a tortilla. The topping are totally up to […]
Salsa verde simply means green sauce and that is really what it is. A simple sauce with soft green herbs as its base. Salsa verde is fantastic with lamb as it cuts its fatty richness but is also delicious with chicken, fish and grilled vegetables. Leftovers are great in a […]
This recipe is really all about the sauce, it brings so much flavour to the dish. Feel free to use different proteins and vegetables, it is actually a really good clean out the vegetable crisper dish. You can even make it totally vegetarian by simply swapping out the 250gm of […]
This authentic Italian pasta sauce is the one Gennaro Contaldo grew up eating as a child. It is full of pork, beef and sausage, a real meat lovers treat. Perfect for cooking during lockdown as it makes a tonne so leftovers for days. Yes, it does take over 2 hours […]
If you are a follower of my blog you will already know I love a good soup and this one is a winner. It is light and bright from the lemon, not earthy like most lentil soups are. Here I have cooked it in the electric pressure cooker but if […]
As my Chinese friend Connie would say, this is “Aussie Chinese”, actually not only is it “Aussie Chinese”, it is also 1960’s “Aussie Chinese”. My family has been making this recipe for as long as I can remember, it’s comfort food to us all. In times like these, when many […]