Saturday, January 4, 2025

The best, easiest, fastest, and tastiest crispy pan-roasted potatoes I've ever made

Crispy pan roasted potatoes

Honest confession. I hate cooking potatoes. They always take longer than I like for them to cook and I never allow enough time. That said, this is about the best roast potatoes I've ever made and they're about as fast as roast potatoes go and taste fantastic. Super duper easy too.

Focaccia charcuterie board with baked Brie

Focaccia with baked Brie Focaccia charcuterie board with baked Brie

I was influenced by social media for this recipe. I saw a quick video suggesting that I use focaccia as the board for a charcuterie board and then piling the charcuterie ingredients on top. Then tear and eat. The focaccia was amazing.

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Classic chicken and sage stuffing with a twist

Elevated Coles chicken stuffin

Right, don't laugh, okay? But the truth is, sometimes I have very basic tastes. Any Aussie who's any Aussie will have had a BBQ chicken or a charcoal chicken or a Coles or Woolies roast chicken at some point in their lives. If you're an Aussie you will know what I am referring to. I think Americans call them rotisserie chicken?

Mango cream parfait

Mango cream parfait

I'm not big on dessert since I'm a diabetic, so you won't find me baking a lot of cakes and cookies. But I had this idea that I wanted to serve a dessert with Christmas lunch. A friend mentioned a trifle, and I thought, hey, it's mango season and I could do a twist on a traditional trifle. No cake since your girl barely bakes.

Monday, November 25, 2024

Pina colada sorbet

Pina colada sorbet

Okay, here's something that's going to go down well on a hot, hot day. Especially if you love pina coladas. The rum is optional, but what's a pina colada without the rum?

Maggi Masala curry instant noodles with leftovers

Masala curry noodles

Confession time. I love instant noodles. Or as they call it in my neck of the woods - ramen noodles. It's my ultimate comfort food and I've come up with lots of creative ways of making it rather than just straight out of the pack. I've got a recipe using leftover curry sauce with instant noodles that's awesome.

Friday, October 25, 2024

Cowboy butter prawns with konjac noodles

Cowboy butter prawns

You guys!!! I'm still on my cowboy butter kick and I've got a batch in the fridge. It's a compound butter and it keeps. I've using it for this and that, and the other day I had some leftover eggs that I used in an egg wash. I didn't want to throw out the eggs so I mixed in some cowboy butter and voila! Cowboy butter scrambled eggs. It was super easy, but if you want the recipe for that, let me know. But today, I'm here to talk about using the cowboy butter with prawns which I cooked up for a quick evening snack. Took about 10 minutes all up to make, so this is FAST. And oh so yummy!!