Made without icing sugar / powdered sugar, this is actually an old fashioned frosting called “Ermine Frosting”. If you’ve never heard of it before, the ingredients and method will intrigue you! My secret Fluffy Vanilla Frosting I call this my “secret” Vanilla Frosting because it’s not a widely known type of frosting and people are always flabbergasted when I tell them how it’s made using butter, milk, flour and sugar....
Bitesize food is THE BEST! I love making it and I love eating it. I think it stems from my love of party food. One of these days I’m going to cook them all in one day, and scoff the lot! Let’s see, we’ve got Cranberry brie bites (a Christmas favourite!!) Salted caramel cheesecake bites Chocolate raspberry bites Blackberry spice muffin bites Apple pie truffles Cheesy potato croquettes Mini Burritos Mini burgers...
As much as I love pancakes, I never seem to end up making them on pancake day! Pancakes are weekend food, when the children and I can take our time making and eating lovely big piles of fluffy pancakes. Even better if we have time to experiment. Pancakes with: Creamy lemon sauce and sharp bites of pomegranate Lightly cooked berries with cheesecake cream Potatoes, chorizo and chilli-garlic butter I’ve even got one of those crepe-plates....
It’s certainly not an everyday mash, so save it for special occasions to serve alongside grand centrepieces! Paris Mash was made famous in Australia by Guillaume Brahimi, one of our country’s top French chefs. His Paris Mash is 25% butter, and it’s so rich, I could only get through a few spoonfuls… And that’s saying something for this Potato Monster!! What is Paris Mash? Just as Prime Rib is the king of all roasts, and Carnitas rule all tacos, Paris Mash is the mother of all mashed potatoes!...
Pasta with Bacon and Peas Recipe Bacon peas pasta recipe is a dinner recipe you make when you need to clear your fridge or are unsure what to make for dinner. Like me, you may have bacon and cream cheese in your fridge and are not quite sure what to do with them. You could make cream cheese pasta or this creamy bacon and peas pasta. This recipe comes together so quickly and it’s about to be a favorite amongst the family....
We have a homemade curry at least once a week at home. I use the term homemade loosely. Sometimes it’s completely from scratch (like this one), or if I’m in a really hurry (like 20 minutes until the kid’s have a hunger meltdown) I’ve no qualms with using shop-bought Thai curry paste. Yesterday, fancying something a little bit different - but without it taking an age, I went back to one of my old posts, and gave the Persian curry I made a bit of a makeover....
I’ve got to admit, I was cringing as I was making these Pick and Mix Candy Popsicles ice lollies. Haribo tangfastics, rainbow belts and gummie bears – all mixed together with fizzy lemonade. It’s the stuff of parent’s nightmares. I know what my kids are like when they’re eaten too many sweets, so I try to keep a limit on them, but my daughter was having a birthday sleepover, and she wanted something a little outrageous to surprise her friends....
Spiced rum is usually the drink of the summer for me. Wine and beer are good, but rum cocktails are so much better! Ideal for summer barbecues, or simply to relax at the end of a hard week, this cocktail totally hits the spot. I wanted to add a bit of a twist to the classic mojito, so going with spiced rum (instead of white rum) was a good start....
Add this to your arsenal of broccoli recipes – this one is a keeper! Super QUICK broccoli pasta! If you dream of 12 minute dinner magic, you’re going to love this broccoli recipe as much as I do. It’s for all those days when: you’re staring at broccoli with not much else in the pantry, wondering how on earth you’re going to transform that into a totally delicious meal;it’s a mad house and you just need to get dinner on the table, stat!...
From an epic One Pot Greek Chicken and Rice, to a colourful beef and rice, stuffed peppers and rice soup, the one thing all these have in common other than RICE is that they’re easy to make and Can’t-Stop-Eating-It delicious. Rice recipes – rice meals for dinner Rice is so much more than a vehicle for soaking saucy stir fries and drowning in curry sauce. It’s endlessly versatile, it wants to soak up flavours so you can elevate any meal with rice sides like Curried Rice, Tomato Basil Rice, or the wildly popular Mushroom Rice....
Sesame Crusted Salmon I’m sticking this recipe in my 15 Minute Meals collection even though technically it takes 20 minutes to make, and in my Asian recipes collection even though technically it isn’t an authentic Asian recipe. Because in my head, it’s worthy of being in both those collections – the salmon itself takes less than 15 minutes to cook and this bowl has all sorts of Asian-ness in it with the soba, Asian greens, the Asian dressing and that sesame crusted salmon (don’t ask me why but I think of sesame as an Asiany ingredient even though I know it’s used widely in all sorts of cuisines all around the world 🤗)....
Welcome to Day 8 of the inaugural Holiday Salad Marathon, where I’m sharing 30 salads in a row through to Christmas Eve – just for something different to the usual sugar-loaded baking countdowns!! I’ve got a rather unique salad for you today! A SICHUAN one (but no, it’s not spicy, it’s to cool your mouth between fiery mains!): Creamy Sesame Sauce Lettuce Salad We (the RecipeTin Family) believe this salad and sauce originates from around the Sichuan and Chongqing areas of China (if any readers can confirm that’d be great!...
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The easiest way to get my husband to eat fish is to cover it in sugar and grill it. Served up with rice mixed with cheese and I know I’ll get no complaints! The fact that it’s actually a pretty healthy meal with salmon and veggies doesn’t even come into it (for him anyway). Sorry Chris, I make you sound like a small child that I have to fool into eating healthy stuff....
I’ve used ramen noodles because I had them in the pantry, but this recipe is suitable for most dried or fresh noodles. Or even spaghetti – yes, really! Teriyaki Salmon Noodles My mother is such a stickler for the traditional in Japanese foods that she once wrote a furious letter to a TV network after watching a celebrity chef make what she judged to be total mockery of authentic tempura....
It’s a quick and easy method that any home cook can do, and can also be used for beef. Use this for all your favourite Chinese chicken dishes, like Cashew Chicken, Chicken Stir Fry, Chow Mein and Kung Pao Chicken. This is a game changer! This is a closely guarded Chinese restaurant secret that’s going to revolutionise your stir fries and stir fried noodles that you make with chicken breast....
TOP TIP: Treat it like bacon, and don’t forget the bone! It’s un-Australian to make a Glazed Ham that’s just big enough to serve the exact number you’re catering for. Have leftover ham is practically a Christmas ritual in itself. On Day 1, it’s all exciting to use the leftover ham to make lunch rolls. Day 2, it’s already starting to lose its appeal. By Day 3, you start looking up how long the leftover ham will keep for, and how to freeze it....
Monkfish recipe Monkfish, also known as Stargazer in Australia, is affectionately known as “poor man’s lobster” because the flesh resembles lobster meat – only much more economical. The cooked meat of a monkfish has a similarly meaty and succulent texture, with a sweet and clean flavour that’s not fishy at all. Monkfish fillets are also thick and hefty like lobster tails. With this in mind, this recipe for monkfish is based on a way I like to prepare lobster tails: pan-seared with a Herb Brown Butter Sauce....
You can never have too many Asian chicken recipes – and this one is a great all rounder! Asian Chicken recipe This is a classic Food Memory dish. You know what I mean, don’t you?? It’s when the sight, smell or taste of a specific food brings back a flood of memories of a specific moment in your life. And I will always remember this particular Asian chicken recipe as the one that rendered my girlfriends silent....
Terrific as a dip for chips or vegetable sticks, as a sauce for all things Mexican including quesadillas, burritos, nachos, and tacos. Avocado Sauce This is a terrific Avocado Sauce that I use for all things Mexican. Pictured above with Quesadillas, the other recipe I published today. It pairs really well with Mexican food because it’s got a lovely bright flavour which tempers the bold flavours of Mexican food – and of course is reminiscent of our ever favourite Guacamole!...
