Raw fennel is way yummier than cooked in my opinion and this is such a refreshing salad in either summer or winter. It’s fantastic with fish and chicken on a hot night, or will lighten up a heavier meal, such as pasta in winter. READ MORE
I’m a bit late putting this recipe up now that we’re in Jan already, but perhaps it would make a good Xmas in July dessert and there’s no doubt that Christmas puddings always get better with time, so make it ahead. It was Raymondo’s turn this year to make the pud and I have to say that this was hands down the best I’ve had. For once, this Christmas, I didn’t feel like I was eating a heavy pudding with no room left to spare, it was absolutely delicious and I was contemplating seconds…READ MORE
This recipe is a tasty version of a bolognese pasta bake with a few differences – pancetta and good quality sausage meat rather than mince meat, and a cheat’s white sauce (no mucking around with roux and bechamel here!). READ MORE
I recently bought the most beautiful new cookbook by Ashley Rodriguez – she’s a former chef in the US who has the award winning blog ‘Not Without Salt’. The book is called ‘Date Night In’ and it’s packed full of decadent feasts to share with your significant other, designed to get the juices flowing and reinvigorate relationships (wink wink). READ MORE
Why is it that when you feel like a banana, there’s none left and when you have some in the house they are left to go brown!? When I have three or four overripe bananas, I think of this yummy banana bread (which is really more like cake – I’m not sure why they call it ‘bread’). READ MORE
When you’re feeling a bit cooked out this time of year and really can’t be bothered, this is a great quick, light and healthy little salad which goes well with chicken, meat or fish. I usually serve it with spiced lamb back straps, but it would be good with roast chicken (store bought is fine now and again!) or pan fried fish. READ MORE
This is a lovely fresh salad, which goes with just about anything really. The earthy beetroot is great raw with the lemon and it’s really healthy. A good one for all ages (if you leave out chilli or add it at the table for the grown ups) it’s another Karen Martini fave. She pairs it with spicy fried lamb mince and a chickpea puree. I reckon it would be good with roast chicken or schnitzel, lamb cutlets or pan fried fish. READ MORE
Who’s sick of the tasteless tomatoes selling at the shops right now? Even in the peak of summer, green, yellow, orange or red, they just don’t seem to have any flavour. Farmers markets are definitely the go until our tomatoes are ready later in the summer. When they are, this salad makes the most of the ripe, sun-kissed gems. READ MORE
A face only a mother could love… It’s the same post-Christmas each year – a heap of leftover ham, turkey, cranberry sauce, etc etc. Great if you want to avoid cooking for a few days, or if you’re up for it, turn it into something else. Today I borrowed some ideas from a gnocchi recipe in Valli Little’s new cookbook, Delicious – Love to Eat (a Chrissy present from my parents) and turned our leftover turkey into a yummy pasta without even having to go to the shops. READ MORE
I love this time of year, so many delicious flavours flying around in the lead up to the big day. We have an amazing array of biscuits here at our place right now, some cooked in-house and others delivered from friends and family. To me, melomakarona are the golden child of Greek biscuits. My mother in law (Giagia) only makes them at Christmas and Easter. When I was dating Pete and first tasted these, I just knew I had to marry into this family!READ MORE