Ready in about 20 minutes, this easy recipe takes full advantage of leftover spaghetti squash. I love spaghetti squash! The way you can rake its flesh back and forth and create beautiful pasta-like strands is magical. And it’s such a great alternative to starchy side dishes. A fun way to use up leftover spaghetti squash is to make these tasty fritters. I love making them for my family because everyone enjoys them so much - they truly are wonderfully flavorful....
Updated for 2018 with video! Telling you that these chicken wings always go down well is a serious understatement. The first time I made them a couple of years ago, Chris was at work, so I served them up to the kids and got the following responses: Complete silence for the first 10 minutes (except the sounds of frantic chewing/crunching) Eyes rolling back in heads Phrases like ‘you’re the best mummy ever’, ‘we’re so lucky to have a mummy who’s a food blogger’ and ‘oh my gosh these are the best things I’ve ever tasted’...
HOMEMADE STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM OK, so you might know an ice cream specialist or a fancy pants restaurant that makes a stellar strawberry ice cream with fresh strawberries, and it really truly tastes of strawberries. So it’s a bit bullish to say this homemade strawberry ice cream recipe has flavour money can’t buy. But if we’re talking about everyday strawberry ice cream sold in tubs at supermarkets and even gourmet stores, then this is off the charts compared to them....
Welcome back to THAI WEEK! Welcome back to the final instalment of THAI WEEK, a week where I’m sharing 3 recipes to make your very own Thai feast at home! Every now and then, I like to do a recipe theme week. This week it’s THAI week, with three classic recipes to make your very own Thai feast at home: Thai Black Sticky Rice Pudding Black sticky rice is a type of glutinous whole grain rice used to make desserts in Thailand and a number of other South-East Asian nations....
Watermelon Feta Salad with Basil Recipe Who would have thought pairing watermelon with feta cheese would be so refreshing! It is like heaven in a bowl, the sweetness from the fruit, salty feta cheese, and fresh herbs (basil) with simple salad dressing complement each other so well. It is a perfect summer salad everyone would love. Feta cheese is not everyone’s cup of tea but paired with watermelon will make you change your mind....
I’ve written before about the “proper” way to make pastas. The way Italian Nonna’s do. The way real Italian restaurants do. It’s not about using loads and loads of sauce. The magic step that makes all the difference between a decent pasta and a really great one is tossing the pasta gently with the sauce and some of the pasta cooking water, just before serving. What this does is activate the starch in the water and it mingles with the oil in the sauce, so it becomes glossy and luscious and coats every strand of pasta....
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....
All they need are 15 short minutes in a 425°F oven and they emerge perfectly cooked, moist and tender! I cook salmon often and have many different recipes for this delicious fish on this website. It’s my favorite fish, with tuna coming in at a close second. I prefer it to mild white-fleshed fish such as cod or halibut. Ingredients You’ll only need a few simple ingredients to make this tasty salmon recipe....
These baked sweet potato slices are made with fresh herbs and other pantry staples ingredients. This is so good, you will be making it over and over again. It will make an addition to your thanksgiving, easter, or Christmas dinner table. Baked sweet potato slices recipe This recipe is so easy even a child could make it (under supervision of course). I love that you can serve these baked sweet potato rounds either savory or sweet....
Eggless Banana mug cake recipe Are you looking for quick microwave desserts for one? Then, this banana mug cake is the right thing for you. Over the next few weeks or months, I now plan to share with you at least one mug dessert recipe per month. One serving mug recipe that would be quick and easy. On my other website, myactivekitchen.com, I shared this mug apple crumble recipe, it is one of the popular recipes on the blog....
No, it’s not a genius hack! It’s just thriftiness – using leftovers from the Slow Cooked Beef Cheeks in Red Wine that I posted yesterday. This pie……what is there to say? It’s pure comfort food at its best because it takes just 15 minutes to put together to pop into the oven! The best pies are ones with slow cooked fillings so the meat is tender and juicy. So making this using leftover Slow Cooked Beef Cheeks in Red Wine is a classic way of making a pie....
Get ready to see your neighbours’ faces popping over the fence when the chicken hits the grill! BEST Grilled Chicken Marinades There’s several hundred chicken recipes on my website. And here are my picks for the BEST Grilled Chicken Marinades for your BBQ, the marinades that are especially good for chicken cooked on the BBQ! Are you ready?? Here we go! Everyday Marinades I call these my Everyday Grilled Chicken Marinades because these are the ones I make over and over again!...
Apart from the blueberries which you would probably go out to buy, all other ingredients used in this galette recipe are pantry staples. Let me show you how to make it in easy steps. What is galette Are you new to galette: Well, a quick history; galette is of French origin and it is a free form pie that is similar to tart or pie but without the fuss of blind baking....
They are really good as an appetizer or a side dish. I also like to serve them for breakfast or brunch with eggs and biscuits. I adore fresh tomatoes. Especially firm, sweet summer tomatoes. Those mealy pink tomatoes that you can buy in winter are just depressing. My favorite way to eat tomatoes, by far, is Caprese salad. So simple, yet so fresh and delicious. When you make these broiled tomatoes, you sacrifice an element of sweetness and freshness, but you gain lots of concentrated flavor....
There are some things in life that you think just can’t get any better. Like hash browns. With a golden, crunchy crust and moist inside, hash browns is one of those things in life that appeals to both little kids and grown ups. So – can you improve on the classic hash brown? YES, YOU CAN! By adding cheese and bacon! Then you up the stakes again – by making them in muffin tins....
I’ve been making various versions of this Cheesy Pasta with Bacon and Kale cheesy since I was at high school. Back then it usually consisted of pasta, cheese, cream, bacon and sausage. Sounds pretty unhealthy, but it was so good, I even used to take it in cold for my packed lunch if I could get away with it. This version actually isn’t that far removed, although I refuse to serve up dinner nowadays without at least one serving of veg....
Serve it up as part of your Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner as a tasty alternative to regular butter. I saw this on a menu in a restaurant and was immediately intrigued. I love a good salted butter, spread onto artisan bread for an appetiser. But chicken skin butter? That’s a whole new level! I’ve made bacon butter in the past (also amazing - I’ll have to share the recipe for that one too), but chicken butter has a more complex, savoury flavour....
This vegetarian curry is one of those foods where carnivores truly don’t miss the meat. (I am, of course, referring to myself 🙂 ) And it’s super healthy – 280 calories per serve! Chickpea Curry This curry tastes just like Indian curry you get from restaurants. I really mean that. It has great layers of flavour. Real punchy flavours. And it’s made from scratch – no curry pastes here! The roots of this particular curry is Trinidad in the Caribbean....
This recipe is an reworked version of a cookbook reject. Read the back-story below! From the cookbook cutting room floor … This recipe grew out of an infamous fish recipe draft that didn’t make it into my cookbook. I say “infamous” because after my brother was asked to try the draft recipe, he returned blunt feedback declaring, “There is nothing about this recipe that I like.” BRUTAL!! 😂😂😂 The ruthlessness of this comment that only family can give to one another had the whole team in stitches – especially after I lost my nerve and decided to pull it from the book even after I “fixed” it for him....
While the Western world goes bonkers over the vision of a glistening baked ham ready for carving, the Chinese are rubbing their hands with glee at the thought of the ham bone. Because this recipe is not just something I made up – though I wouldn’t blame you for thinking so. Chinese Ham Bone Rice Soup is a “thing”. It’s called “Congee” in Chinese, and it’s the source of much discussion over who gets the ham bone from our own Christmas ham – or a pact to use it for a Family Meal – as well as smug announcements when one is able to secure extra leftover ham bones....
