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Complete your Chinese banquet with a side of Fried Rice, Hot and Sour Soup and Chinese Broccoli with Oyster Sauce. Time to get your dumpling game on! Chinese Dumplings aka Potstickers There was a time when I had a handful of favourite hole-in-the-wall dumpling joints complete with peeling lino floors, chipped tables and rickety chairs where we could stuff ourselves silly for less than $8 a head. Nowadays, dumplings have become “all the rage” and many such places have become fancy....

It takes just 20 minutes to make, but it tastes best after a short rest in the fridge. So make sure to make it a couple of hours in advance. I might be in the minority here, but I love chicken livers. I like sauteed chicken livers topped with caramelized onions. And I also like them chopped or made into a pâté. Ingredients You’ll only need a few simple ingredients to make this hearty appetizer....

Creamy Avocado Dressing This is a dressing that uses avocado to make it creamy, rather than mayonnaise or loads of oil. It doesn’t taste very avocado-ey because avocados are dense so it needs to be thinned out to make it pourable as a dressing. Rather, think of the avocado as a better-for-you means to get a creamy dressing fix! Excellent use for avocados that are a bit overripe or with brown spotty bits that don’t look appealing enough to use in salads....

This is a terrific quick and easy zucchini recipe that’s super economical! Zucchini Fritters I have a theory that you can fritter anything (something I’ve elaborated on in my Pakora recipe!) And frittata anything. And the Asian blood running through my veins also insists that I tell you that you can stir fry anything (follow the formula in this Stir Fry Sauce recipe) and make fried rice from anything. Today, we’re frittering....

This VERY easy version is made with garlic, heavy cream, and parmesan. I use dried spices to streamline the recipe, and the result is comparable to much more elaborate ones. This creamy soup is one of my favorites to make in the fall and winter. In my tasty version, Parmesan cheese adds texture and flavor, while a touch of heavy cream adds silkiness and enhances the soup’s delicate flavor. Considering it’s such an elegant and flavorful soup that you can often order in fine restaurants, It’s surprisingly easy to make!...

I received an email from a reader asking me to share my chicken noodle soup. It might be in the middle of summer here in Sydney but the weather is swinging from heat waves to winter-like from day to day, so it was certainly no hardship to move from the barbecued Miso Marinated Side of Salmon I shared last Friday to this soup! OK, maybe “winter-like” is a slight exaggeration....

I never could resist mashed potato. My favourite bit of a roast dinner when I was younger, I always used to request lots of mash and gravy and a little bit of everything else! So by default, Shepherd’s pie and cottage pie are two of my favourite comfort foods. Personally, I love my Shepherd’s Pie with lots of green veg and plenty of gravy.Chris likes it like that too, but his favourite way of eating it is to save some for breakfast the next day, then fry it up and serve it on bread with ketchup....

Slow cooking is without question the safest and easiest way to cook turkey breast without brining or marinating. The flesh is juicy, it’s completely hands off, and it’s a forgiving recipe. And it’s ideal to prep ahead! Slow Cooker turkey breast This is the slow cooker version of last years’ Roasted Garlic Herb Butter Turkey Breast. The slow cooker option was in such high demand, I ended up creating it and cramming the recipe in the notes, putting it in the running for the world’s longest recipe directions....

Serve it plain, straight out of the pot, or take it over the top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream! Creamy Rice Pudding I am pretty sure this is the ultimate emergency cosy winter dessert. It takes all of 5 minutes to prep. It’s completely effortless – just pour everything into a baking dish, then pop it in the oven. It’s extremely low risk – all sorts of outcome variables are easy to rectify and adjust....

Ground beef is used in many dishes like this spaghetti Bolognese recipe, tacos, quesadilla, pies and many easy homemade delicious recipes. It freezes well which makes it handy for when time is of the essence too. Minced Beef Cooking and browning ground beef is one of the basic kitchen skills everyone needs to know and my job is to show you how to make the best. I am aware some people like to rinse and boil minced meat before using it in their recipes, that is a no for me....

Learn how to make corn on the cob in your instant pot pressure cooker and you will never make it any other way again. I love to serve mine with melted butter, salt and pepper. This is the corn you want to use in your next corn salad. Instant pot corn recipe I love cooking my vegetables in my instant pot pressure cooker whether by steaming or pressure cooking. They come out perfect all the time and they only require a few minutes to make like this instant pot carrot and instant pot asparagus....

This ramen noodles recipe uses kitchen staple ingredients, it is vegetarian, vegan and can be made with any protein of choice too. A perfect busy weeknight dinner or meatless Monday meal. Let me show you how to make it with this step by step guide including a video. We love instant ramen noodles! my daughter can’t go a week without eating this at least once. I don’t blame her, it can be quite addictive and delicious if cooked right....

Serve this nutritious stew with crusty homemade bread, pasta or rice. Summertime has only just started, but I can’t wait to share this with you especially at the time of posting today’s recipe, the world is doing everything it can to feed your body with immune-boosting foods. My traditional ratatouille recipe features the following veggie medley, eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes and sweet peppers. This instant pot ratatouille is a good excuse to consume your five a day and packed full of flavour....

Ready in about 30 minutes, this easy keto version is made with a coating of almond meal. It’s just as good as the original! “It’s like pizza on a chicken breast!” declared the Picky Eater, delighted. Why yes, it is. The humble chicken breast is coated with a mixture of almond meal and parmesan, baked until cooked through, then topped with marinara sauce and more cheese, and baked again briefly, just to melt the cheese....

And the whipped chocolate topping is marvelous - although they’re very good without it too. These tasty little cheesecakes are so good! They have this wonderful vanilla flavor and their topping is rich and chocolatey and perfectly complements them. They are easy enough to be an everyday dessert for the family, but they are also perfect for hosting because you make them in advance. So there’s no need for last-minute frantic efforts in the kitchen, the enemy of gracious hosting!...

Serve with everything. KFC Potato and Gravy This recipe is here by reader demand! And this is the photo that started it all – Fried Chicken being dunked in a bowl of what I call my copycat KFC Potato and Gravy. Readers spied it in the recipe video and saw photos in the post. I casually offered it up – “let me know if you want the recipe!” – and the people have spoken....

One thing that I absolutely love as a recipe creator, is when I put a plate of food down in front of people, and the conversation stops the moment the first bite is taken. Just quiet, wide-eyed, satisfied munching, with the occasional ‘Mmmmm’ and ‘oh my god, it’s so good’ until it’s all gone. That moment when everyone wants to focus all of their senses on what they’re eating, and nothing else matters....

Jump to:📋 What do we need? 🔪 How to make lamb koftas 🍽️ What to serve it with 🍲 More fantastic Street Food recipes Lamb Kofta Kebab Recipe 💬 Reviews I absolutely LOVE cooking with lamb, it’s one of Chris and my favourite meats! From a traditional Lancashire hotpot, to roast lamb, to lamb curry (lamb works REALLY well in a curry), Korean style lamb cutlets and my crispy lamb salad (my favourite salad of all time), it’s such a versatile meat that works well in so many flavour combinations....

While baking it takes about 40 minutes, if you use the microwave, it’s ready in less than 20 minutes! I rarely bother with baking it anymore. I love spaghetti squash! The magic of raking a fork back and forth and turning its tasty flesh into strands always amazes me. It’s easy enough to bake spaghetti squash in the oven. It’s ridiculously easy to cook it whole in the microwave. This method is so easy, and the results are quite comparable to baking....

Prepping and baking them takes just 30 minutes, but then, like all cheesecakes, they need to rest for 2 hours. Creamy and chocolatey, these delightful little cakes are made with cream cheese and dark chocolate and sweetened with stevia. They have a velvety texture and a lovely, deep chocolate flavor. This is a very easy recipe - much easier than baking a classic keto cheesecake. The only reason I don’t make it more often is that I tend to overeat these cakes!...