This Miso, Maple, and Butter Roast Chicken is a feast. It is tender and golden burnished to perfection. The secret lies in the dry brining and the continuous basting when baking. Brining. What is it? It’s a method of preparing meat for cooking. It involves using salt to draw out moisture and then reabsorb it…
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Marinated Pork steaks with Nam Jim. Quick dinners!
You could say this is no restaurant dish but it is a quick and very simple dinner. Marinated Pork Steaks with Nam Jim makes dinner in around 30 minutes for the perfect weeknight flavour bomb. During the week, I find it extra hard to whip up dinner. This recipe gets a 10 for flavour and…
Chicken in a pot with orange dijon and garlic
Are you fighting over the dishes still? One Pot recipes are the best at saving time and dishes and this Chicken in a pot with orange, dijon and garlic is perfect. Stop the fights bake some chicken. Dijon is a natural match with orange and thyme I used a handful of staples to make this….
Tofu Bowl with sesame, sweet potato, miso and kimchi
You will love this Tofu Bowl with sesame, sweet potato, miso and kimchi. It is really easy and you’ll be surprised how very good it tastes. I am obsessed with this miso glaze recipe on in this dish and I use it on everything! If you want to make an impressive plant-based dish you can…
Pumpkin Soup loaded. A bowl of comfort.
This is not your ordinary Pumpkin soup it’s loaded with all the goodies. Thick and packed with flavour it’s a bowl full of comfort you can have on the table in around 30 minutes Pumpkin Soup that’s loaded with goodies and bound to become a favourite in your house There’s nothing more comforting than a…
Pork Belly Braised with Black Vinegar Caramel
Whole Braised Pork Belly Black Vinegar Caramel Luscious Pork cooked all in one pot. It’s decadent and finger-licking good and makes a great meal with rice and salad or as an entree/ appetiser with a bit of spicy Asian style slaw. It’s not a new recipe its a reworked older one that I have lazied…
Parmesan Chicken Bake. One Pot Food
Strictly speaking I guess this Parmesan Chicken Bake uses two pots if you want to eat it with pasta or rice but that is a technicality. The most important part is that this one pot method for cooking Chicken Breasts means they are unbelievably tender and moist. Give it a try. I have been concentrating…
Sticky Pork Scotch Fillet & Raw Sweet and Sour
Sticky Pork Scotch Fillet is so good with this special Raw Sweet and Sour. All you need to do is marinate the Pork and serve it with this stunning salad. Just add rice. Odds are it isn’t summer where you are, but you could still BBQ this Sticky Pork Scotch Fillet because it will make…
Roasted Pineapple, Chilli Salsa Pork Steaks
A completely delicious and quick weeknight meal that looks like you’ve spent hours in the kitchen?. Yes please. Roasted Pineapple Chilli salsa Pork is my new favourite! This is quick and easy. The only secret here is to make sure you don’t overcook the pork. I follow the timing rules when cooking these steaks and…
Salmon tray baked with two Minute Noodles
Easy Baked Salmon with Two Minute Noodles Now this Easy Baked Salmon with Two Minute Noodles is one of those dinners you will be putting on rotation at your house. Hey I know this because it’s so delicious and so darn easy. I wish I was eating it right now. It takes about 20 minutes…
Lamb skewers, Zucchini Cheese Bake
When I say weeknight really I mean easy and this Weeknight Lamb skewers, Zucchini Cheese Bake is laughably easy. So much so it will take you pretty much no time at all. In fact I have even cheated a fare bit. I bought the skewers ready made. They are un-marinated, that’s a very important factor….
Pumpkin Chickpea Salad with Feta Chickpea Water Mayonnaise
Pumpkin Chickpea Salad with Chickpea Water Mayonnaise, you do not want to miss! Pumpkin Chickpea Salad with Feta Chickpea Water Mayonnaise. I think I have just invented a new thing. The Dinner Salad. We will get to the chickpea water mayonnaise in a minute because you really DO NOT want to miss it. I had…
Spaghettini Carbonara with Pumpkin
Look at this Carbonara it’s Spaghettini Carbonara with Pumpkin ….yum As well as making this awesome Carbonara, I’ve been writing recipes for Australian bananas website. I have lots of bananas everywhere so have sculled a few of these Banana Blackberry smoothies Well I thought banana and blackberry smoothie was a good idea, and it was….
Parmesan Chicken with Pesto Noodles
Quick Parmesan Chicken with Pesto Noodles Quick and Easy Noodles that take minutes and pack a punch It is no less busy around here this week and I have had to resort to making the quickest diners possible. This one has both the crumbed and fried element that somebody in my house loves along with…
White Lasagne Chicken, Mushroom and Gruyere
White Lasagne Chicken, Mushroom and Gruyere White Lasagne is a great dish and now I have made this one I have multiple requests to make MORE. It has pasta in it, and that makes some people in my house very happy. It also has no tomato and for a Lasagne that’s a little unusual. I made…
Maple, Chilli Meatballs from “A Kitchen in the Valley”
Maple, Chilli Meatballs and a trip to Tasmania via “A Kitchen in the Valley” These Maple, Chill Meatballs are incredibly soft and moorish. Skater says they taste a bit like the rib sauce he loves. They do have a lovely sticky sweet and sour style glaze with a touch of coffee. They are straight from”…