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Asian Citrus Slaw with Squid
This light and easy dish is full of flavour and texture. Perfect as a starter or a light summer dish. Ingredients 1/4 head purple cabbage (sliced) 1/4 head green cabbage (sliced) 1/2 carrot (grated) handful ...
Drunken Cauliflower Soup
This very decadent and boozy soup is so delicious. Perfect for a starter to a posh 3 course meal or perhaps on it’s own with some dense bread and butter. Ingredients 2 shallots, thinly sliced ...
Spinach and Fetta Tart
Pack up the wicker basket, comfy rug and a footy, it’s picnic season! Now is the time to experiment with tasty sandwiches, tarts, pies, cold cuts and other picnicy delights. Just remember not to forget ...
Grilled Lemon and Garlic Chicken Skewers
This simple, fresh dish is packed with flavour and super easy to make. Nice and light on the wallet too. 1 lemon 2 cloves garlic – crushed olive oil extra virgin olive oil 4 chicken ...
One Pot Slow Lamb Roast
This dish is so awesome for a Sunday Roast. It requires so little effort and is super delicious. You will need to prepare this dish a day before and allow for 4 and a half ...
Chargrilled Tomato Salsa
This smokey delight is perfect as a dipping sauce or stirred through pasta. Ingredients 1 punnet very ripe cherry roma or grape tomatoes (washed) 1 garlic clove (sliced) 1 shallot (sliced) 1 handful fresh thyme ...
Cashew, Avocado and Baby Leaf Salad
This tasty combination of flavours is perfect on its own or accompanied with a delicious grilled or baked meat. Ingredients 1 cup rocket 1 cup baby spinach 1/3 cup roasted cashews 1 diced avocado Balsamic ...
The Perfect Steak
There is no doubt that cooking the Perfect Steak is an art. Over the years I have struggled with getting the right temperature. Now I believe cooking steak is a fairly simple exercise as long ...
BBQ Roast Dorper Lamb with Sticky Mango Marinade
Summer calls for the BBQ, fresh salads and ice cold drinks. Today happens to be a 36 degree day and I woke up craving something smoky and fresh. Armed with a generous cut of local ...
Zesty BBQ Lamb Rack
Lamb chops on the BBQ is iconically Australian. This recipe gives the dish a delicious Mediterranean twist. Make yourself a jug of ice-cold Sangria and you have the perfect Summer meal. Ingredients Frenched Lamb Rack ...
Chunky Chips
The perfect chip is crispy on the outside, smooth on the inside and so moorish you just can’t stop at one. Follow these steps and you will never be disappointed. Chunky Chips: Ingredients 1 large, ...
Slow Roasted Ribeye with Rich Gravy
Slow Roasting a cut of meat on the bone, on a low heat breaks down meat and allows it to fall off the bone. Instead of your usual Sunday Roast, treat the family (and yourself) ...
Ratatouille
I had a craving for crunchy bread and tomato based sauce, so I whipped up a “structured” Ratatouille just to have in all its glory. Traditionally, the dish is more like a stew, but I ...
Basic Pasta Sauce
I am going to establish right now that I am not Italian and much to my heart’s (and palate’s) dismay, I have never been involved in a “tomato sauce day”. Nothing beats the taste of ...
Celeriac Mash
An interesting alternative to mashed potato. Celeriac has a fresh fusion of flavours… a strange cross between celery and parsnip. Teamed with potato, this is simply gorgeous. Ingredients 1x Celeriac (trimmed, peeled and chopped) 2x ...
Plum Red Wine Reduction
A delicious sauce perfect with game meat. Ingredients 2x Spring Onions (trimmed and thinly sliced) 1x Shallot (thinly sliced) 1x Large Garlic Clove (thinly sliced) 1 1/2 cups Red Wine 3x tbsp Plum Sauce 1x ...
Buttered Garlic Spinach
A silky smooth side that will make you mouth water… Ingredients 1 bag or bunch of baby spinach 1 garlic clove 1 tablespoon butter Salt and Pepper taste Method In a saucepan place the garlic ...
Crunchy Potatoes
Super crunchy potatoes perfect with a roast. Ingredients 4 Large Ruby Lou or Royal Blue potatoes 1/4 cup Olive Oil Salt and Pepper taste Method Preheat oven to 200 and insert a baking tray with ...
Patatas Bravas
This traditional Spanish Tapas dish is perfect as a canape, side or tapas with wine. Serve with Garlic Mint Yoghurt or Aioli. Ingredients 3 large potatoes (peeled, cut into bite-size chunks) 1 tsp sea salt ...
Chargrilled Capsicum and Field Mushroom Stack
Smokey and sweet, this gorgeous vegetable steak is delicious on its own or atop a Perfect Steak. Ingredients 1 large red capsicum or 2 paprika 2 field mushrooms salt and pepper olive oil Method Slice ...
Grilled Citrus Asparagus and Baby Carrots
This smokey, zesty dish is delicious with any grilled meat. Ingredients 1 bunch fresh asparagus 1 bunch baby carrots juice of 1 citrus fruit (lemon, lime or orange are great) Glug olive oil Sea Salt ...
Italian Potato Salad
I love a nice creamy potato salad as much as the next person, however for a fresher and even more flavoursome change, try my spin on the Italian Potato Salad. Ingredients 2 Medium Ruby Lou ...
Garlic Mint Yoghurt
This creamy, aromatic sauce is delicious with lamb, chicken, pizza or anything that you want add a little zing to. Ingredients 1 small tub plain Greek Yoghurt 1 handfull fresh mint (washed and chopped finely) ...