Arrghhh! How did it to November already?? Lewis mentioned earlier this week that there are only 7 more weekends until Christmas. What??? I still haven’t put my flip-flops away from Summer yet. After being faced with the reality that I’m going to have to start thinking about Christmas trees, house decorations, food and presents pretty rapidly, I decided to get going with my first festive tradition - the Christmas cake....

Served as part of a picnic, for an appetizer or as a hearty lunch (the kids especially love them with baked beans), these sausage rolls can be served warm, fresh from the oven, or cold straight from the fridge. A word of advice though - be sure to make enough. Everybody in my family needs to ’test’ at least 2 each (so that’s 8 gone), then they like a minimum of 3 each for lunch....

Serve with French fries and potato with gravy for an epic homemade KFC experience at home. Fried Chicken I’m going to call it (obnoxious as it is) – this fried chicken is better than KFC. There’s not a trace of soggy skin anywhere (all you closet KFC lovers know exactly what I’m talking about!) and the crust is thicker and craggier. Every inch of this crust is insanely crunchy, and there’s loads of those nubbly bits that get extra crunchy....

Simple to make, they reheat 100% perfectly – but the best part is smugly telling your friends “they’re French, darling” (I hear this in a posh British accent😂). Gougeres recipe – French Cheese Puffs! This Gougeres recipe comes to you via the hostess of a charming bed & breakfast called La Saura in Burgundy, France. We had a week long stay there just a couple of months ago, using it as our home base to explore the region....

Who’d have thought that halloumi and peach would pair so well. The soft sweet juiciness of summer-ripe peaches is one of my favourite fruits. I remember holidaying in Turkey about 7 years ago and the local market sold the biggest peaches I’d ever seen. Bigger than a baseball! They we just the most luscious things ever, and we had them for breakfast most days. In fact I think that’s where I got the idea for my cream cheese, honey and nectarine toastie....

Grilled Vegetables Every time I make this, someone always asks “what did you put on the vegetables?” They never believe me when I say “Just salt, pepper and olive oil”! There is no fancy secret to this. It’s just chargrilled vegetables, seasoned with salt and pepper and drizzled with olive oil. The “must do” part is cooking the vegetables until they are charred (i.e. burnt!). It’s the flavour base of this entire dish!...

Optional and tasty additions include sea salt, honey, and coconut oil. I love this butter plain, but my family members prefer it with added flavors. I love nut butters. I have a wide selection of store-bought nut butters at home, including peanut butter, almond butter, and sunflower seed butter. But when it comes to walnuts, it’s not so easy to find the butter version in stores, so I like to make it at home using this simple and easy recipe....

You would say no to microwave air-popped popcorn with this easy and failproof recipe. This pressure cooker popcorn is delicious, healthy and only requires 2 main ingredients, popcorn kernels and coconut oil. I love popcorn especially with peanuts when I eat this snack, I go overboard as it can be addicting but hey why not, we are allowed to live once in a while if not all the time. There are many ways to flavour and enjoy popcorn but today’s post is just showing you one of the basic recipes you can make in your pressure cooker....

No bunnies were harmed in the making of this dinner! I was unsure whether to share this one with you as it’s not the prettiest meal I’ve ever cooked up. But it just tastes so gooood! If you’ve never heard of Bunny chow, it’s actually a South-African fast food consisting of half a loaf of bread filled with meat (again not rabbit) or vegetarian curry. One of my office buddies (hey Shaun!...

This is a cookbook exclusive recipe! This recipe is exclusive to my debut cookbook Dinner which includes a how-to video for every recipe. Just scan the QR code! Just to explain…. I know, it’s confusing! You’re so used to getting recipes on my website – there’s over 1,200 of them, after all. And here you are looking at a tasty recipe video and I haven’t provided the recipe. 🙀 I’m not just doing this to torture you, I promise....

Italian Sausage Quiche I love to take classic dishes and put my own spin on them. It’s not that I think I can do it better. Anyone who thinks they can improve on a classic Quiche Lorraine is kidding themselves. There’s a reason it has stood the test of time!! I just like to change things up sometimes. This is a typical example – making a quiche but filling it with Italian-esque fillings and flavours....

My mum used to call me a mash-oholic when I was little. Out of a whole roast dinner, it was the thing I most looked forward to. I could happily ignore the meat and veg, and just pour a huge ladle of my mum’s delicious gravy over my mash to slurpily enjoy what she called mashed potato soup. As I got a little older and started cooking in the kitchen myself (we’re talking maybe 11 or 12 years old now), one of my favourite ‘meals’ to make myself was mashed potato with bacon bits, finely sliced raw onion and gravy....

They are so very flavorful and wonderfully chewy! The fact that they are flourless makes their peanut butter flavor extra concentrated. Made with just four ingredients, these cookies are incredibly good. They are sweet but not too sweet, soft, and chewy. I make them with natural peanut butter and a powdered sweetener, to ensure a smooth texture. I like to add a few dark chocolate chips on top, and although you could skip those, they really take these cookies to the next level....

They’re made with coconut flour and are super easy to make - it’s the perfect recipe to make with your kids! These muffins are so fluffy and delicious. They are made with a simple list of ingredients: coconut flour, eggs, pureed pumpkin, and spices. I like to have two of these muffins for breakfast with my coffee ☕. It’s a great keto breakfast that keeps me full for several hours....

This is a cookbook exclusive recipe! This recipe is exclusive to my debut cookbook Dinner which includes a how-to video for every recipe. Just scan the QR code! Just to explain…. I know, it’s confusing! You’re so used to getting recipes on my website – there’s over 1,200 of them, after all. And here you are looking at a tasty recipe video and I haven’t provided the recipe. 🙀 I’m not just doing this to torture you, I promise....

Mini Shrimp Tacos I am literally beside myself with excitement, being able to share with you a chance to win an entire CASE of my favourite Australian wine – Turkey Flat. And not just for my Australian readers either – Australian AND AMERICAN readers!! {Just drop a comment below to enter!} ** Giveaway now finished! Winners at the bottom of the post!** This is not a sponsored post! I was emailing back and forth with one of my readers (a certain lady from Portland, Oregon – you know who you are!...

Oh how I love this recipe! My inspiration for this comes from our family holiday to California a couple of years ago. Me, Chris, the kids and my folks spent 16 days travelling from San Francisco down to San Diego. It really was a dream holiday with stops in Carmel, Morro Bay, Santa Monica, Vegas, the Grand Canyon and Disney of course. We also got to spend time with family that we have over there, and Chris got to drive this baby for a week too:...

I could write quite a lengthy list of tips to make Christmas cooking stress free. But I decided to keep it short and to the point, giving you just my six very best tips that will make the biggest impact on easing your workload on the day-of. So without further ado, here they are! 1. Choosing a smart menu I have always enjoyed the challenge of coming up with the “perfect” menu for gatherings....

It’s an easy recipe too, ready in less than 30 minutes. And you can reheat the leftovers, or use them cold in salads. This recipe is one of my favorite ways of preparing salmon fillets (this simple baked salmon with olive oil, garlic and thyme is another good one, and grilled salmon is a summer classic). I’ve been making it quite often lately because salmon is so inherently delicious and everyone in my family enjoys it seasoned with paprika....

This is a round up of recipes I have posted using leftover Pork Carnitas (Mexican Pulled Pork). I will continually update this post when I share more recipes made using Pork Carnitas. Pork Carnitas are a brilliant standby to have in the freezer for quick midweek meals. Not only are they are ridiculously tasty and versatile, and they freeze well. My Pork Carnitas recipe is very easy but so full of flavour....