I’m on a mission to post a meat free dish every single week. (Desserts don’t count!) In fact, I think I’m going to create an entire section on my blog, dedicated to Meat-Free Recipes for Carnivores. If I do that, then there will be more accountability. I’ll be more motivated to regularly come up with meat-free recipes that are so delish that even carnivores like myself won’t miss meat. I think that’s a good little project!...
Shredded Beef Burritos Last week, I shared my Mexican Shredded Beef recipe. Beef slow cooked with classic Mexican flavours then shredded and tossed in the glorious sauce the beef was cooked in. The beef is really juicy, fall apart tender, and the sauce is really something else! To be honest, it’s hard to go wrong with the braising liquid from anything slow cooked. 🙂 The recipe for my Mexican Shredded Beef makes a LOT of beef....
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! Oops! Forgot to turn the cauliflower partway through baking. Please follow the steps in the cookbook recipe!! 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....
Jump to:📋 What do we need? 🍽️ What to serve these tacos with 🍲 More recipes in wraps! Slow Cooker Barbacoa Beef 💬 Reviews I love how juicy and tender the beef in this recipe is. Just a little bit spicy and a little bit tangy too. I can put far too many of these tacos away in one sitting!Of course this isn’t a traditional recipe. Traditional barbacoa - which is believed to have originated in Barbados, but is more commonly known now as Mexican cuisine - uses meat (lamb or goat usually), that is slow roasted for several hours in a pit that is topped with maguey (agave) leaves....
Ready in just 20 minutes, this is one of my favorite vegetable side dishes to cook during the week, when I’m often pressed for time. I really like cabbage. I’m not a big fan of eating it raw unless it comes in the form of tasty coleslaw or this delicious Asian cabbage salad. But when cooked, I find it so very tasty. And this particular recipe is especially good. I also like how easy this recipe is....
I love it when something easy-to-make tastes out of this world. Making multi-step cakes and desserts can be fun, but tucking into a bowl of something that tastes this good - after only 10 minutes of prep and a spell in the freezer - well, it almost feels like you’ve been let into a secret. The best secret! and now that the kid are off school, I need some quick recipes!...
These 3-ingredients tear and share sausage rolls are the one thing that appear on my party, buffet or picnic table every single time! They’re quick and simple to make, and they taste amazing warm or cold. I’m pretty sure sausage rolls aren’t a big thing in America, but you can find them in every supermarket and bakery in the UK. I’m not usually a fan of the supermarket ones – the greyish looking interior puts me off....
I saw a video on Facebook recently for homemade peanut butter jelly cups and it was such a cool idea I had to give it a go!! I decided to go for white chocolate rather than milk chocolate at the request of one of my lovely facebook followers. I was going to fill with salted caramel, but realised that was just a little too sweet. In the end I went with the biscuit and cherry pie filling - a little bit of crunch, and a little bit of cherry tartness - delish!...
Pesto is basically basil, olive oil, garlic, and parmesan – these flavors pair amazingly well with seafood such as shrimp. Like many of my recipes, this tasty shrimp recipe was born out of my desperate need to use up ingredients before they go bad. It all started when I bought fresh basil to make a Caprese salad. The salad was amazing but required very little of the basil. And since basil doesn’t keep well in the fridge, I decided to make some pesto sauce....
This is the sort of dish that posh modern Asian restaurants charge a small fortune for. And it’s on the table in 15 minutes! If you haven’t tried an Asian steak before, you’re missing out! Here in Australia, Asian steaks are often a signature dish at modern Asian restaurants. A small piece of high quality, juicy, super tasty Aussie beef steak served with a sauce loaded with umami*, Asian style steak sauces have become all the rage in the culinary world – with good reason....
Beef Barbacoa Hailing from Mexico and the Caribbean, Beef Barbacoa is a dish of meat that’s traditionally slow-cooked – often in pits – with seasonings or a light broth until very tender. As with many well-known ethnic dishes, Barbacoa made its way across borders into the Western world, where it has evolved into a dish of soft, shreddable meat that’s much more boldly flavoured. Made famous by the Tex-Mex chain Chipotle in the US, Western-style Beef Barbacoa has got a fair kick of spiciness from chipotles, a subtle smokiness, hint of spices (the cloves really sets it apart from other pulled Mexican beef), and uniquely, a good amount of tang from vinegar....
After Vanilla Cupcakes? Here they are! Chocolate Cupakes Using the term “BEST” is not something I do lightly. I do feel a bit uncomfortable saying that these are the BEST Easy Chocolate Cupcakes. But in the cupcake world, I truly do believe these to be the best that can be for a simple no-standmixer, no creaming butter recipe. I was back and forth about which cupcake recipe to share. I was tempted to go for a “100% perfect” version which requires a stand mixer / electric beater to cream butter....
For a hit of protein, add some prawns/shrimp or shredded chicken. And we can pretend that finishing with a sprinkle of bacon is optional…. Potato and Broccoli Soup This is a thick and creamy soup with potato and broccoli that you’d swear has a bucket of cream in it, but it doesn’t have a single drop. It’s hearty, comforting, tastes rich and indulgent but is in fact relatively healthy with just 405 calories for a VERY big bowl!...
Serve it over vermicelli noodles with Vietnamese Nuoc Cham Sauce and your fresh vegetables of choice. Bun Cha – traditional Vietnamese street food! Any self respecting foodie visiting a new country will be armed with a list of “Must Try Foods!!“. And for visitors of Vietnam, Bun Cha should be right up there, alongside Pho, fresh rice paper rolls, and Banh Mi, to name a few favourites. It was certainly one of the first foods I hunted down when I visited Vietnam....
Jump to:📋 What do we need? 🔪 How to make this Christmas Punch 🍽️ More ideas for your Christmas table Equipment 📺 Watch how to make it 🍲 More fantastic drink recipes Christmas Punch Recipe 💬 Reviews I’ve had this Christmas cocktail recipe on the blog for a few years now, and we make it every Christmas as an easy way to keep everyone’s drinks filled.The last thing I want on Christmas day, when I’m rushing around the kitchen preparing dinner, is people under my feet, in and out of the fridge, getting drinks....
BONUS: Churros are great for making ahead, making it a great party dessert. Churros recipe Up until several years ago, this churros obsessed food blogger thought Churros was native to Mexico. Thus on her first (but certianly not last) trip to Mexico, she was expecting to be in churro heaven. Churros, churros, churros everywhere. But no. I barely saw churro at all. Duh. Churro isn’t native to Mexico. It’s Spanish!...
This is based on a recipe by Bobby Flay, one of my grilling idols. His shows started airing in Australia a few years ago and I was hooked. Though I have to say…gosh, this could get me in trouble…Does anyone else think he really should consider wearing sunglasses? Because he always seems to be squinting!! 😉 I think he is incredibly talented at bringing together unique flavours with familiar ingredients....
It’s an easy hands-off recipe that practically bakes itself, and leftovers are good too, especially when eaten cold, picnic-style. Chicken is tasty and affordable and my kids like it, which is always a good reason to make something (if you have kids you know it’s true). These wonderful oven-baked chicken leg quarters have crispy, delicious skin and juicy, succulent meat. Who says chicken can’t be a delicacy? It all depends on how you cook it....
This Crispy Fried Ravioli With Spicy Tomato Dip post is sponsored by Giovanni Rana - Italy’s most loved fresh pasta maker. Do you ever make party food for dinner? The kids love it if I’ve been making and photographing more than one recipe in a day, because they know that means they’re having buffet tea! I made a pretty big batch of these fried ravioli bites, and they were gone in seconds....
Wondering how to stop fish sticking to the pan? It’s easy: use a heavy based skillet (doesn’t need to be non stick), heat the pan before adding oil, and most importantly – do not move move the fish until it naturally releases from the pan! Crispy Pan Fried Fish I think that cooking fish on the stove is the BEST way to cook fish, especially when you invest in really good fish fillets – or you’ve caught your own!...
