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Brazilian Fish Stew When I think of Brazilian food, I immediately have visions of grilled meat. Specifically, Churrasco. Serious quantities of grilled meat on giant skewers with the waiters walking from table to table, slicing the meat straight from the skewer onto my plate. Carnivore heaven. 🙂 Because of the strong association of Brazilian food with Churrasco (and also because I don’t have a giant grill with a rotisserie) I thought sharing this traditional Brazilian fish stew would be nice for something a bit different!...

URGENT, URGENT!!! DID YOU SAVE YOUR HAM BONE???!!!!! I forgot to remind you!😩 In all the kerfuffle* trying to get a Dozer/Nagi Christmas selfie + last minute present shopping not to mention all the last minute changes to the Christmas menu that was decided on the fly on Christmas Eve, resulting in a large part of that day being spent running around from store to store, battling the crowds. We even bought a food processor the day before Christmas....

Serve as a potato side for dinner. Breakfast with eggs. Party food bites. So many possibilities! Mini Potato Gratin Stacks (Dauphinoise) All you need to know is that these Mini Potato Gratin Stacks are cheesy, creamy and ridiculously irresistible. I mean, let’s be blunt. Potatoes + cheese + cream + garlic + butter. BAM! That’s a home run right there! Actually, they’re a mini version of French Potato Gratin / Dauphinoise....

“Most One Pot Meals are so loaded with carbs and protein that you need a side salad to make a complete meal. This is truly a complete meal in a One Pot.” There seems to be a One Pot Meal craze going on at the moment. And I highly approve because it’s in my DNA to find shortcuts at every opportunity. However, I find that most One Pot Meals are loaded with carbs and protein so in order to make it a complete meal, you need to make a side salad....

I love chorizos for breakfast, like in Chorizo Baked Beans on Toast and Mexican Breakfast Tacos (Chorizo and Egg). The big flavour punch is a wake up call! “Smashed potatoes are like mini hash browns. But without all the effort of shredding. Crispy on the outside, and fluffy on the inside.” I invited my mother over for brunch today. That’s not as sweet as it sounds. I left a few things at her place that I needed....

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....

I’ve been making these a lot lately, much to my kid’s delight! Brioche bread is finally starting to become more widely available in the UK. I’ve waited for so long - only seeing those artificial-tasting chocolate-filled brioche rolls in all of the supermarkets and nothing else. I’d even started making my own brioche rolls for burgers (and actually I’ll continue to make these because I love how soft and fluffy they are)....

While this recipe can be eaten as it is, you can also serve it with vegetables for a well-balanced meal. Creamy bacon pasta recipe This pasta dish is another of my kitchen sink recipe just like my vegetable pasta. I had bacon and heavy cream that needed using and I couldn’t let them go to waste so I made this easy recipe. The other ingredients I could have added or I’ll normally use but I did not on the day I made this recipe is fresh tomatoes....

Can you believe that you can make this Creamy Salmon Risoni in just 15 minutes? You really can. Leisurely too, not frantic manic cooking. My one condition is that you have all the ingredients out on the bench, ready for chopping, measuring etc. Because I can’t be accountable for how long it takes you to rummage around in your pantry to dig out a packet of risoni! 😂 This is a recipe from this month’s Super Food Ideas magazine, Australia’s top selling food magazine which just hit the stands....

This is perfect comfort food for busy weeknights! Jump to:📋 What do we need? 🔪 How to make this Ravioli Sauce 🍽️ What to serve it with 📺 Watch how to make it 🍲 More fantastic Pasta recipes Ravioli with Creamy Tomato Sauce 💬 Reviews I’ve yet to find a store-bought pasta/ravioli sauce that tastes great. This means fresh ravioli often gets overlooked, because it’s not going to match that restaurant experience....

I first put this recipe up on the blog nearly 3 years ago, and it’s totally stood the test of time! So much so I decided to re-photo and republish it. I’ve left one of the old pics in there (the one using the bowls), and I’ve also left the old blog post in there - where I’m talking about Chris’s request for waffle makers and deep fat fryers (we’ve now got both....

But it’s not just a snack - you can also pair it with vegetables for lunch or even for a light dinner. As it turns out, one can pan-fry pizza. You simply add cheese and toppings to your nonstick skillet and cook, slowly and patiently, until the cheese crisps up. Then you cut the pizza into wedges. 🍕 This skillet pizza is wonderfully crispy and so very tasty! It’s the easiest low-carb pizza recipe I have in my repertoire, and I love that it’s ready so fast....

You can serve it with everything and anything, it is a perfect side dish and a great option for a quick weeknight dinner for when time is of the essence. Spinach Rice Recipe (Spanakorizo) My version of spinach rice is a little bit different from the classic recipe because I didn’t cook the rice from raw, I used leftover cooked rice. I love the original version and make it once in a while, but today’s recipe is the way I use up leftover white rice and baby spinach lying in my fridge waiting to be used....

A great Cabbage Salad for everything! Keeping this post short and sweet because it’s an extra recipe I’m publishing today alongside the Brown Sugar Garlic Butter Pork Roast! The dressing is a bit tangy (not sharp) with a touch of sweet, and it’s neutral enough to serve alongside almost any main, any Cuisine. I’d serve it as a side for almost any Western dish, it’s certainly at home with European dishes (Eastern and Western), South American and even Indian and Asian....

Nowadays, I go to the shops almost every day. Sometimes multiple times in a day if I’m doing a client shoot and things are not going to plan. My record is 5 times. FIVE TIMES! Boy was I grumpy by the end of the day. However, back when I worked in corporate, I did my main grocery shop once a week on the weekend. Which meant that unless I did a meal plan, I was usually playing things by ear by Wednesday....

Great Roasted Carrots I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – the simplest way to add instant flavour to any vegetable is to roast it. The oven completely transforms bland vegetables, intensifying the natural flavour, caramelising sugar you didn’t even know was in it, and giving it colour by browning the outsides. And we all know colour = flavour! And carrots are a wonderful example of roasting magic in action....

Serve it alone as a flavorful side dish, or pair it with a tasty dipping sauce and serve it as a snack. I love okra. I suspect it’s a bit like cilantro in that people either really like it or strongly dislike it. The most common objection is that it has a slimy texture. Okra is slimy because it contains mucilage, which is heat-activated. So if you don’t cook it properly, it can have an unpleasant texture....

Using leftover Christmas ham to make finger food for New Years Eve that can be made ahead? That’s what I call food efficiency! Puff pastry is literally a life saver when it comes to quick appetizers and snacks. No matter how bare your cupboards are, if you have puff pastry in the freezer, there is always something to be made. Sometimes I brush a sheet (generously) with melted butter, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar, cut into batons and voila!...

They are also great as a quick, filling snack. You can make extra, keep them in the fridge for several days, and reheat them as needed. I always say that I prefer an egg-based breakfast to a baked-good-based one. And it’s true. I simply find them more satiating. But having eggs for breakfast every single day can get boring. That’s why recipes like this one are so great - they keep things varied and interesting....

This is a mash up of two of my favourite brunch dishes – hash brown and quiche! “This tastes like a cross between a hash brown, quiche and potato dauphinoise gratin. Match made in heaven.” It took me 5 attempts until I was happy with this so I’ve been fanning out my attempts to friends and family. I think my sister described it best. She said it’s like a “cross between a quiche, hash brown and potato dauphinoise gratin”....