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It’s such an easy method, and you’ll be rewarded with perfectly cooked eggs - creamy whites and thick, luscious yolks. I’ve always loved soft-boiled eggs, but cooking them perfectly seems so elusive. The goal: delicate, fully cooked but still soft egg white, enveloping a warm, creamy, thick-yet-runny yolk. Ingredients You can add more seasonings if you’d like - see the discussion below under “Variations.” But typically, all I use is salt and pepper, allowing the flavorful creamy yolks to be the stars of the show....

Pistachio Pear Tart My simple mind classifies pies as “cosy” while tarts as “a bit show off”. Tarts are just that much more elegant in my mind, with finer pastry and being neatly sliceable, they present more beautifully. Think of the glossy sweet creations gracing the shelves of your favourite high street patisserie! Well, this pear tart might be a bit more on the rustic side compared to your average high street shop (that said, I’ve got a posher, but very easy one coming up soon for you!...

The chicken strips come out crispy, juicy, and delicious. And this easy recipe is ready in just 30 minutes! These chicken tenders are so good! They are wonderfully crispy and flavorful. My kids love them and always ask for seconds when I make them. They are quite close in texture to tenders breaded with panko breadcrumbs. Nice and crunchy. The main advantage of coating chicken tenders with crushed pork rinds is that the pork rinds themselves are very flavorful - more so than breadcrumbs....

Serve it with simple baked chicken drumsticks or stovetop chicken thighs, grilled meat, steamed cod or honey garlic salmon or pork. This is the best cucumber salad recipe you would make This classic salad is not for spring or summer alone, it is perfect all year. It is about to become your go-to cucumber salad recipe. One thing I can assure you with this simple salad is that there won’t be any left!...

Christmas breakfast idea? Mother’s day breakfast idea? Easter Breakfast idea? Any excuse to eat these idea? YESSS! What’s the number one thing you’d buy every time you visited a lovely bakery? Fresh bread? homemade scones? crème pâtissière-filled mille-feuille? The mille-feuille comes pretty darn close, but for me it would be a warm almond croissants. Why is it that whenever you have a hotel breakfast or buy from the shop, almonds croissants are always cold!...

Red Velvet Cupcakes The eye-catching cupcake version of the iconic Red Velvet Cake taste like a cross between vanilla and chocolate cupcakes, and are piled high with swirls of fluffy cream cheese frosting. With a superior, buttery and “velvety” sponge, Red Velvet Cupcakes are THE treat to make when you want to be the talk of a gathering. It commands attention – both visually, and by virtue of pure deliciousness. And just think: No matter how crowded the pot luck buffet table is, everybody’s eyes will immediately be drawn to YOUR cupcakes....

They make a wonderful side dish for meats and fish, and leftovers keep well in the fridge for several days. My mother-in-law makes an amazing quiche with leeks. That’s how I first got acquainted with this very interesting vegetable. It looks like a huge green onion, and it has an onion-like flavor, but it’s milder, making it appropriate as a side dish and not just as a condiment. The best thing about roasting leeks in the oven is that baking them mellows their onion flavor, caramelizes them, and brings out their natural sweetness....

Creamy Herb & Garlic Salmon Sauce Here’s a lovely way to serve the world’s most popular fish – smothered in a cream sauce that’s lifted with a good hit of fresh herbs. The luscious sauce is a sensational match with the rich, oily flesh of the salmon. And the best part? You’ll be done in 15 minutes flat! What you need for this Creamy Salmon Sauce The trick to making simple sauces taste incredible is to use ingredients that add complexity and savoury depth....

I like serving this saucy dish over cauliflower rice. Leftovers are really good too, so even if I make this dish for just my husband and me, I make the whole thing and save the leftovers for the next day. So when you combine these two - shrimp AND a stir-fry recipe, truly, what’s not to like? It’s one of the recipes that I make regularly for my family. Everyone likes it - yes, even The Picky Eater....

Serving sandwiches for dinner always seems a bit naughty. Eating your sandwiches at the table over a large piece of baking paper, with cheese melting out the sides, onions and peppers dropping onto the paper, and rich, beefy sauce dribbling down your chin? Well that’s just downright ill-mannered. It is fun though… ..and so delicious! The fact that my kids are allowed to put their elbows on the table, lick their fingers and basically look like they’ve just dunked their heads in their dinner makes this a family favourite....

While often served in a hamburger bun, it’s just as good when served in lettuce wraps! This recipe was inspired by two of my family’s favorite dinners - pulled pork and pulled chicken. Looking at the chuck roast in my fridge one morning, I thought to myself, why not try the same concept with beef? Combine the meat with homemade barbecue sauce and let them cook away in the slow cooker....

I’ve been lovingly caring for the sourdough starter I made a month or so ago. I mastered the art of general bread making - with a little help from Mr Hollywood - about a year ago (it was a happy day for me when my dough addicted husband declared my bread delicious. I’d had far too many ‘hmmm it’s okaaaay’ comments!). So I thought I’d up my game and try some artisan bread....

I love making soup. As well as feeling virtuous for making something homely and healthy, it usually gives me the opportunity to use up the wizened old pieces of veg that are knocking about. I’m sure they sit there (in my little world where I believe vegetables have feelings), thinking they’ve got no chance of being picked compared to the handsome crunchy specimens they’re sharing a shelf with. However the sad fact is, those pieces will probably sit there until they’re wrinkled and waiting to be made into soup too....

STICKY DATE PUDDING – A CHILDHOOD FAVOURITE Who else has childhood memories of Sara Lee frozen Sticky Date Pudding?? It is the only store bought dessert my mother ever bought – and only on special occasions. And as much as I loved it, my one gripe was always that there was not enough Butterscotch Sauce to go around. Never fear. You won’t have that problem with this recipe! 😂 I know this recipe is called Sticky Toffee Pudding by most of the world – other than Australia and New Zealand it seems....

This is a great Thai food favourite that’s incredibly quick to make. Thai Cashew Chicken Stir Fry Stir fries featuring cashews are a favourite across Asia and the Thai version is one of the best! Unlike Chinese Cashew Chicken which is generous on sauce, the Thai version is a drier style stir fry where the sauce flavour is much more intense. So you don’t need nor do you want a ton of sauce to soak your rice....

You know you’re getting old when you get excited by a good Yorkshire pudding rise. But come on - how lovely does that look! It could probably serve 6, but I want a whole corner to myself, and so does everyone else in the family, so let’s stick to a calorific 4-person toad in the hole. What is toad in the hole? It’s basically just a giant Yorkshire pudding with sausages cooked into it....

How to make 4 ingredient chicken marinade In a small bowl or jar, whisk together herbs de Provence, olive oil, lemon juice and zest, garlic granules, salt, and black pepper until combined. Quick and easy juicy chicken marinade that is simple yet delicious. This marinade is not only perfect for chicken breast but it can also be used on all cuts of chicken, chicken thighs, chicken wings, drumsticks, and many more....

What sets this sauce apart from your run-of-the-mill, basic Apple Sauce recipes? Starting with a caramel rather than just mixing sugar into the sauce. The result is a distinctly deeper, richer flavour in return for very little extra effort! This is a bonus recipe (along with Vermouth Jus, also a bonus recipe!) for a sauce to accompany Crispy Slow Roasted Pork Belly, the main recipe for today. The sauce is straightforward as they come, so I’m keeping it short and sweet!...

Just wait until you taste it! It’s ridiculously good! Blueberry Cake When time is short, we make a quick, wooden spoon-mixed Lemon Blueberry Yogurt Cake. But when you want to bake a cake to impress, we make THIS Blueberry Cake! It is a complete and utter celebration of blueberries, bundled up in a combination that can’t be beat: A lemon-infused plush cake adapted from this Vanilla Cake, which in itself has amassed a loyal following from all around the world....

Brazilian Chickpea Curry The sauce for this curry is swiped from Brazilian Fish Stew, a traditional Brazilian dish that’s been a reader favourite for many years now. It tastes like a coconut curry, yet it’s made with just 2 spices – paprika and cumin. Far simpler than most of the from-scratch curry pastes I’ve shared over the years! That fish stew really is all about that sauce, so it was inevitable that I’d start playing around with other ways to use it....