When I lived in Auckland I had a favourite dish at the Ponsonby Food Court and I used to get it most Sunday nights with my flatties. It was just so good.
Chicken & Glass Noodle Salad is an ode to that incredible chicken salad. It has a base of vermicelli noodles, sticky chicken, crunchy veg and it’s the dressing that pulls it all together.
Potato Gratin
My mum used to make Potato Gratin when I was young, and we all loved it! It is a taste of Home for me. It has a creamy sauce in between thin layers of potato all cooked with cheese and garlic. It is the best!
Pork Meatballs with Cheesy Polenta
Gorgeous flavoursome Pork Meatballs served with soft polenta which is cooked with cream cheese and cheese, tied together with a rich tomato sauce. My Pork Meatballs with Cheesy Polenta is a comforting taste explosion.
Beef Satay – Slow/Pressure Cooker Version
This Beef Satay has the most divine peanut coconut sauce and it is all made in the slow cooker or pressure cooker. Simply pop all your ingredients in and turn on, the result is succulent beef in a tasty sauce which is perfect served with steamed rice and vegetables.
Pub Style Mussels & Chips
Greenlip mussels cooked in a creamy, white wine & parsley wine sauce, with chunky fries and garlic aioli that with transport you back to your favourite bar! My Pub Style Mussels and Chips are all cooked and on the table within half an hour.
Quick Pan Fried Gurnard w/ Vietnamese Dressing
This dish ticks all the boxes, it is quick, healthy and tasty. The dressing uses citrus, fish sauce, chilli, white vinegar and some brown sugar for sweetness. Delish! Pick up some fresh fish and you’ll probably find everything else in the pantry or fridge.
Caramel Chilli Chicken
My Caramel Chilli Chicken uses brown sugar, aromatics like ginger and chilli, and chicken stock to make a sticky moreish caramel that is quick and simple to make. I use a mild chilli and remove the seeds so it isn’t very spicy. I have served it here with rice, sweet soy and raw veg, however the Caramel Chilli Chicken is delicious in bao buns or on roti bread as well.
Sausage Pasta
Ready in under 30 minutes, my Sausage pasta has lashings of parmesan cheese, lovely pork sausages and is so simple and delicious!
Buffalo Chicken Wings with Blue Cheese Dip
Crispy oven baked chicken wings tossed in spicy buffalo sauce with a delicious blue cheese dip. Perfect for game day, a casual dinner or a delicious snack.
Chicken 3 Minute Noodle Jar
My Chicken 3 Minute Noodle Jar makes work lunch a breeze! Layer all your ingredients and flavourings in a jar and then add boiling water at lunch time, stir well and devour.
Pork Bites
Bite sized pieces of pork cooked with ginger, garlic and a sticky sweet soy sauce. These Pork Bites are delicious for dinner served with rice or greens.
Baked Cheesy Pasta and Meatballs
Meatballs, flavoured with herbs and parmesan, are baked with a delicious tomato sauce, pasta, and lashings of cheese. You will love that cheese pull when serving this tasty pasta dish!
Chicken and Broccoli Pasta Bake
My Chicken and Broccoli Pasta Bake is creamy, tasty and so simple! With ingredients such as chicken, pasta and broccoli, it is a dish your whole family will love.
Chicken Mee Goreng
My Chicken Mee Goreng is a family favourite. It has sticky, saucy noodles with chicken and beanspouts, perfect for lunch or dinner.
Slow Cooked Roast Lamb
Beautiful Slow Cooked Roast Lamb that is served with a delicious jus and packed full of flavour, from garlic, onions, rosemary & thyme. Simple to prep, then leave the oven to do all the work.
Easter Recipes
Easter is really special in our house, as I was born on Good Friday and my son Hunter was also born on Good Friday. I love the way that the season seems to change from summer to autumn almost overnight when Easter hits. It’s the perfect time to hang out with family, play games with the kids and spend time in the kitchen together.
Quick Pork & Noodles
On the table in 30 minutes these tasty Quick Pork Noodles will fast become a family favourite!
Cheesy Stroganoff Sliders with Beef and Meadow Mushrooms
Classic creamy stroganoff flavours, with 2 types of oozing cheese and golden garlic buns, these Cheesy Stroganoff Sliders are so good!
Creamy Pasta – The Kids Favourite
This Creamy Pasta is my kids’ favourite and they ask for it weekly! It is speedy and easy and versatile. You’ll love it as much as we do.
Baked Beans with Bacon
My Baked Beans with Bacon are your perfect addition to a big breakfast! They are sweet and moreish and the bacon gives a lovely smokiness.
Mongolian Beef
My easy Mongolian Beef is ready in 30 minutes and has tender beef, with a sticky sweet and salty sauce that his packed full of ginger and garlic.
Mini Meadow Mushroom Tarts
We love these Mini Meadow Mushroom Tarts, they are perfect for as a canape, entrée or serve them as part of a shared dinner situation like a BBQ or pot luck.
Asian Pulled Pork with Bao Buns
A lovely Asian flavoured pulled pork which has a delicious sauce and melt in your mouth tender meat. We love it served with bao buns, pickled veg and kewpie mayo.
Christmas Recipes
Here are a collection of my favourite Christmas Recipes all in the one place to help you plan your Christmas Menu.
Smoked Salmon Wreath
Perfect for the festive season this Smoked Salmon Wreath looks fancy, but it is simple as and requires no cooking just a little assembling!
Pork Larb
Pork Larb is a fresh clean recipe that over delivers on spicy Thai flavours!
Asparagus & Prawn Tagliatelle with Mint Pesto
Ready in 15 minutes this Asparagus & Prawn Tagliatelle with Mint Pesto is simple, quick, and so delicious!
Meadow Mushroom Burgers with Haloumi & Beetroot Chutney
These Meadow Mushroom Burgers with Haloumi & Beetroot Chutney are bursting with flavour and are so simple to make.
Pork Schnitzel
Pork Schnitzels are crumbed and fried until golden for an easy and tasty meal the whole family will love. Simple & delicious!
Chocolate Cob Loaf
Luscious melted chocolate, mixed with cream to make a delicious Chocolate Cob Loaf. Served with fruit, wafers, marshmallows and cinnamon sugar bread chunks, this show-stopping recipe is easy and oh so delicious!
Baked Spring Risotto
A lovely simple risotto with green peas, asparagus, parmesan and fresh herbs that is cooked in the oven. My Baked Spring Risotto is exactly what I feel like eating when the weather starts to warm up. Studded with green vegetables and finished with a squeeze of lemon I just love the flavour of this risotto….
Asparagus & Watermelon Tabbouleh with Lamb
Tabbouleh has been given a makeover with the addition of asparagus and watermelon and it is served with beautiful succulent lamb.
Pumpkin Pie
This Pumpkin Pie is the perfect mix of sweet and spice. I use store bought pastry and simple pantry ingredients to make this beauty.
Lemonade Scones
These Lemonade Scones are so simple and easy to whip up. They only use 4 ingredients and taste so light and delicious.
Meadow Mushroom Tart with Feta & Balsamic
Imagine flaky pastry, sliced Meadow Mushrooms that have been cooked in butter and brown sugar, and finished with feta cheese, fresh herbs and balsamic glaze. This tart is simply divine and far more simple than it looks!
Cheese Stuffed Meatball Tacos
These delicious Cheese Stuffed Meatball Tacos are oozing with melted mozzarella and are really simple to make.
Creamy Smoked Salmon Pasta
Ready in under 20 minutes this Creamy Smoked Salmon Pasta is luscious, silky, creamy, all the good things you need in a bowl of pasta!
Asian Sloppy Joes
Asian Sloppy Joes are such a great burger, way less admin than making burger patties and this one has a gorgeous rich sauce made from lots of fresh ginger, garlic and oyster sauce. Yum!
Meadow Mushroom & Chicken Taco Stack
If you love delicious Mexican food that is simple and tastes great, my Meadow Mushroom & Chicken Taco Stack is perfect for you! We make a delicious filling with mushrooms, chicken, corn and chilli beans and a few more goodies, then sandwich it between tacos and cheese and bake. Yum!
Prawns with Creamy Tomato Orzo
Ready in 20 minutes, this dish has juicy spiced prawns with orzo pasta that is cooked with tomato passata and cream cheese which has the most delicious creamy flavour. A perfect weeknight dinner.
Coconut Buns
Beautiful fluffy white buns with a sweet coconut sauce these Coconut Buns are so divine.
Coconut Jam Slice
This Coconut Jam Slice has coconut through the base and the topping, plus a layer of strawberry jam in the middle. It uses simple pantry ingredients and is quick to make. Delish!
Berry & Chocolate Bread and Butter Pudding
Golden pieces of bread, sitting in a creamy custard, and scattered with Berries and chocolate, my berry & Chocolate Bread and Butter Pudding is such a lovely comforting dessert. So easy too!
Sausage Rolls
Homemade Sausage Rolls are always a crowd pleaser and these ones use tomato relish and store bought pastry to make them both easy, and delicious.
Lamb Satay Hawker Rolls, with Rice & Pickled Vegetables
These Lamb Satay Hawker Rolls, with Rice & Pickled Vegetables are simple tasty and delicious.
Kedgeree
This Kedgree is full of flavour and is really simple to make. The smoked fish gives a great taste along with the lightly curried rice and hard boiled eggs. Delish.
Kung Pao Chicken
This Kung Pao Chicken dish has a lovely sticky gingery, garlic, soy sauce, freshness with the chilli & spring onions and it is ready in 40 minutes.
Lamb & Haloumi Gyro
Lamb and Haloumi Gyro’s are the perfect weeknight dinner recipe. They are quick and easy and taste great!
Cheese and Herb Beer Bread
This Cheese & Herb Beer bread is simple, quick and delicious. It has no rise time, you can bake it straight away and it is cheesy and full of flavour
Creamy Potato Salad with Roasted Mushroom Pesto
Potato salad is such a winner isn’t it? This Creamy Potato Salad with Roasted Mushroom Pesto is great as a side, the leftovers are delish and it travels well for a potluck.
Green Pea Fritters with Salmon Gravadlax
These Green Pea Fritters with Salmon Gravadlax are quick and easy to whip up, deliver on impressiveness, and taste incredible.
Caramel Honeycomb Bars
You’ll love these no bake Caramel Honeycomb Bars, they are super delicious, only use a handful of ingredients and are so simple to make.
Lamb Casserole with Kumara Dumplings
Imagine a lovely rich lamb stew with fluffy slightly sweet dumplings cooked on top and you have Lamb Casserole with Kumara Dumplings! It is such a fun dish, and everyone loves a one pot wonder.
Best Ever Beef Burgers
Tasty and delicious, these homemade Best Ever Beef Burgers will impress the whole family.
South Australian Wine & Lamb Shank Handheld Pies
We love a picnic in our family. We love being out in nature with no boundaries, with freedom and spending time together with no distractions. I have to admit though one of my highlights is what’s inside the picnic basket!
Easy Dumpling Soup
There are occasions where you feel like something really belly warming. This is when I make a flavoursome broth and my Easy Dumpling Soup.
Char Siu Pork Meatballs with Egg Noodles
Char Siu Pork Meatballs with Egg Noodles are a quick and flavoursome dish that the whole family will love.
Butter Chicken Pies
These Butter Chicken Pies are perfect for work lunches, with both a vegetable & protein element to fuel him for the day, they’re a lovely warming option when the days are a little colder!
Pasta Salad with Creamy Bacon & Pesto
I love a salad that gets people excited when it hits the table, and this combo is sure to do that!
Creamy Garlic Chicken
There is something comforting and luscious about a creamy garlic sauce. The pleasing aroma hits you before you even take a bite, and you know you are in for a very good time. I have used a whole head of Purple garlic in this creamy garlic chicken and the garlic go soft and sweet and oozy and you will love it!
Miso & Ginger Dressing
This Miso & Ginger dressing is my new obsession. I have been having it on everything! Mainly using it as salad dressing, but its lovely in burgers, in a potato salad, on top of roast chicken or with pan-fried fish.
Creamy Chicken with Cheesy Dumplings
I have a weakness for creamy chicken dishes, the warming nature of them makes me feel satisfied and content. So this creamy chicken that is topped with some dumplings that have been stuffed with gooey mozzerella cheese is such a winner.
Beef Lasagne Roll Ups
We love lasange in our house and this is such a lovely twist on the classic lasagne. It has such a great visual appeal too.
Honey Roasted Pumpkin & Cream Cheese Frittata
I created this Honey Roasted Pumpkin & Cream Cheese Frittata for Rockburn wines to go with their latest vintage of Pinot Gris. The Pinot Gris has lovely lifted honey notes so perfect to reflect this with the honey roasted pumpkin.
Lemon Curd Meringue Nests
This is a gorgeous Easter idea with just a few ingredients that adults will love as much as the kids!
I have such lovely memories of making meringues in home economics and I think some the reasons they are always taught at school, is that they have only 2 ingredients and are so impressive!
Hot Cross Bun Platter
This is such a lovely way to celebrate Easter. Place some Hot Cross Buns, Anathoth Farm Raspberry Jam, fruits and sweet treats on a platter and everyone can help themselves. There aren’t any rules for what to include on your platter, but here is what I used.
Hot Cross Bun Pudding
The Hot Cross Buns are given an entire new life by being soaked and then cooked, in custard. Think, bready, creamy, spiced goodness. Now hit that with some berry jam and some raspberries, the balance is incredible! Just when you think it might be too rich you get a kick from the tart berries.
Balsamic & Beetroot Glazed Salmon
We always have salmon on Christmas Day and this years version is easy, tasty, impressive and delicious! But don’t save it for Christmas, this beauty will impress your guests all year round.
Whole Orange Cake with White Chocolate Icing
This is such a lovely moist cake with beautiful citrus flavour. Just perfect for these delicious new season Gisborne oranges from Twisted Citrus. I have used a Bundt tin but a regular ring tin would work just as well. This is a simple recipe using mainly pantry staples and a little yoghurt. It is delicious served for afternoon tea with a cuppa.
Banana Chocolate Chip Blender Muffins
My son has just started school and I am already looking for quick ways to fill his lunchbox, and send him to school with some home baking. These muffins are so easy and I make most of the process in the blender! It saves on time and dishes! You can change up the flavours to…
Buddha Bowl with Green Goddess Dressing
Ahhh Spring, I love you! I love your new life, your new blooms and I’m not gonna lie, I love your new food! The seasonal produce at Countdown right now is so gorgeous! I love walking into the fruit and vegetable section and ideas jumping out at me. Even when I shop on line (like…
Prawn Tacos with BBQ Sweetcorn & Strawberry Salsa
This summer we have been alternating between eating in the backyard and picnicking by the river. It’s been so lovely! The kids forever running around in their togs and we enjoying watching them run around making memories, so carefree. At meal time our plates show an abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables, the colours jumping…