Recipes
Simple Baked Salmon Recipe (Salmon Boats)
Simple Baked Salmon Recipe (Salmon Boats) I generally refer to this simple Baked Salmon recipe as ‘salmon boats’ at home because they’re baked in a ‘boat’ of alo foil. What I love about this recipe is how simple it is to prepare and how well it presents and tastes. The best part is that the...
Mid Week Meal Recipes
Mid Week Meal Recipes What to cook for dinner tonight? This collection of mid week meal recipes will provide some ideas. As tough as it can be at times to find variation, I do find that having set days to cook/eat certain types of food can help not only with budgeting and planning but...
Pasta Bake Recipe (Meat Free)
Pasta Bake Recipe (Meat Free) For anyone that’s tried my Aunty Rosie’s Pasta Bake with meatballs, it is the true definition of comfort food. It’s a soft, flavour full bake with pockets of mozzarella that seem to stretch for miles, and juicy meatballs hidden within the layers of pasta. My Aunt’s recipe requires a particular combination...
6 Tips for Catering Your Next Party
6 Tips for Catering Your Next Party Some party catering tips for your next home gathering. By Kevin Marshall Social gatherings around food, drinks and music make for some of the most fun and memorable moments in our lives. When your time comes to host a dinner party, kid’s birthday or family gathering, you’ll...
Baked Feta Recipe
Baked Feta Recipe Now that I have a little one to look after, my spare time is limited and my cooking style has adjusted with it. Simple dishes have become the flavour of the year. I have also become best friends with my oven, a saviour for the majority of my meals which now involve...
Zucchini Goat Cheese Loaf Recipe
Zucchini Goat Cheese Loaf Recipe This simple Zucchini Goat Cheese Loaf recipe creates a moist, hearty savoury loaf that will get you through quick breakfasts or snacks throughout the week. Cut thick slices and enjoy on its own or jazz up with a slow cooked egg and smoked salmon. Zucchini Goat Cheese Loaf Makes 6...
Broccoli Sage Goats Cheese Risotto
Broccoli, Sage, Goats Cheese Risotto This Broccoli Sage Goats Cheese Risotto is a simple dish with loads of flavour. It is relatively easy to put together, but if you can’t spare an hour mid-week then leave this one for cosy weekend evenings or your next winter dinner party. The goat cheese adds a beautiful creaminess...
Eritrean Recipes
Eritrean Recipes Learn to make a wonderful Eritrean feast using these fabulous flavourful recipes. In late December 2017, we hosted an Eritrean Cooking class with our friends at Cultivating Community. One of the generous Eritrean cooks in their community network, Shadya – pictured above took our group through an entire Eritrean feast from scratch....
Eritrean Doughnuts with Honey (Makleel)
Eritrean Doughnuts with Honey (Makleel) Eritrean Doughnuts with honey (Makleel) are also known as sweet dumplings or ‘makleel’ in Tigrinya, the Eritrean Language), are very similar to Greek Loukoumades. Using basic pantry ingredients, they are super simple to put together and result in a crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside moorish dessert. After...
Eritrean Vegetable Curry
Eritrean Vegetable Curry Serves 10 – 12 people as a shared/side dish Named ‘alicha’ in Tigrinya (the Eritrean language), this Eritrean Vegetable Curry is flavoursome, hearty and warming. This is just another of the various recipes (humus, falafil and lentil curry) taught to us by Eritrean cook, Shadya at our recent cooking class...
Broccoli ricotta pasta
Broccoli ricotta pasta This is my Mother’s recipe. It’s a simple but flavourful meal that can be put together fairly quickly with supermarket ingredients. The broccoli adds to the freshness of the dish, while the creamy ricotta adds an element of decadence. What I love about this dish apart from the flavour and ease of putting it...
Homemade Humus Recipe
Homemade Humus Recipe Learn how to make this delicious humus dip effortlessly at home (from scratch) We are all just a can of chickpeas and a handful of other basic ingredients away from making our very own humus – from scratch. Next time you find yourself adding humus to your shopping list, add the...
