Plus, my cheeky tip for how to darken gravy to make it a beautiful deep brown colour, as well as how to make gluten-free gravy. This turkey gravy recipe is for oven roasted turkey OR slow cooker turkey! Turkey gravy recipe When it comes to turkey, there are those in the Cranberry Sauce camp, and those in the gravy camp. Me – I’ve got a foot in both camps. There’s nothing quite like the combination of turkey with sweet-tart cranberry sauce....
What is Vegeta? Vegeta is a European vegetable based seasoning that’s used to add flavour into soups, sauces and stews, or to make liquid stock/broth by adding water. Think of it as salt – but with flavour! Nowadays, its widely available one very day grocery stores. It’s known by a few different names: vegetable stock powderall purpose or gourmet seasoninggranulated bouillon. Whatever the various labels on the cans and jars, the one thing that remains consistent is the distinct blue label!...
If you are looking for a meatless Monday dinner inspiration, then these instant pot dump recipes are for you from lentil curry to easy rice dishes and more. These instant pot recipes from myself and blogger friends have been carefully selected for your convenience, they all use basic pantry ingredients. They are kid-friendly, fuss-free, healthy and highly nutritious. Most of these round-up recipes stores well in the fridge and freezer and they reheat nicely as well....
One of the best things about this easy 15-minute recipe is that you can make it ahead of time and refrigerate it. It’s just as good cold as it is when served warm. My late grandfather Jacob used to make compote for dessert. I was a kid last time I had it so exact details escape me. But I remember that he used to cook the fruit for a very long time over low heat....
If you happen to have some leftover turkey, this is probably one of the easiest ways to use it up! The week after Thanksgiving is a challenge. Starting at the piles of leftover meat in the fridge, I sometimes despair. How are we going to finish it all off before it goes bad? This flavorful turkey salad comes to the rescue! It’s one of my favorite ways to use up leftover turkey....
A Mushroom Sauce for everything! An omelette smothered in a creamy mushroom sauce. A mushroom sauce for steak. A baked sweet potato stuffed to the brim with mushrooms in a creamy sauce. I had all 3 of these on The List and no idea how I was going to share them all without a complete and utter creamy mushroom overload. Solution: Just share the sauce and a bunch of ways to use it!...
You can season the chicken however you like, I used my homemade all purpose seasoning which is great with chicken for this recipe. You can try it out or any of my other homemade seasonings, this peri peri seasoning is also fantastic and for something herby try my roast potato seasoning. They are all so good and not because I made them myself. It is important that the chicken is fully cooked as well, when you cut into it, the juice should run clear and the inside should be white....
Use this Asian dressing for leafy green salads, Asian slaws, noodle salads and chopped salads. It’s also a terrific dressing to make steamed vegetables so much tastier. Finish with a sprinkle of fresh sesame seeds and sliced greens onions! Instant Asian Sesame Dressing This Asian Sesame Dressing is one of eight ready-to-use salad dressing recipes that I shared in this post: Ready To Use Salad Dressings. I’ve been wanting to share a bunch of long shelf life salad dressings for ages and was so glad to finally have an excuse to!...
This easy four-ingredient recipe is ready in about 30 minutes. It’s one of my favorite snacks, and my kids love it too. I make this recipe often, because it’s pretty much the only way The Picky Eater will agree to eat kale, and I don’t blame her. Kale, in its natural form, is coarse and bitter and is certainly an acquired taste. These chips are great because they make kale way more palatable....
I like to make several of them ahead of time and enjoy them throughout the week! They reheat beautifully in the microwave. Savory breakfasts can be just as good as sweet ones, and these tasty sausages are the proof. Served with eggs, they’re perfect for breakfast or brunch - delicious, filling, and you can make them in advance and reheat. I love making this homemade sausage because it’s not just very flavorful but also so easy to make....
Of the vast variety pastas in this big wide world, ragu is by far my favourite. Ragu is a meat based pasta sauce that is slow cooked so the meat is meltingly tender and the sauce is rich with a depth of flavour you can only get from cooking something long and slow. Something most people don’t have time to do midweek. But you can get your ragu fix midweek in just 15 minutes simply by using leftover Slow Cooked Beef Cheeks in Red Wine....
Broccoli Fritters “You will be amazed how little batter there is for the mound of broccoli used.” I’ve been posting a broccoli recipe every week for the last few weeks because it’s been insanely cheap lately! For those of you in Australia, it’s currently $1.00/kg (that’s $0.50 / lb) at Coles (usually it’s $4+/kg!). So me being me, who can never resist a good bargain, I stocked up big time which means I’ve had to get seriously creative to get through the ridiculous amount of broccoli stockpiled in my fridge....
This is an excellent recipe for when you need something sweet in your life, fast! A one-bowl cake recipe everyone would love. Cake mix brownies recipe How does nonbaker impress family and friends? you bake cakes, brownies, and the likes using cake mix. Thanks, Betty crocker! you have been saving lives since forever. If you have ever wondered if you can use cake mix for fudgy brownies, the answer is yes and it is pretty easy to make too....
I make it often for lunch, and it keeps well for several days. It’s great on its own, in a sandwich, a lettuce sandwich, or stuffed into vegetables. I make this tasty salad often for lunch. It’s so easy and delicious, and I always have the ingredients on hand. I almost always have canned salmon in the pantry and mayonnaise or Greek yogurt in the fridge. The remaining ingredients are very flexible, so if you don’t have them, you can simply use what you have!...
Cheesy Jalapeno Bacon Stuffed Baguette This tastes like a cross between cheesy garlic bread and bacon dip. Well, that’s actually what it is. A cheesy bread STUFFED with bacon dip. Brushed with garlic butter and baked until toasty, crusty, golden brown. That moment, when you tear a piece off and the cheese stretches, you take a bite into the warm garlicky bread and the creamy, bacon dip fills your mouth…....
Can you believe this started out as an amaretti biscuit recipe? I kid you not. I was experimenting with my amaretti recipe to make a vegan version using aquafaba. Don’t ask me why, I’m not vegan, I just thought it would be fun (plus my friend Lucy from Super Golden Bakes recently made some gorgeous aquafaba macaroons - which tempted me further). Aquafaba, if you’ve never heard of it, is the cooking liquid from legume seeds - such as chickpeas....
Leftovers are really good! In fact, they get better as the flavors meld and develop. I discovered how wonderful balsamic vinegar is when I made grilled zucchini for the first time, brushing the vegetable with a mixture of olive oil and vinegar. I’ve been thinking for a while now about using it in a chicken recipe, but it took me a while to reach a result that I deemed blog-worthy....
Working on curry recipes is becoming a bit of a thing during weekends. I think we’ve got over 20 curries in our curry section now! We’ve had quite a few reader requested curries, and I’m slowly starting to build up a collection of side dishes to serve with that old Friday night favourite.Is there something you’d like to see in there? What does dhansak taste like? Dhansak is quite a mild curry with a lovely thick sauce - make thick by the addition of red lentils....
What is Chocolate Ganache? If you’re new to chocolate ganache and wondering what chocolate ganache actually is, this is going to be a life changing moment for you! Made with just cream and any chocolate you want (dark, milk or white), chocolate ganache is a rich chocolate concoction that can be used as a sauce, frosting, glaze, filling or for dipping. When it’s warm, it’s pourable. When it’s cool, it’s spreadable....
If you want something a little different from your basic pancake recipe then these Christmas Gingerbread Pancakes are light and fluffy, with a hint of cinnamon and ginger. They’re PERFECT for Christmas Day Breakfast! What are you having for Christmas day breakfast? The only day of the year where you’re supposed to indulge at every single meal, plus fit in some canapes, glasses of fizz and selection box chocolates too....
