Happy New Year! This recipe actually uses pancetta but I have substituted it with ham because there are only so many breakfasts of ham on toast I can have after Christmas. But if you don’t have leftover Christmas ham use an equal quantity of pancetta or even bacon. It also […]
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Tis the season, the season for leftovers! This fish cake recipe uses leftover cooked fish. It can be any fish you like, salmon, rockling, trout, here I have used barramundi. Better yet it can have been cooked any which way you like, grilled, roasted, poached etc. They are even easier […]
I’m sure I’ve said this before but I love soup! I could eat it everyday for lunch and never tire of it. This recipe makes quite a light soup but it still has plenty of flavour. You could make it vegetarian by simply leaving out the pancetta and swapping out […]
Although not authentically Thai these fish cakes are delicious but best of all they are quick and easy to make. They can be served simply with some sweet chilli sauce and a squeeze of lime for finger food or dressed up with a cucumber relish. You could even make a […]
As you would realise from the majority of my posts, I’m not a vegetarian! But we do like to have at least one meat free dinner a week – preferably more. This recipe has been adapted from one found on the NYT cooking site. It is delicious, very filling and […]
Now, before you laugh and comment that this isn’t really a recipe, just let me explain. A friend asked the other day what we were having for dinner and when I said “Apricot Chicken” she said “OMG I haven’t had that for years, how do you make it?” So that […]
Now, I wouldn’t say this is an everyday food – all that cheese – but it is delicious. I haven’t met anyone who hasn’t loved this easy meatloaf recipe from Adam Liaw. We like to serve it with pasta that you can toss in all that lovely sauce but mashed […]
This recipe couldn’t be easier and there are so many ways to serve it, in rolls like I have here, in tortillas or even as a pizza topping. You can make your own BBQ sauce or just use your favourite store bought one. The cut of pork is a boneless […]
I found this winning recipe in the “What’s Gaby Cooking – Everyday California Food” cookbook. If you haven’t heard of Gaby Dalkin check out her fantastic blog, it is full of fun, easy and (mostly) healthy recipes. Gaby describes this dish “as tacos meet casserole bake” and it’s gooey, cheesy […]
In our fruit and veg box this week there was a bunch of little beetroot and it made me remember a recipe in Alison Roman’s book Dining In. It roasts the beetroot in foil with olive oil, vinegar and salt and pepper, infusing the beetroot with the vinegar. Here I […]