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The pastry shells can be made days, even months in advance. And one batch makes almost 50 profiteroles!! Profiteroles Profiteroles are a hazard. It is way too easy to inhale an indecent amount in one sitting. I exaggerate not. Because unlike many desserts, profiteroles seem so light rather than heavy and overly sweet. Combine that with the fact that they are so small, you can easily swipe one without anyone noticing as you casually stroll past the pile (yet again…), and you don’t even need to break stride as you bite into it....

This is a quick dinner idea that’s based on using what you’ve got – so feel free to customise! Chicken Spaghetti I’ve affectionately dubbed this pasta as a Sicilian Chicken Spaghetti for no other reason than to add a little za za zoom to what is actually a very simple pasta made with pantry staples, but is nevertheless can’t-stop-slurping-it-good. It’s a basic tomato garlic pasta sauce, but it gets a flavour boost from a few little things: EFFORTLESS – This chicken pasta calls for little more than opening cans and jars, and pressing garlic through a crusher!...

This Spinach and Artichoke Dip recipe is beautiful served warm or at room temperature. Spinach Artichoke Dip I do like artichokes. Alot. But a good friend of mine is abnormally obsessed with them. I’ve never seen anyone get so excited when artichokes make it to the antipasto platter. So. To my dear friend who is abnormally obsessed with artichokes – this Spinach Artichoke Dip is dedicated to her! What goes in Spinach Artichoke Dip As one would expect, the two stars in this dip are artichoke and spinach....

Fully loaded with chicken, bacon and egg, it’s an excellent work day lunch, a show-off salad for gatherings, and guess what? It stays green for days! That Creamy Avocado Ranch Dressing….. This recipe is all about the creamy avocado ranch dressing. It is Great – with a capital “G”. Regular readers know when I capitalise, I mean it! 😂 It’s not just about making a dressing that’s traditionally made with loads of mayonnaise healthier....

A round up of the very best Party Food recipes that I’ve shared over the years that are worthy of your New Years’ Eve Party!! Or browse the full Party Foods recipe collection at your leisure! I love this time of the year! Quality time with family and friends, and every gathering I attend inevitably involves food. A get together without food is….just a meeting, isn’t it? 😂 So I find myself regularly digging through my stash of party food recipes to find fast, easy, make ahead recipes to take to get togethers....

Browned butter and sweet soy sauce. It is a combination made in heaven, one that you may not have thought of but I hope you try it at least once because it is magical! Sweet soy sauce – otherwise known as Kecap Manis – is an Indonesian sweet soy sauce which is available at major supermarkets (Woolworths and Coles in Australia) OR you can easily make with just soy sauce and sugar....

This is a reader-favourite recipe included by popular demand in my debut cookbook “Dinner”! Beef Enchiladas I love that there are so many variations of Beef Enchiladas in this big-wide-world. Simple ones, filled with a plain cooked beef filling then topped with enchilada sauce and (lots of) cheese. Fancy ones with the addition of chillies, beans, corn and even olives, sometimes even bacon. Hidden vegetable versions (don’t ever try that on me, I can pick them a mile away)....

Cheese and Bacon Bread Boats When my mother saw a photo of this, she laughed out loud and said “you really come up with some odd ideas, don’t you?”. I paused a moment and wondered, would this be too weird to share? Then I decided, heck, no way! I love this. It is so yummy. It really does taste like a quiche, but with a significantly higher crunch factor. It is SO GOOD that I have to share it!...

This is a made from scratch chicken satay recipe, and there is every possibility you already have everything you need to make this. Similar to the Everyday Chicken Curry, the simplicity of the spices required will surprise you. Chinese Satay Chicken Stir Fry For years, I’ve been trying to extract restaurant secrets from my local Chinese restaurant. Each time I go, I weave a question innocently into the conversation, trying to pick up one more tip....

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....

French toast will always be a staple for leisurely weekend breakfasts along with my favourite fluffy Pancakes and Pancakes bursting with Blueberries. So skip the bistro queue and make brunch at home this weekend! French toast You know when you feel like making something grand-ish for a weekend breakfast and but you’re too bleary to tackle Eggs Benedict? French toast is your answer. Always. Why? Because it’s effortless, and there’s a plethora of topping options!...

Grilled Vegetables Every time I make this, someone always asks “what did you put on the vegetables?” They never believe me when I say “Just salt, pepper and olive oil”! There is no fancy secret to this. It’s just chargrilled vegetables, seasoned with salt and pepper and drizzled with olive oil. The “must do” part is cooking the vegetables until they are charred (i.e. burnt!). It’s the flavour base of this entire dish!...

It’s Saturday 27 December, 2 days after Christmas, so I bet there are millions (billions??) of households around the world having ham for lunch. Sure, you could throw together a ham sandwich with fresh bread (yay, shops are open today!), or a frittata using other leftovers from your Christmas Day feast. Or you could do something a little different and make this chowder. 🙂 “You could make yet another grilled ham and cheese sandwich to use up all that leftover ham…....

The secret is browned butter – called Beurre noisette in French. Learn how to pronounce it so you can loftily tell your family and friends “we’re having French tonight!” (But don’t tell them how simple it is?) Restaurant-style Lemon Butter Sauce for Fish! Great quality fish is not cheap. But worthy of investment because: it’s good for you; a beautiful piece of fish requires very little done to it to make a meal that you’d pay serious $ for at a fancy seafood restaurant; and they’re quick to cook....

This is a reader-favourite recipe included by popular demand in my debut cookbook “Dinner”! Traditional Italian lasagna Lasagna, lasagna. How I love thee! It is possibly one of the most loved foods in the whole wide world, and understandably so. There is just something so sentimental about lasagna, so comforting. It evokes images of of gatherings with family and friends all around the world. It is the sort of food that is like a big warm hug, and so more-ish you want to keep digging in until you burst....

There’s over 45 recipes that use 6 core Asian sauces that cost ~$12 in total. Can you guess what they are? 🙂 My closest proper Asian store is a 30 minute drive away. So keeping my pantry stocked with Asian essentials requires some semblance of organisation. The good news is, making Asian food is actually less of a mystery than you think, with a handful of sauces that make an appearance over and over again....

This is a reader-favourite recipe included by popular demand in my debut cookbook “Dinner”! Quinoa Salad I’m not going to lie to you. Put me in front of a salad bar, and you won’t see me pause for a beat in front of any option containing quinoa. It’s not that I dislike quinoa as such. In fact, when cooked well (psst, toasting it certainly elevates it to loftier heights!), I’ll happily scoff it down plain, just like I do rice....

I’m also providing a selection of serving options – including an elegant Creamy White Wine Mustard Sauce! Crumbed Rack of Lamb This is the first rack of lamb recipe I’ve shared, and I was torn with indecision about whether to do a classic, plainly roasted version (which I eventually did make!) or go all out with a crumbed number, reserved for special occasions. The crumb number won out … because who doesn’t go mad over tender, juicy lamb meat with a golden crunchy crust?...

Breakfast Casserole Bacon + sausage + egg + milk + cheese + potatoes + bread does not = nutritious low fat energy breakfast for every day. But it DOES equal DELICIOUS!!! This is my “make-ahead-feed-an-army” version of a country breakfast fry up that is one of my favourite things to order when I go out for brunch (especially if I had a few too many champers the night before). A ginormous plate loaded with eggs, sausage, bacon, potatoes and toast on the side....

Keep a stash for snacking, pop them in lunch boxes or serve a basket of these with dinner! Cheese Muffins – a great savoury muffin recipe! So basically, these muffins are every cheese-lovin’-Carb-Monsters’ dream come true. Inhale deeply, and you’ll get a waft of buttery garlicky goodness mingling with that unmistakable smell of melting cheese. Look closely, and you’ll feel the warmth radiating from these muffins, fresh out of the oven....