{recipe} pork belly stuffed with apple & fennel
The truth is I’m not a fan of pork. It’s the way it’s produced and frankly if it’s not free range and if those little piggies didn’t get to mess about in mud and sniff about like they should get [...]
View Articlealphabet soup
A very simple recipe, using homemade chicken stock (recipe coming), and clean fresh tasting vegetables. You could add cooked basmati or brown rice to the soup, but I’ve used a gluten free pasta shaped...
View Article{recipe} I heart eggs omelet
The omelet is an oops-we’ve-run-out-of-everything lifesaver. If all you have are a few eggs sitting alone in the fridge, you have dinner, or breakfast. A traditional French omelet of two-to-three eggs...
View Article{recipe for…} lentil celery & nasturtium salad
Picked bouquets of nasturtiums, mint, parsley and lettuce just today from the garden and turned them into this bitey salad for (chilly) sunshine eating. Nasturtiums grow like crackers in Sydney right...
View Article{recipe} asian chicken nuggets
Fast food without the calories, protein snack without the preservatives, chicken nuggets without the drive-through. I was asked to do a few healthy recipes for the Government’s Swap it campaign, which...
View Article{recipe} lamb chops with herbed anchovies
Here’s an easy way to dress up lamb chops. The ingredients list may be a little longer than for other weekday meals, but it’s all simple stuff you may well have on hand anyway. It’s the combination of...
View Article{recipe} sticky orange lamb shanks
Glorious sticky orange-infused lamb shanks, tender and falling from the bone and on to my plate. Not exactly a summery dish, to be sure, but if you can get everyone together over the Christmas break...
View Article{recipe} sticky sesame soy sticks
I’m going to go ahead and call these yakitori. In Hong Kong earlier this year (sigh), we found a too cool spot too too late. We had one day left to go and declined a three hour queue at some [...]
View Article{recipe} baked peach pancakes
So if we’re going to take this whole eat-in-season, be thrifty, care for the environment thing seriously, and I do, we’re going to need recipes to help us get there. If you see peaches at the farmers’...
View Article{recipe} Thai street food larb
This chunky Thai fry-up is my fail-safe tasty dish, and it’s in my lastest cookbook After Toast. You can win a copy of the book HERE… The book is packed with recipes for aspiring cooks, with simple but...
View Article{recipe} healthy muesli
You may have spotted this little creation on my Instagram today. I might as well hand over my favourite muesli recipe too. It’s silly easy to do, and I like to know I’m starting the day with something...
View Articlemorning coconut and nectarine bircher
A super quick bircher made with the best early season stone fruits, oats and a bunch of sneaky healthy things, topped with chopped nectarines and flaked toasted almonds, a drizzle of maple syrup.
View Articleroast garlic rosemary bread & whipped ricotta
This recipe is so simple to pull together, and made fresh the bread is a versatile thing made for dipping into guacamole, your favourite homemade salsa, or this soft and creamy citrus-whipped ricotta....
View ArticleYes, homemade crumpets are a thing
Hotel breakfasts are usually all cubes of melon and dollops of yoghurt, floppy bacon and maple syrup. And crumpets, if they appear, are pulled out of the packet and toasted, hopefully. But the newish...
View Articletote-able healthy jar salad
Everything good can be served in a jar these days. Shun the lunch-at-desk option as you head for the daily grind and instead pack up good things from the fridge to cart in a jar. This clever tote-able...
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